Family Practice

WONCA News:

WONCA News : An International Forum for Family Doctors
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: i; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.1.0I [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials:

Bruce G Charlton

Individual case studies in primary health care
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 1-3; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.1.1 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Special Survey:

Richard Grol, Michel Wensing, Jan Mainz, Pedro Ferreira, Hilary Hearnshaw, Per Hjortdahl, Frede Olesen, Mats Ribacke, Tomi Spenser, and Joachim Szécsényi

Patients' priorities with respect to general practice care: an international comparison
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 4-11; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.1.4 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Delivering Primary Care:

Anthony Scott and Sarah Wordsworth

The effects of shifts in the balance of care on general practice workload
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 12-17; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.1.12 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mark Ashworth and David Armstrong

Sources and implications of dissatisfaction among new GPs in the inner-city
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 18-22; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.1.18 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cathy Shipman and Jeremy Dale

Responding to out-of-hours demand: the extent and nature of urgent need
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 23-27; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.1.23 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

JL Campbell

Patients' perceptions of medical urgency: does deprivation matter?
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 28-32; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.1.28 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Martin N Marshall

How well do GPs and hospital consultants work together? A survey of the professional relationship
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 33-38; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.1.33 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical Research:

Steven Keen, Antony C Dowell, Keith Hurst, Jennifer A Klaber Moffett, Philip Tovey, and Rhys Williams

Individuals with low back pain: how do they view physical activity?
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 39-45; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.1.39 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carolyn Chew-Graham and Carl May

Chronic low back pain in general practice: the challenge of the consultation
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 46-49; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.1.46 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Roger AMJ Damoiseaux, Ruut A de Melker, Marieke JE Ausems, and Frank AM van Balen

Reasons for non-guideline-based antibiotic prescriptions for acute otitis media in The Netherlands
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 50-53; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.1.50 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kamlesh Khunti, Richard Baker, Moira Rumsey, and Mayur Lakhani

Quality of care of patients with diabetes: collation of data from multi-practice audits of diabetes in primary care
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 54-59; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.1.54 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Screening:

Hilary Bekker, Lesley Morrison, and Theresa M Marteau

Breast screening: GPs' beliefs, attitudes and practices
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 60-65; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.1.60 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jane M Young and Jeanette E Ward

Strategies to improve cancer screening in general practice: are guidelines the answer?
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 66-70; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.1.66 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

GH de Bock, TPM Vliet Vlieland, GCHA Hageman, JC Oosterwijk, MP Springer, and J Kievit

The assessment of genetic risk of breast cancer: a set of GP guidelines
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 71-77; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.1.71 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter Rose, Edwina Humm, Kate Hey, Linda Jones, and Susan M Huson

Family history taking and genetic counselling in primary care
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 78-83; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.1.78 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles:

Christopher J Watkins

Do postal questionnaires change GPs' workload and referral patterns?
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 84-89; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.1.84 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Domhnall Macauley and Evelyn Mccrum

Critical appraisal using the READER method: a workshop-based controlled trial
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 90-93; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.1.90 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Correspondence:

Rachel Nockels and Pippa Oakeshott

Awareness among young women of sexually transmitted chlamydia infection
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 94; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.1.94 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Corrigendum:

Corrigendum:
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Book Reviews:

Steve Iliffe

The potential for health: how to improve the nation's health.
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 95; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.1.95 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David Mckinlay

Rationing: talk and action in health care.
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 95-96; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.1.95-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alex Gatherer

Tragic choices in health care: the case of Child B.
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 96; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.1.96 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jeremy Woodcock

Modernity, medicine and health: medical sociology towards 2000.
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 96-97; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.1.96-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Trisha Greenhalgh

GP tomorrow.
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 97; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.1.97 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Martin Rhodes

Evidence-based audit in general practice.
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 97-98; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.1.97-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael Courtenay

Seminars in psychosexual disorders.
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 98; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.1.98 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sally Hull

Brief counseling in action.
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 98-99; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.1.98-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Richard Neal

Somatic illness and the patient's other story: a practical integrative mind/body approach to disease for doctors and psychotherapists.
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 99; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.1.99 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Elizabeth Murray

The issue of abortion in America: an exploration of a social controversy on CD-ROM.
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 99-100; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.1.99-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter Pritchard

Enhancing health services management: the role of decision support systems.
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 100; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.1.100 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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