Family Practice

WONCA News:

An International Forum for Family Doctors
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: i-16i; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.3.0I [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials:

Anders Baerheim

The diagnostic process in general practice: has it a two-phase structure?
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 243-245; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.3.243 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Infectious Diseases:

Tom Fahey and John Howie

Re-evaluation of a randomized controlled trial of antibiotics for minor respiratory illness in general practice
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 246-248; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.3.246 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jenny Shepherd, Tess Harris, Tom Harrison, and Sean Hilton

General practice survey of the management of chickenpox: appropriate targeting of antiviral therapy
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 249-252; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.3.249 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marian J Langsford, Frank F Dobbs, George M Morrison, and David AB Dance

The effect of introduction of a guideline on the management of vaginal discharge and in particular bacterial vaginosis in primary care
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 253-257; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.3.253 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Heiko Santelmann, Even Laerum, Joergen Roennevig, and Hans E Fagertun

Effectiveness of nystatin in polysymptomatic patients. A randomized, double-blind trial with nystatin versus placebo in general practice
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 258-265; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.3.258 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ronny K Gunnarsson, Stig E Holm, and Margareta Söderström

The prevalence of potential pathogenic bacteria in nasopharyngeal samples from individuals with a respiratory tract infection and a sore throat—implications for the diagnosis of pharyngotonsillitis
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 266-271; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.3.266 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Health Services Research:

Maureen Crane and Anthony M Warnes

Primary health care services for single homeless people: defects and opportunities
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 272-276; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.3.272 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kate Walters, Steve Iliffe, and Martin Orrell

An exploration of help-seeking behaviour in older people with unmet needs
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 277-282; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.3.277 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jacky Williams, Roland Petchey, Toby Gosden, Brenda Leese, and Bonnie Sibbald

A profile of PMS salaried GP contracts and their impact on recruitment
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 283-287; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.3.283 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A Hiddema-Van de Wal, Rja Smith, GTh van der Werf, and B Meyboom-De Jong

Towards improvement of the accuracy and completeness of medication registration with the use of an electronic medical record (EMR)
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 288-291; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.3.288 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical Research:

Blair H Smith, Alison M Elliott, W Alastair Chambers, W Cairns Smith, Philip C Hannaford, and Kay Penny

The impact of chronic pain in the community
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 292-299; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.3.292 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Siân R Howell, Adrian G Barnett, and Martin R Underwood

The use of pre-conceptional folic acid as an indicator of uptake of a health message amongst white and Bangladeshi women in Tower Hamlets, east London
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 300-303; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.3.300 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Feike Oppewal and Betty Meyboom-De Jong

Family members' experiences of autopsy
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 304-308; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.3.304 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alan A Montgomery, James Harding, and Tom Fahey

Shared decision making in hypertension: the impact of patient preferences on treatment choice
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 309-313; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.3.309 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Charlotte Brown, Jacqueline Dunbar-Jacob, Deena R Palenchar, Kelly J Kelleher, Richard D Bruehlman, Susan Sereika, and Michael E Thase

Primary care patients' personal illness models for depression: a preliminary investigation
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 314-320; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.3.314 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ulrich Freudenstein, Carol Jagger, Antony Arthur, and Norbert Donner-Banzhoff

Treatments for late life depression in primary care—a systematic review
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 321-327; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.3.321 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ejda Hassler, Ingvar Krakau, Lars Häggarth, Lars Norlén, and Peter Ekman

Questioning questions about symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 328-332; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.3.328 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Miren I Jones, Sheila M Greenfield, Sue Jowett, Colin P Bradley, and Richard Seal

Proton pump inhibitors: a study of GPs' prescribing
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 333-338; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.3.333 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Selections from Current Literature:

Jeffrey S Trilling

Selections from Current Literature Assessment of older drivers
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 339-342; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.3.339 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Correspondence:

Cheryl A Wiens and Karen B Farris

Screening highly prevalent disorders among the elderly
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 343; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.3.343 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hema Nair and Pippa Oakeshott

Sexual activity before the age of 16 years
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 344; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.3.344 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews:

Jonathan Sheldon

Concise Oxford textbook of medicine.: JGG Ledingham and David A Warrell (eds). (2056 pages, £75.) Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 0-19-2628780-4.
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 345; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.3.345 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alexandra Sigsworth

Time to listen to children.: Pat Milner and Birgit Carolin (eds). (250 pages, £15.99.) Routledge, 1999. ISBN 0-415-17198-9.
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 345-346; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.3.345-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nigel CH Stott

Work and family: research informing policy.: Toby L Parcel and Daniel B Cornfield (eds). (304 pages, paperback £22, hardback £49.) Sage Publications Ltd, 2000. ISBN paperback 0-7619-1308-4, hardback 0-7619-1307-6.
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 346; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.3.346 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jeremy Woodcock

Victim support handbook: helping people cope with crime.: Philippa Spackman (ed.). (124 pages, £6.99.) Hodder & Stoughton, 2000. ISBN 0-340-78049-5.
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 346-347; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.3.346-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gordon Lennox

The AIDS crisis and the modern self: biographical self-construction in the awareness of finitude.: Sebastien Rinken. (258 pages, £69; US$ 112.) Kluwer Academic Publishers Group, 2000. ISBN 0-7923-6371-X.
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 347; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.3.347 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael Courtenay

Erectile dysfunction: integrating couple therapy, sex therapy and medical treatment.: Gerald R Weeks and Nancy Gambescia (eds). (212 pages, £22.) WW Norton & Company Ltd, 2000. ISBN 0-393-70330-4.
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 347; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.3.347-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christopher Dowrick

Primary care for older people.: Steve Iliffe and Vari Drennan. (280 pages, £29.50.) Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 0-19-262951-4.
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 347-348; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.3.347-b [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John Salinsky

Stories of ageing.: Mike Hepworth. (161 pages, paperback £15.99, hardback £50.) Open University Press, 2000. ISBN paperback 0-335-19853-8, hardback 0-335-19854-6.
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 348; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.3.348 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John Robson

ABC of heart failure.: Christopher R Gibbs, Michael K Davies and Gregory YH Lip (eds). (53 pages, £14.95.) BMJ Publishing Group, 2000. ISBN 0-7279-1457-X.
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Jacqueline Jolleys

Voiding dysfunction: diagnosis and treatment.: Rodney A Appell (ed.). (336 pages, US$ 99.50.) Humana Press, 2000. ISBN 0-89603-659-6.
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Stephen Barclay

Lymphoedema.: Robert Twycross, Karen Jenns and Jacquelyne Todd (eds). (388 pages, £35.) Radcliffe Medical Press Ltd, 2000. ISBN 1-85775-377-1.
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Frank Sullivan

Taking health telematics into the 21st century.: Michael Rigby, Ruth Roberts and Michael Thick (eds). (246 pages, £35) Radcliffe Medical Press Ltd for the Nuffield Trust, 2000. ISBN 1-85775-344-5.
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Tom James

The osteoporosis primer.: Janet E Henderson and David Goltzman (eds). (386 pages, £39.95.) Cambridge University Press, 2000. ISBN 0-521-64446-1.
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 350-351; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.3.350-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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