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Family Practice Vol. 19, No. 5, 568-569
© Oxford University Press 2002

Book Review

An evidence-based approach to assessing older people in primary care. Occasional Paper 82.

EI Williams, G Fischer, U Junius, H Sandholzer, D Jones, M Vass (eds). (55 pages, £10.) Royal College of General Practitioners, 2002. ISBN 0-85084-274-3.

Oliver Samuel

Retired GP, London

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Only a few years ago, GPs in the UK were paid a small premium for undertaking routine health checks of their older patients. There was not much evidence that such action would do any good nor did anyone specify what constituted a proper check-up. Those who liked their . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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