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"Doctor, I've Come For A Check Up!": Presented by Felicity Cheng C3307612
"Doctor, I've Come For A Check Up!": Presented by Felicity Cheng C3307612
"Doctor, I've Come For A Check Up!": Presented by Felicity Cheng C3307612
Presented by
Felicity Cheng
C3307612
Case presentation
• 73 Y.O. female Mrs X who presented to have a ”check-up” with the doctor
after bumping into him in a local shopping centre. Doctor hadn’t seen her
since she had last seen him when she gave birth to her first child
• Young populations
• People with health conditions that prevent them from going e.g. depression, anxiety, MS
• Abusers
References
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presentations and publication frequency. Australian Family Physician.
2013;42(1):65-68.
• 2. Tam C, Zwar N, Hespe C. Patients' acceptance of SNAP assessment: An
exploration. Australian Family Physician. 2016;45(5):340-341.
• 3. The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. Guidelines for
preventive activities in general practice. 9th edn. East Melbourne, Vic:
RACGP, 2016.
• 4. Birtwhistle R, Bell N, Thombs B, Grad R, Dickinson J. Periodic preventive
health visits: a more appropriate approach to delivering preventive services.
Canadian Family Physician. 2017;63(11):824-826.
• 5. Ewald B, Del Mar C, Hoffman T. Quantifying the benefits and harms of
various preventive health activities. Australian Journal for General
Practictioners. 2018;47(12):842-845.