Background Many people with chronic disease have more than one chronic condition, which
is referred to as multimorbidity. The term comorbidity is also used but this is now taken to …

… adjunct professor of family medicine2, Martin Fortin professor of family medicine2, Catherine
Hudon associate professor of family medicine2, Tom O’Dowd professor of general practice3 …

Objectives: To determine exposure to violence by a partner or spouse among women
attending general practice and its association with respondents' demographic and personal …

"Heartsink" patients exasperate, defeat, and overwhelm their doctors by their behaviour. A
group of such patients was followed up over five years in a general practice, and this paper …

Background Shared care has been used in the management of many chronic conditions with
the assumption that it delivers better care than either primary or specialty care alone. It has …

Multimorbidity-usually defined as the co-existence of two or more long-term conditions in an
individual-is the norm rather than the exception in primary care patients 1, 2 and will …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of a psychological, family-based intervention to
improve diabetes-related outcomes in patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes. …

The symptom of vertigo is usually managed in primary care without further referral. This
review examines the evidence on which general practitioners can base clinical diagnosis and …

The nine-year-old cohort of Growing Up in Ireland is a nationally representative longitudinal
sample of 8,570 nine-year-olds, their families, teachers and other regular caregivers (where …

Background Multimorbidity is defined as the occurrence of two or more chronic diseases in
one individual. Patients with multimorbidity generally have poorer health and functioning and …