Family Practice

WONCA News:

An International Forum for Family Doctors
Fam. Pract. 2000 17: i; doi:10.1093/fampra/17.6.0I [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical Research:

John GR Howie, David J Heaney, Margaret Maxwell, Jeremy J Walker, and George K Freeman

Developing a ‘consultation quality index’ (CQI) for use in general practice
Fam. Pract. 2000 17: 455-461; doi:10.1093/fampra/17.6.455 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Catherine A O'Donnell

Variation in GP referral rates: what can we learn from the literature?
Fam. Pract. 2000 17: 462-471; doi:10.1093/fampra/17.6.462 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Richard D Neal and Malcolm Colledge

The effect of the full moon on general practice consultation rates
Fam. Pract. 2000 17: 472-474; doi:10.1093/fampra/17.6.472 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Norma SC Bain and Neil C Campbell

Treating patients with colorectal cancer in rural and urban areas: a qualitative study of the patients' perspective
Fam. Pract. 2000 17: 475-479; doi:10.1093/fampra/17.6.475 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Judy Chen and Nicky Britten

‘Strong medicine’: an analysis of pharmacist consultations in primary care
Fam. Pract. 2000 17: 480-483; doi:10.1093/fampra/17.6.480 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jenny Keen, Phillip Oliver, Georgina Rowse, and Nigel Mathers

Keeping families of heroin addicts together: results of 13 months' intake for community detoxification and rehabilitation at a family centre for drug users
Fam. Pract. 2000 17: 484-489; doi:10.1093/fampra/17.6.484 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Paul A Stalenhoef, Jos PM Diederiks, J André Knottnerus, Luc P de Witte, and Harry FJM Crebolder

The construction of a patient record-based risk model for recurrent falls among elderly people living in the community
Fam. Pract. 2000 17: 490-496; doi:10.1093/fampra/17.6.490 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mary Seed, Robert H Sands, Margaret McLaren, Gwen Kirk, and Daniel Darko

The effect of hormone replacement therapy and route of administration on selected cardiovascular risk factors in post-menopausal women
Fam. Pract. 2000 17: 497-507; doi:10.1093/fampra/17.6.497 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gé A Donker, Peter Spreeuwenberg, Aad IM Bartelds, Koos van der Velden, and Marleen Foets

Hormone replacement therapy: changes in frequency and type of prescription by Dutch GPs during the last decade of the millennium
Fam. Pract. 2000 17: 508-513; doi:10.1093/fampra/17.6.508 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Villy Meineche-Schmidt and Torben Jørgensen

Investigation and therapy in patients with different types of dyspepsia: a 3 year follow-up study from general practice
Fam. Pract. 2000 17: 514-521; doi:10.1093/fampra/17.6.514 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Beliefs and Behaviours:

David Jewell, Jo Tacchi, and Jenny Donovan

Teenage pregnancy: whose problem is it?
Fam. Pract. 2000 17: 522-528; doi:10.1093/fampra/17.6.522 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hanne Hollnagel, Kirsti Malterud, and Klaus Witt

Men's self-assessed personal health resources: approaching patients' strong points in general practice
Fam. Pract. 2000 17: 529-534; doi:10.1093/fampra/17.6.529 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jacques Cornuz, William A Ghali, Dario Di Carlantonio, Alain Pecoud, and Fred Paccaud

Physicians' attitudes towards prevention: importance of intervention-specific barriers and physicians' health habits
Fam. Pract. 2000 17: 535-540; doi:10.1093/fampra/17.6.535 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Education:

Jean C Haughwout, Anne R Eglash, Mary Beth Plane, Marlon P Mundt, and Michael F Fleming

Improving residents' breastfeeding assessment skills: a problem-based workshop
Fam. Pract. 2000 17: 541-546; doi:10.1093/fampra/17.6.541 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter M Boendermaker, Jan Schuling, Betty Meyboom-de Jong, Rein P Zwierstra, and Jaap CM Metz

What are the characteristics of the competent general practitioner trainer?
Fam. Pract. 2000 17: 547-553; doi:10.1093/fampra/17.6.547 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Views and Reviews:

E Ernst

Does spinal manipulation have specific treatment effects?
Fam. Pract. 2000 17: 554-556; doi:10.1093/fampra/17.6.554 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Toby Lipman

