Family Practice

WONCA News:

WONCA News
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: i-19i; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.5.0I [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials:

Martin N Marshall and Joze Braspenning

European family practice and public accountability
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 473-474; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.5.473 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Genetics:

Clare Bankhead, Jon Emery, Nadeem Qureshi, Harry Campbell, Joan Austoker, and Eila Watson

New developments in genetics—knowledge, attitudes and information needs of practice nurses
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 475-486; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.5.475 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter W Rose, Eila Watson, Patricia Yudkin, Jon Emery, Mike Murphy, Alice Fuller, and Anneke Lucassen

Referral of patients with a family history of breast/ovarian cancer—GPs' knowledge and expectations
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 487-490; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.5.487 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Fiona M Walter, Ann Louise Kinmonth, Fawzia Hyland, Paul Murrell, Theresa M Marteau, and Chris Todd

Experiences and expectations of the new genetics in relation to familial risk of breast cancer: a comparison of the views of GPs and practice nurses
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 491-494; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.5.491 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

The consultation:

Dov Steinmetz and Hava Tabenkin

The ‘difficult patient' as perceived by family physicians
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 495-500; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.5.495 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Karen Fairhurst and Carl May

Knowing patients and knowledge about patients: evidence of modes of reasoning in the consultation?
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 501-505; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.5.501 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stephen Rollnick, Clive Seale, Maggs Rees, Chris Butler, Paul Kinnersley, and Liz Anderson

Inside the routine general practice consultation: an observational study of consultations for sore throats
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 506-510; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.5.506 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Katherine H Hall

Sexualization of the doctor–patient relationship: is it ever ethically permissible?
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 511-515; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.5.511 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sarah Humphery and Irwin Nazareth

GPs' views on their management of sexual dysfunction
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 516-518; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.5.516 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Steven Reid, David Whooley, Tim Crayford, and Matthew Hotopf

Medically unexplained symptoms—GPs' attitudes towards their cause and management
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 519-523; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.5.519 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Svein Ivar Bekkelund and Rolf Salvesen

Are headache patients who initiate their referral to a neurologist satisfied with the consultation? A population study of 927 patients—the North Norway Headache Study (NNHS)
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 524-527; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.5.524 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Health Services Research:

Per Lagerløv, Per Hjortdahl, Line Saxegaard, Marit Andrew, and Ingrid Matheson

Structuring prescribing data into traffic-light categories; a tool for evaluating treatment quality in primary care
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 528-533; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.5.528 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lisa Iversen, Jill Mollison, and T Neil N MacLeod

Attitudes of the general public to the expanding role of community pharmacists: a pilot study
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 534-536; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.5.534 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R Scott Wright, Stephen L Kopecky, Marvin Timm, Douglas D Pflaum, Craig Carr, Kathleen Evers, and Julia Bell

Impact of community-based education on health care evaluation in patients with acute chest pain syndromes: the Wabasha Heart Attack Team (WHAT) project
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 537-539; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.5.537 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Evelyn Fenton, Janet Harvey, Frances Griffiths, Andrea Wild, and Jackie Sturt

Reflections from organization science on the development of primary health care research networks
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 540-544; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.5.540 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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

Residential rehabilitation for drug users: a review of 13 months' intake to a therapeutic community
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 545-548; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.5.545 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Frans Boch Waldorff, Lars Bo Bülow, Kirsti Malterud, and Gunhild Waldemar

Management of dementia in primary health care: the experiences of collaboration between the GP and the district nurse
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 549-552; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.5.549 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Louise Watson, Paul Little, Michael Moore, Greg Warner, and Ian Williamson

Validation study of a diary for use in acute lower respiratory tract infection
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 553-554; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.5.553 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Selections from Current Literature:

Colin P Kopes-Kerr

Re-thinking the management of atrial fibrillation: a new approach
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 555-557; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.5.555 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Erratum:

Erratum:
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 557; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.5.557 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews:

Roger Higgs

Extending the boundaries of care: medical ethics and caring practices.: Tamara Kohn, Rosemary McKechnie (eds). (216 pages, £14.99.) Berg, 1999. ISBN 1-85973-141-4.
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 558; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.5.558 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John Salinsky

Read two books and let's talk next week: using bibliotherapy in clinical practice.: Janice Maidsman Joshua, Donna DiMenna. (424 pages, £28.95.) John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2000. ISBN 0-471-37565-9.
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 558-559; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.5.558-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Trisha Greenhalgh

Reflective practice: writing and professional development.: Gillie Bolton. (240 pages, softback £16.99, hardback £50.) Sage Publications Ltd, 2000. ISBN softback 0-7619-6729-X, hardback 0-7619-6728-1.
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 559; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.5.559 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Valerie Wass

Practice-based teaching: a guide for general practitioners.: Richard Hays. (145 pages, AU$59.95.) Eruditions Publishing in association with The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, 1999. ISBN 1-86491-006-2.
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 559-560; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.5.559-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Surinder Singh

Practical genetics for primary care.: Peter Rose, Anneke Lucasson. (381 pages, £31.50.) Oxford University Press, 1999. ISBN 0-19-262931-X.
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 560; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.5.560 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gwilym Hughes

Occupational health matters in general practice.: Ruth Chambers, Stephen Moore, Gordon Parker, Andy Slovak. (206 pages, £18.95.) Radcliffe Medical Press Ltd, 2000. ISBN 1-95775-463-8.
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 560-561; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.5.560-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pat Yudkin

Harnessing official statistics.: Deanna Leadbeter (ed.). (222 pages, £17.95.) Radcliffe Medical Press Ltd, 2000. ISBN 1-85775-354-2.
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 561; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.5.561 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Claire Riddell

Fundamentals of clinical ophthalmology: glaucoma.: Roger Hitchings (ed.). (232 pages, £60.) BMJ Publishing Group, 2000. ISBN 0-7279-1448-0.
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 561-562; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.5.561-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John Grimley Evans

Infectious disease in the ageing: a clinical handbook.: Thomas T Yoshikawa, Dean C Norman (eds). (352 pages, US$99.50.) Humana Press, 2000. ISBN 0-89603-744-4.
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 562; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.5.562 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael Modell

Anorexia nervosa and related eating disorders in childhood and adolescence (2nd edition).: Brian Lask, Rachel Bryant-Waugh (eds). (400 pages, £30.) Psychology Press Ltd, 2000. ISBN 0-86377-803-8.
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 562-563; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.5.562-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Theo Schofield

Communication skills for doctors.: Peter Maguire. (137 pages, £12.99.) Arnold, 2000. ISBN 0-340-66309-X.
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 563; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.5.563 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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