General Practice Murtagh May 2026

For over three decades, the answer for hundreds of thousands of doctors has been the same: reach for the spiral-bound bible with the red cover. is more than a textbook; it is a cultural artifact of Australian—and indeed global—primary care.

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It acknowledges the biopsychosocial model without being preachy. A typical entry for “Chronic Pain” doesn’t just list analgesics; it includes a template for the “Pain Agreement” and flags domestic violence as a differential. No feature is complete without balance. Critics note that Murtagh is not a pharmacology text . It will tell you which antibiotic, but not the CYP450 interactions. It is also not a deep-dive on rare disease . If you need the latest immunotherapy protocol for melanoma, go to UpToDate. General Practice Murtagh