Commentary
Risk Communications: In Search of a Pandemic
The first decade of the new millennium has seen a string of disasters worldwide – earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, typhoons and acts of terrorism –...
Sir Gordon Arthur Ransome (1910-1978) – His Teaching Style and His Legacy
Sir Gordon Arthur Ransome was born in Salop, England, in 1910.1 He came to Singapore in 1938, where he taught and practised medicine for...
Translating the Family Medicine Vision into Educational Programmes in Singapore
The core of the Family Medicine (FM) vision is patient-centred care, requiring specific education and vocational training. Modern day FM began its existence as...
Bridging the Gap between Occupational Medicine and Family Medicine
A significant similarity between family medicine and occupational medicine (OM) is the focus on disease prevention and health promotion. Family medicine aims for primary...
Improving Access to Outpatient Cardiac Care at the National Heart Centre – A Partnership...
There is evidence that shows that the use of healthcare delivered by private providers, particularly procedures and hospital care, depends on supply. For example,...
The Hospitalist Movement – A Complex Adaptive Response to The Hospitalist Movement – A...
Healthcare systems are complex adaptive systems. They are capable of self organisation through interacting agents that adapt to changes to the internal and external...
Internationally, it is Time to Bridge the Gap between Primary and Secondary Healthcare Services...
Around two-thirds of people with incurable diseases in economically developed countries wish to die at home, but less than one third succeed in doing...
Medication Use in the Transition from Hospital to Home
Hospital discharge can be a complex and challenging time for physicians and patients alike. Patients are being discharged sooner, often in the process of...
Family Medicine Education in Singapore: A Long-standing Collaboration between Specialists and Family Physicians
In the US, Canada and Australia, the postgraduate training of family physicians (FPs) involves the attachment of family medicine (FM) trainees to specialist departments,...
Providing Integrated Mental Health Services in the Singapore Primary Care Setting – the General...
Mental disorders are recognised as a major public health problem worldwide, and the management of mental health problems places an enormous burden on health...