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Skin cancer medicine in primary care: towards an agenda for quality health outcomes
Author(s) -
Wilkinson David,
Kitchener Scott,
Bourne Peter,
Dixon Anthony
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00087.x
Subject(s) - accreditation , medicine , audit , mainstream , skin cancer , primary care , family medicine , threatened species , nursing , health care , quality (philosophy) , cancer , medical education , business , political science , ecology , philosophy , accounting , epistemology , habitat , law , biology
The number of skin cancer clinics functioning within Australia's primary care environment is increasing rapidly, and significant concerns have been raised about the type and quality of work done by some doctors in some clinics. Mainstream general practice is threatened by perceived fragmentation, and specialist practice in dermatology and plastic surgery is threatened by encroachment into their domains of practice. We propose an agenda of training, standards, accreditation, audit and research to ensure that skin cancer clinics provide optimal health outcomes for patients.