Family Practice

Editorials:

David Misselbrook and David Armstrong

Thinking about risk. Can doctors and patients talk the same language?
Fam. Pract. 2002 19: 1-2; doi:10.1093/fampra/19.1.1 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Papers:

Jørgen Nexøe, Dorte Gyrd-Hansen, Jakob Kragstrup, Ivar Sønbø Kristiansen, and Jesper Bo Nielsen

Danish GPs' perception of disease risk and benefit of prevention
Fam. Pract. 2002 19: 3-6; doi:10.1093/fampra/19.1.3 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Motoki Ohnishi, Tsuguya Fukui, Kunihiko Matsui, Kenji Hira, Masaya Shinozuka, Hironori Ezaki, Junji Otaki, Wataru Kurokawa, Hiroshi Imura, Hiroshi Koyama, and Takuro Shimbo

Interpretation of and preference for probability expressions among Japanese patients and physicians
Fam. Pract. 2002 19: 7-11; doi:10.1093/fampra/19.1.7 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nicholas Zwar, Joan Henderson, Helena Britt, Kevin McGeechan, and Guan Yeo

Influencing antibiotic prescribing by prescriber feedback and management guidelines: a 5-year follow-up
Fam. Pract. 2002 19: 12-17; doi:10.1093/fampra/19.1.12 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Theresa M Marteau, Matthew Hankins, and Bernadette Collins

Perceptions of risk of cervical cancer and attitudes towards cervical screening: a comparison of smokers and non-smokers
Fam. Pract. 2002 19: 18-22; doi:10.1093/fampra/19.1.18 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clare Ronalds, Navneet Kapur, Kit Stone, Sarah Webb, Barbara Tomenson, and Francis Creed

Determinants of consultation rate in patients with anxiety and depressive disorders in primary care
Fam. Pract. 2002 19: 23-28; doi:10.1093/fampra/19.1.23 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Chantal Simon, Satinder Kumar, and Tony Kendrick

Who cares for the carers? The district nurse perspective
Fam. Pract. 2002 19: 29-35; doi:10.1093/fampra/19.1.29 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Laurie S Estes and Romeria Tidwell

Sexually abused children's behaviours: impact of gender and mother's experience of intra- and extra-familial sexual abuse
Fam. Pract. 2002 19: 36-44; doi:10.1093/fampra/19.1.36 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R Telford, A Hutchinson, R Jones, S Rix, and A Howe

Obstacles to effective treatment of depression: a general practice perspective
Fam. Pract. 2002 19: 45-52; doi:10.1093/fampra/19.1.45 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

WY Cheung, J Dove, B Lervy, IT Russell, and JG Williams

Shared care in gastroenterology: GPs' views of open access to out-patient follow-up for patients with inflammatory bowel disease
Fam. Pract. 2002 19: 53-56; doi:10.1093/fampra/19.1.53 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kendall Kroesen, Carol M Baldwin, Audrey J Brooks, and Iris R Bell

US military veterans' perceptions of the conventional medical care system and their use of complementary and alternative medicine
Fam. Pract. 2002 19: 57-64; doi:10.1093/fampra/19.1.57 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Glyn Elwyn, Rachel Iredale, and Jonathon Gray

Reactions of GPs to a triage-controlled referral system for cancer genetics
Fam. Pract. 2002 19: 65-71; doi:10.1093/fampra/19.1.65 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hogne Sandvik and Hong-Jun Cho

Attitudes to family practice registration programmes. Survey of Korean and Norwegian family doctors
Fam. Pract. 2002 19: 72-76; doi:10.1093/fampra/19.1.72 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David J Heaney, Jeremy J Walker, John GR Howie, Margaret Maxwell, George K Freeman, Peter NE Berrey, Tom G Jones, Morag C Stern, and Stephen M Campbell

The development of a routine NHS data-based index of performance in general practice (NHSPPI)
Fam. Pract. 2002 19: 77-84; doi:10.1093/fampra/19.1.77 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

JP Sturmberg

General practice-specific care categories: a method to examine the impact of morbidity on general practice workload
Fam. Pract. 2002 19: 85-92; doi:10.1093/fampra/19.1.85 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Short Report:

Phillip Oliver, Jenny Keen, and Nigel Mathers

Deaths from drugs of abuse in Sheffield 1997–1999: what are the implications for GPs prescribing to heroin addicts?
Fam. Pract. 2002 19: 93-94; doi:10.1093/fampra/19.1.93 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Systematic Review:

Kash Rizvi, John P Hampson, and John N Harvey

Do lipid-lowering drugs cause erectile dysfunction? A systematic review
Fam. Pract. 2002 19: 95-98; doi:10.1093/fampra/19.1.95 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research Issues:

