Peter Aitken

Articles by Peter Aitken


Therapeutic guidelines: Rheumatology

Rheumatology Expert Group. *Version 2. xxiii+315pp, ISBN 978-0-9804764-8-4. Melbourne, Therapeutic Guidelines Limited, AUD39.00, 2010 (2011 eBook also available).   Apart from major textbooks, there have been few handbooks published specifically on rheumatology guidelines. This second eBook Version of Therapeutic Guidelines: Rheumatology, part of a collection of 14 in the series of the popular and respected… Read more »

By Peter Aitken In   Issue Volume 19 No. 4 Doi No https://doi-ds.org/doilink/11.2021-39447996/JMVH Vol 19 No 4

Postgraduate education for health professionals working in Defence

n 2007-2008, Defence Health Service (DHS) personnel and the growing band of contracted health providers cared for 53,140 permanent Australian Defence Force (ADF) members and 24,885 reserve ADF members1, not including the initial care of families accompanying members deployed abroad and other eligible civilians. Health providers in the Defence setting include medical assistants with various… Read more »

By Isaac Seidl , Peter Aitken and Peter Leggat In   Issue Volume 17 No. 4 Doi No https://doi-ds.org/doilink/10.2022-12616929/JMVH Vol 17 No 4

Fast Facts – Eczema and Contact Dermatitis

John Berth-Jones, Eunice Tan and Howard I Maibach* *1st edition 2004, reprinted 2006, 94 pages, paperback with illustrations, ISBN 978-1-90374-32-2. Health Press Limited. Oxford, UK. RRP $44.00   Eczema is a common condition affecting both adults and children. Atopic eczema affects more than one in ten children in developed countries, with an incidence that is… Read more »

By Peter Aitken In   Issue Volume 17 No. 3 Doi No https://doi-ds.org/doilink/11.2021-59844252/JMVH Vol 17 No 3