At the coalface and the cutting edge: general practitioners’ accounts of the rewards of engaging with HIV medicine
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Date
2013-03-21
Authors
Newman, Christy E
Persson, Asha
de Wit, John B F
Reynolds, Robert H
Canavan, Peter G
Kippax, Susan C
Kidd, Michael Richard
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BioMed Central Ltd.
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Abstract
The interviews we conducted with GPs suggest that an engagement with HIV medicine enables clinicians to develop
strong and long-term relationships with and expertise
about the care needs of people living with HIV ‘at the
coalface’, while also feeling connected with a broader
network of medical practitioners and other professionals
concerned with and contributing to the ever-changing
world of science: ‘the cutting edge’. The general practice
HIV prescriber is being modelled here as the interface between these two worlds, offering a rewarding opportunity
for general practitioners to feel intimately connected to
both community needs and scientific change.
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Public health, General practice, HIV, Australia
Citation
Newman, C.E., Persson, A., de Wit, J.B.F., Reynolds, R.H., Canavan, P.G., Kippax, S.C. and Kidd, M.R., 2013. At the coalface and the cutting edge: general practitioners’ accounts of the rewards of engaging with HIV medicine. BMC Family Practice, 14:39.