Virtual Issues

Celebrating 10 Years of the Journal of Primary Health Care

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Journal of Primary Health Care, this Virtual Issue highlights some articles that have had traction with our readers over the past 10 years, in recognition of this significant milestone for the College and the Journal. The articles represent the wide array of topics and manuscript types that characterize the Journal and highlight its Māori and Pacific focus, and its international and multidisciplinary brief.

Dovey (2018) reflects on the Journal on the 10th anniversary. Lee and North (2013) make visible the problem of healthcare access for young Māori women and Viali (2014) addresses the impact of rheumatic fever in Pacific nations. Supporting the Journal’s international scope, Leung (2012) suggests abandoning the classical analgesic ladder concept in favour of the broader platform idea.

Pullon (2011) speaks directly to the multi-disciplinary scope of the Journal which was new for the College when this Journal started in 2009 and previously poorly addressed internationally. Carryer et al. (2010) and Walker et al. (2015) represent the nursing contribution to the Journal and the highly cited column about drug interactions (Bryant and Fishman 2009) signifies the importance of both our columnists and of combined contribution of pharmacist and GP knowledge to the Journal and to primary health care.

The transformative publication of Lucy O’Hagan’s 2017 Eric Elder lecture (O’Hagan 2017) draws attention to past inhumanities in the way doctors have been treated in their training and practise. Anderson’s (2016) proposed early warning of catastrophic health events designed for primary care clinicians and Arroll et al.’s (2016) systematic review of antidepressant treatment showcase a little of the wide range of topics addressed by College members from both clinical and academic bases.