Family Practice

WONCA News:

WONCA News : An International Forum for Family Doctors
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: i; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.4.0I [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials:

Ian S Fentiman

Breast problems in general practice: a time for re-assessment
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 333-334; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.4.333 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Women's health:

Martin Lawrence, Lesley Jones, Tim Lancaster, Edel Daly, and Emily Banks

Hormone replacement therapy: patterns of use studied through British general practice computerized records
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 335-342; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.4.335 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Phyllis Naumann, David Langford, Sara Torres, Jacquelyn Campbell, and Nancy Glass

Women battering in primary care practice
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 343-352; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.4.343 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kate Baxter, Tim J Peters, Maggie Somerset, and Clare Wilkinson

Anxiety amongst women with mild dyskaryosis: costs of an educational intervention
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 353-359; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.4.353 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peggy Newton, David R Hannay, and Rema Laver

The presentation and management of female breast symptoms in general practice in Sheffield
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 360-365; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.4.360 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Minorities:

Marios Chatziarsenis, Spiros Miyakis, Tomas Faresjo, Erik Trell, Jan Vlachonikolis, and Christos Lionis

Is there room for general practice in penitentiary institutions: screening and vaccinating high-risk groups against hepatitis
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 366-368; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.4.366 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Caroline Free, Patrick White, Cathy Shipman, and Jeremy Dale

Access to and use of out-of-hours services by members of Vietnamese community groups in South London: a focus group study
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 369-374; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.4.369 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Catriona Matheson, Christine M Bond, and Findlay Hickey

Prescribing and dispensing for drug misusers in primary care: current practice in Scotland
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 375-379; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.4.375 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical Research:

Jørund Straand and Kirsten Skinlo Rokstad

Elderly patients in general practice: diagnoses, drugs and inappropriate prescriptions. A report from the Møre & Romsdal Prescription Study
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 380-388; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.4.380 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pieter J van den Berg, Cees L van Dalsen, Richard AM de Rooij, Ad Prins, and Arno W Hoes

Cardiovascular health check in the elderly in one general practice: does it offer new information and lead to interventions?
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 389-394; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.4.389 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Julia S Miller, Mark A Pinnington, and Ian M Stanley

The early stages of low back pain: a pilot study of patient diaries as a source of data
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 395-401; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.4.395 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M Bouma, JH Dekker, JthM van Eijk, FG Schellevis, DMW Kriegsman, and RJ Heine

Metabolic control and morbidity of Type 2 diabetic patients in a general practice network
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 402-406; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.4.402 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Flemming Hald Steffensen, Henrik Toft Sørensen, and Frede Olesen

Diffusion of new drugs in Danish general practice
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 407-413; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.4.407 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nigel Oswald and Hilarie Bateman

Applying research evidence to individuals in primary care: a study using non-rheumatic atrial fibrillation
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 414-419; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.4.414 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Eila K Watson, Darren Shickle, Nadeem Qureshi, Jon Emery, and Joan Austoker

The ‘new genetics’ and primary care: GPs' views on their role and their educational needs
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 420-425; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.4.420 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jon Emery, Eila Watson, Peter Rose, and Anne Andermann

A systematic review of the literature exploring the role of primary care in genetic services
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 426-445; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.4.426 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Correspondence:

Charlotte Paterson

Wonca and the pharmaceutical industry
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 446; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.4.446 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews:

John Macleod

Ritalin nation: rapid fire culture and the transformation of human consciousness.
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 447; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.4.447 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Helen Moore

Changing eating and exercise behaviour: a handbook for professionals.
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 447-448; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.4.447-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Oliver Samuel

Narrative based medicine: dialogue and discourse in clinical practice.
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 448; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.4.448 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stephen Holmes

Stories and their limits: narrative approaches to bioethics.
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 448-449; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.4.448-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tom James

Injury in the aging.
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 449; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.4.449 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Robert K Mckinley

Injury prevention: an international perspective.: Injury epidemiology: research and control strategies (second edition).^,
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 449-450; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.4.449-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yumiko Arai and Masakazu Washio

Coping with loss.
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 450-451; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.4.450 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Robert Twycross

Handbook of palliative care.
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 451; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.4.451 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John Bain

The new family?
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 452; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.4.452 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cindy L K Lam

Women and health services: an agenda for change.
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 452; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.4.452-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Oliver Samuel

Evidence-based health workbook (including Evidence-based health care CD-ROM).
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 453; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.4.453 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

European General Practice Research Workshop Abstracts:

European General Practice Research Workshop: Crete, Greece, 22–25 October 1998
Fam. Pract. 1999 16: 454-462; doi:10.1093/fampra/16.4.454 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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