Editorial

This issue of the Australian Journal of Primary Health features a selection of papers about general practice in Australia. These papers reflect a range of perspectives important in general practice, including disease management in the general practice context, innovative approaches to prevention, consumer perspectives on conditions and services, future development of general practice in the primary health care system, and more. Publication of these papers occurs at a time when development of the National Primary Health Care Strategy is well under way. The focus of the National Primary Health Care Strategy is on related themes of prevention, chronic disease, evidence-based practice and better integration of general practice into the primary health care system.