John Sellors, Roxanne Cosby, Kristina Trim, Janusz Kaczorowski, Michelle Howard, Linda Hardcastle, Connie Sellors, and Christel Woodward

Recruiting family physicians and patients for a clinical trial: lessons learned
Fam. Pract. 2002 19: 99-104; doi:10.1093/fampra/19.1.99 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stephen Barclay, Chris Todd, Ilora Finlay, Gunn Grande, and Penny Wyatt

Not another questionnaire! Maximizing the response rate, predicting non-response and assessing non-response bias in postal questionnaire studies of GPs
Fam. Pract. 2002 19: 105-111; doi:10.1093/fampra/19.1.105 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Selections from Current Literature:

Colin P Kopes-Kerr

Screening for skin cancer: sense or nonsense?
Fam. Pract. 2002 19: 112-114; doi:10.1093/fampra/19.1.112 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews:

Iona Heath

Understanding health inequalities: Hilary Graham (ed.). (237 pages, paperback £17.99, hardback £55.) Open University Press, 2000. ISBN paperback 0-335-20553-4, hardback 0-335-20554-2.
Fam. Pract. 2002 19: 115; doi:10.1093/fampra/19.1.115 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Oliver Samuel

Friends in low places: James Willis. (232 pages, £19.95.) Radcliffe Medical Press Ltd, 2001. ISBN 1-85775-404-2.
Fam. Pract. 2002 19: 115-116; doi:10.1093/fampra/19.1.115-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John Salinsky

A consumer's guide to psychotherapy: a complete guide to choosing the therapist that's right for you: Larry E Beutler, Bruce Bongar, Joel N Shurkin. (218 pages, £7.50.) Oxford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-19-513920-8.
Fam. Pract. 2002 19: 116; doi:10.1093/fampra/19.1.116 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tom Fahey

Preventive cardiology: strategies for the prevention and treatment of coronary artery disease.: JoAnne Micale Foody (ed.). (376 pages, US$99.50.) Humana Press, 2000. ISBN 0-89603-811-4. Blood pressure monitoring in cardiovascular medicine and therapeutics: William B White (ed.). (320 pages, US$99.) Humana Press, 2000. ISBN 0-89603-840-8.
Fam. Pract. 2002 19: 116-117; doi:10.1093/fampra/19.1.116-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sally Hull

Back pain matters in primary care: Ruth Chambers, Barbara Hawksley, Gill Smith, Chris Chambers (eds). (185 pages, £17.95.) Radcliffe Medical Press Ltd, 2001. ISBN 1-85775-418-2.
Fam. Pract. 2002 19: 117; doi:10.1093/fampra/19.1.117 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael Courtenay

Male sexual function: a guide to clinical management: John J Mulcahy (ed.). (400 pages, US$125.) Humana Press, 2001. ISBN 0-89603-917-X.
Fam. Pract. 2002 19: 117-118; doi:10.1093/fampra/19.1.117-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Claire Samuel

Child mental health in primary care: Quentin Spender, Niki Salt, Judith Dawkins, Tony Kendrick, Peter Hill. (384 pages, £24.95.) Radcliffe Medical Press Ltd, 2001. ISBN 1-85775-262-7
Fam. Pract. 2002 19: 118; doi:10.1093/fampra/19.1.118 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John Macleod

Excessive appetites: a psychological view of addictions (2nd edition): Jim Orford. (419 pages, paperback £29.95, hardback £60.) John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2001. ISBN paperback 0-471-98231-8, hardback 0-471-49947-1.
Fam. Pract. 2002 19: 118-119; doi:10.1093/fampra/19.1.118-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John Salinsky

The myth of maturity: what teenagers need from parents to become adults: Terri Apter. (288 pages, £19.95, US$24.95.) WW Norton & Company Ltd, 2001. ISBN 0-393-0492-6.
Fam. Pract. 2002 19: 119; doi:10.1093/fampra/19.1.119 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John Wilmot

The peer appraisal handbook for general practitioners: Hilary Haman, Sally Irvine, Di Jelley. (130 pages, £19.95.) Radcliffe Medical Press, 2000. ISBN 1-85775-570-7.
Fam. Pract. 2002 19: 119-120; doi:10.1093/fampra/19.1.119-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Surinder Singh

Ethics in general practice: Anne Orme-Smith, Jon Spicer (eds). (279 pages, £17.95.) Radcliffe Medical Press Ltd, 2001. ISBN 1-85775-328-3.
Fam. Pract. 2002 19: 120; doi:10.1093/fampra/19.1.120 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Trefor Roscoe

A guide to healthcare resources on the internet: Robert Kiley (ed.). (115 pages, £9.95.) Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd, 2001. ISBN 1-85315-473-3.
Fam. Pract. 2002 19: 120-121; doi:10.1093/fampra/19.1.120-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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