Power and influence in clinical effectiveness and evidence-based medicine
Fam. Pract. 2000 17: 557-563; doi:10.1093/fampra/17.6.557 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Maxine Offredy and Joy Townsend

Nurse practitioners in primary care
Fam. Pract. 2000 17: 564-569; doi:10.1093/fampra/17.6.564 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Selections from Current Literature:

Donna I Meltzer

Complementary therapies for nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy
Fam. Pract. 2000 17: 570-573; doi:10.1093/fampra/17.6.570 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews:

Stephen Gillam

Contemporary primary care: the challenges of change.: Philip Tovey (ed.). (196 pages, paperback £18.99, hardback £55.) Open University Press, 2000. ISBN paperback 0-335-200095, hardback 0-335-20452-X.
Fam. Pract. 2000 17: 574; doi:10.1093/fampra/17.6.574 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jose S Cheng

Integrated primary care: the future of medical and mental health collaboration.: Alexander Blount (ed.). (311 pages, £30.) WW Norton & Co. Ltd, 1998. ISBN 0-393-70253-7.
Fam. Pract. 2000 17: 574-575; doi:10.1093/fampra/17.6.574-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

George Freeman

The human effect in medicine: theory, research and practice.: Michael Dixon and Kieran Sweeney. (169 pages, £17.95.) Radcliffe Medical Press Ltd, 2000. ISBN 1-85775-369-0.
Fam. Pract. 2000 17: 575-576; doi:10.1093/fampra/17.6.575 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Iona Health

Narrative therapy; an introduction for counsellors.: Martin Payne. (248 pages, paperback £16.99, hardback £49.50.) Sage Publications Ltd, 2000. ISBN paperback 0-7619-5783-9, hardback 0-7619-5782-0.
Fam. Pract. 2000 17: 576; doi:10.1093/fampra/17.6.576 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter Toon

The clinical experience: the construction and reconstruction of medical reality (2nd edn).: Paul Atkinson. (214 pages, £40.) Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 1997. ISBN 1-85628-577-4.
Fam. Pract. 2000 17: 576-577; doi:10.1093/fampra/17.6.576-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lorrie Symons

Research approaches in primary care.: Andrew Wilson, Martin Williams and Beverley Hancock (eds). (182 pages, £15.95.) Radcliffe Medical Press Ltd, 2000. ISBN 1-85775-392-5.
Fam. Pract. 2000 17: 577; doi:10.1093/fampra/17.6.577 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Simon M Wiseman

The science of marijuana.: Leslie L Iversen. (300 pages, £18.99.) Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 0-19-513123-1.
Fam. Pract. 2000 17: 577-578; doi:10.1093/fampra/17.6.577-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John Macleod

Drugs: dilemmas and choices.: Working Party of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the Royal College of Physicians. (304 pages, £9.50.) Royal College of Psychiatrists, 2000. ISBN 1-901242-44-7.
Fam. Pract. 2000 17: 578; doi:10.1093/fampra/17.6.578 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Frank Dobbs

Working with parents: learning from other people's experience.: Ann Wheal (ed.). (223 pages, £16.95.) Russell House Publishing Ltd, 2000. ISBN 1-898924-59-7.
Fam. Pract. 2000 17: 578-579; doi:10.1093/fampra/17.6.578-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Claire Samuel

Feeding problems in children.: Angela Southall and Anthony Schwartz (eds). (291 pages, £19.95.) Radcliffe Medical Press Ltd, 2000. ISBN 1-85775-208-2.
Fam. Pract. 2000 17: 579; doi:10.1093/fampra/17.6.579 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John Salinsky

Anatomy of anorexia.: Steven Levenkron. (302 pages, £16.95.) WW Norton & Co. Ltd, 2000. ISBN 00-393-04835-7.
Fam. Pract. 2000 17: 579-580; doi:10.1093/fampra/17.6.579-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Leonard Peter

Managing the message: a tool kit for health service communicators.: Roy Lilley and Geoffrey Bowden. (166 pages, £17.95.) Radcliffe Medical Press Ltd, 2000. ISBN 1-85775-412-3.
Fam. Pract. 2000 17: 580; doi:10.1093/fampra/17.6.580 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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