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Fam. Pract. 2001 18: i-20i; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.6.0I [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Papers:

John Yaphe, Richard Edman, Barry Knishkowy, and Joseph Herman

The association between funding by commercial interests and study outcome in randomized controlled drug trials
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 565-568; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.6.565 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kees Gorter, Saskia de Poel, Ruut de Melker, and Marijke Kuyvenhoven

Variation in diagnosis and management of common foot problems by GPs
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 569-573; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.6.569 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

JE Jacobs, EH van de Lisdonk, I Smeele, C van Weel, and RPTM Grol

Management of patients with asthma and COPD: monitoring quality of life and the relationship to subsequent GP interventions
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 574-580; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.6.574 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CJ Morris, JA Cantrill, and MC Weiss

GPs' attitudes to minor ailments
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 581-585; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.6.581 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

F Buntinx, D Knockaert, R Bruyninckx, N de Blaey, M Aerts, JA Knottnerus, and H Delooz

Chest pain in general practice or in the hospital emergency department: is it the same?
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 586-589; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.6.586 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Harm van Marwijk, Ale Gercama, Herman Adèr, and Marten de Haan

Mean clinical challenge rate and level of recognition of depression remain unchanged after two years of vocational training
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 590-591; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.6.590 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jo Goedhuys and Jan-Joost Rethans

On the relationship between the efficiency and the quality of the consultation. A validity study
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 592-596; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.6.592 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jørund Straand and Hogne Sandvik

Stopping long-term drug therapy in general practice. How well do physicians and patients agree?
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 597-601; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.6.597 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S Zdanuk, J Gimpel, J Uhanova, KDE Kaita, and GY Minuk

The impact of medical informatics on the confidence of rural physicians caring for patients with chronic hepatitis C viral infections
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 602-604; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.6.602 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

WJ van der Kam, B Meyboom de Jong, ThFJ Tromp, PW Moorman, and J van der Lei

Effects of electronic communication between the GP and the pharmacist. The quality of medication data on admission and after discharge
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 605-609; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.6.605 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pesach Shvartzman, Jeffery M Borkan, Leonid Stoliar, Aya Peleg, Sasson Nakar, Guy Nir, and Hava Tabenkin

Second-hand prostatism: effects of prostatic symptoms on spouses' quality of life, daily routines and family relationships
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 610-613; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.6.610 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rodger Charlton, Kelly Sheahan, Gary Smith, and Ian Campbell

Spousal bereavement—implications for health
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 614-618; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.6.614 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clare Williams, Peter Cantillon, and Mac Cochrane

Pre-registration house officers in general practice: the views of GP trainers
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 619-621; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.6.619 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Saoirse Nic Gabhainn, Andrew W Murphy, and Cecily Kelleher

A national general practice census: characteristics of rural general practices
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 622-626; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.6.622 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Richard T Hamner and Steven H Stumpf

Survey of smoking knowledge, attitudes and practice in school children in Honduras
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 627-628; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.6.627 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Aurelio Sessa, Bruno Costa, Francesco Bamfi, Germano Bettoncelli, and Gaetano D'Ambrosio

The incidence, natural history and associated outcomes of influenza-like illness and clinical influenza in Italy
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 629-634; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.6.629 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

DA OlaOlorun, IO Oladiran, and A Adeniran

Complications of fracture treatment by traditional bonesetters in southwest Nigeria
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 635-637; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.6.635 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hanne Thorsen, Klaus Witt, Hanne Hollnagel, and Kirsti Malterud

The purpose of the general practice consultation from the patient's perspective—theoretical aspects
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 638-643; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.6.638 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Selections from Current Literature:

Margaret Carr

Treatments for premenstrual dysphoric disorder
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 644-646; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.6.644 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews:

Steve Gillam

The tyranny of health: doctors and the regulation of lifestyle.: Michael Fitzpatrick. (208 pages, £9.99.) Routledge, 2001. ISBN 0-415-23572-3.
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 647; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.6.647 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Frank Dobbs

Great feuds in medicine: ten of the liveliest disputes ever.: Hal Hellman. (250 pages, £17.95.) John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2001. ISBN 0-471-34757-5.
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 647-648; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.6.647-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Charles Chubb

The body, culture and society: an introduction.: Philip Hancock, Bill Hughes, Elizabeth Jagger et al. (150 pages, paperback £14.99, hardback £45.) Open University Press, 2000. ISBN paperback 0-335-20413-9, hardback 0-335-20414-7.
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 648-649; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.6.648 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Trisha Greenhalgh

Medical humanities: a practical introduction.: Debbie Kirklin, Ruth Richardson (eds). (158 pages, £19.50.) Royal College of Physicians, 2000. ISBN 1-86016-1472.
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 649; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.6.649 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

James Grant

Man and medicine: a history.: Farokh Erach Udwadia. (518 pages, £31.50.) Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 0-19-565457-9.
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 649-650; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.6.649-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter D Toon

Preventive medicine: between obligation and aspiration.: Marcel Verweij. (198 pages, hardback £45, US$62.) Kluwer Academic Publishers Group, 2000. ISBN 0 -7923-6691-3.
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 650; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.6.650 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sally Hope

Breast cancer: journey to recovery.: Carol Noll Hoskins, Judith Haber, Wendy Budin. (128 pages, US$25.95.) Springer Publishing Company, 2001. ISBN 0-8261-1392-3.
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 650-651; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.6.650-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mehool Patel and Anthony Rudd

Thrombolytic therapy for stroke.: Patrick D Lyden (ed.). (424 pages, US$125.) Humana Press, 2001. ISBN 0-89603-746-0.
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 651; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.6.651 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Simon Street

Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS/ME): the facts.: Frankie Campling, Michael Sharpe. (289 pages, £9.99.) Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 0-19-263049-0.
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 651-652; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.6.651-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Greta Rait

Crying: the natural and cultural history of tears.: Tom Lutz. (352 pages, £18.95.) WW Norton & Company Ltd, 1999. ISBN 0-393-04756-3.
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 652; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.6.652 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Adrian Dunbar

Consent, rights and choices in health care for children and young people.: British Medical Associaton. (295 pages, £19.95.) BMJ Publishing Group, 2001. ISBN 0-7279-1228-3.
Fam. Pract. 2001 18: 652-653; doi:10.1093/fampra/18.6.652-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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