Adolescent health care: perspectives of Victorian general practitioners
The Medical Journal of AustraliaPublished 1 July 1995
Friederike Veit, Lena Sanci, Doris Young, Glenn Bowes
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To assess general practitioners' (GPs') views of adole cents as a discrete patient group with specific developmental health c are needs, and to document GPs' perceived knowledge of and competence in adolescent health care, is presented.
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Changes are needed in the Medicare card and rebate systems to ensure improved access to affordable, confidential care for adolescents. Our results also support the incorporation of important adolescent health care issues in undergraduate and postgraduate medical training.
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