Family Practice

Clinical Research:

D Medina-Bombardó, M Seguí-Díaz, C Roca-Fusalba, and J Llobera

What is the predictive value of urinary symptoms for diagnosing urinary tract infection in women?
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 103-107; doi:10.1093/fampra/20.2.103 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lennart Johansson and Nils-Ove Månsson

Rapid test, throat culture and clinical assessment in the diagnosis of tonsillitis
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 108-111; doi:10.1093/fampra/20.2.108 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

KJ Lewin, HK Sinclair, and CM Bond

Women’s knowledge of and attitudes towards hormone replacement therapy
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 112-119; doi:10.1093/fampra/20.2.112 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alistair McKeown, Catriona Matheson, and Christine Bond

A qualitative study of GPs’ attitudes to drug misusers and drug misuse services in primary care
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 120-125; doi:10.1093/fampra/20.2.120 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael Phelan and Ilyas Mirza

The needs of patients receiving depot antipsychotic medication within primary care
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 126-128; doi:10.1093/fampra/20.2.126 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

K Shaw, I Wagner, H Eastwood, and G Mitchell

A qualitative study of Australian GPs’ attitudes and practices in the diagnosis and management of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 129-134; doi:10.1093/fampra/20.2.129 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cora M Aalfs, Ellen MA Smets, Hanneke CJM de Haes, and Nico J Leschot

Referral for genetic counselling during pregnancy: limited alertness and awareness about genetic risk factors among GPs
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 135-141; doi:10.1093/fampra/20.2.135 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LC de Jong-Potjer, GH de Bock, BM Zaadstra, ORW de Jong, SP Verloove-Vanhorick, and MP Springer

Women’s interest in GP-initiated pre-conception counselling in The Netherlands
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 142-146; doi:10.1093/fampra/20.2.142 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M Haetzman, AM Elliott, BH Smith, P Hannaford, and WA Chambers

Chronic pain and the use of conventional and alternative therapy
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 147-154; doi:10.1093/fampra/20.2.147 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stephen Buetow, Vivienne Adair, Gregor Coster, Makere Hight, Barry Gribben, and Ed Mitchell

GP care for moderate to severe asthma in children: what do infrequently attending mothers disagree with and why?
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 155-161; doi:10.1093/fampra/20.2.155 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Osamu Takahashi, Yoshinori Noguchi, Mahbubur Rahman, Takuro Shimbo, Masashi Goto, Kunihiko Matsui, Atsushi Asai, Motoki Onishi, Hiroshi Koyama, Izumi Sawada, Takeshi Yoshinaka, and Tsuguya Fukui

Influence of family on acceptance of influenza vaccination among Japanese patients
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 162-166; doi:10.1093/fampra/20.2.162 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Health Services Research:

Jean-Marc Feron, Françoise Cerexhe, Dominique Pestiaux, Michel Roland, Didier Giet, Christian Montrieux, and Dominique Paulus

GPs working in solo practice: obstacles and motivations for working in a group? A qualitative study
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 167-172; doi:10.1093/fampra/20.2.167 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alex N Goudswaard, Kahnh Lam, Ronald P Stolk, and Guy EHM Rutten

Quality of recording of data from patients with type 2 diabetes is not a valid indicator of quality of care. A cross-sectional study
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 173-177; doi:10.1093/fampra/20.2.173 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ajay George and Greg Rubin

Non-attendance in general practice: a systematic review and its implications for access to primary health care
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 178-184; doi:10.1093/fampra/20.2.178 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Education in Primary Care:

Kamila Hawthorne, Jasmin Rahman, and Roisin Pill

Working with Bangladeshi patients in Britain: perspectives from Primary Health Care
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 185-191; doi:10.1093/fampra/20.2.185 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Paul Little and Stephen Hayes

Continuing professional development (CPD): GPs’ perceptions of post-graduate education-approved (PGEA) meetings and personal professional development plans (PDPs)
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 192-198; doi:10.1093/fampra/20.2.192 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dee Richards, Les Toop, and Patrick Graham

Do clinical practice education groups result in sustained change in GP prescribing?
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 199-206; doi:10.1093/fampra/20.2.199 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anneke WM Kramer, Herman Düsman, Lisa HC Tan, Koos JM Jansen, Richard PTM Grol, and Cees PM van der Vleuten

Effect of extension of postgraduate training in general practice on the acquisition of knowledge of trainees
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 207-212; doi:10.1093/fampra/20.2.207 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Maree O’Keefe, Don Roberton, Michael Sawyer, and Peter Baghurst

Medical student interviewing: a randomized trial of patient-centredness and clinical competence
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 213-219; doi:10.1093/fampra/20.2.213 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Selections from Current Literature:

Jeffrey S Trilling

Remembering Jack Froom, MD, Professor Emeritus
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 220-221; doi:10.1093/fampra/20.2.220 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Correspondence:

Lynda Carter, Deborah Bowman, and Pippa Oakeshott

Informed consent for Screening
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 222; doi:10.1093/fampra/20.2.222 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews:

Roger Higgs

Ethical issues in health care on the frontiers of the twenty-first century.: Stephen Wear, James J Bono, Gerald Logue, Adrianne McEvoy (eds). (342 pages, £93, US$149.) Kluwer Academic Publishers Group, 2000. ISBN 0-7923-6277-2.
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 223. [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alex Gatherer

Ethics and medical decision-making.: Michael Freeman (ed.). (608 pages, hardback £110.) Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 2001. ISBN 0-7546-2112-X.
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 223-224. [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Chris Rose

Clinical negligence and complaints: a clinician’s guide.: Michael Green, Kathryn McConnochie. (123 pages, £19.50.) Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd, 2002. ISBN 1-85315-504-7.
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 224. [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John Marks

Patient confidentiality.: John Tingle (ed.). (232 pages, £25.) EMIS Professional Publishing, 2002. ISBN 1-85811-296-6.
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 224-225. [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Roger Jones

Fraud and misconduct in medical research. 3rd edition.: Stephen Lock, Frank Wells, Michael Farthing (eds). (280 pages, £40.) BMJ Publishing Group, 2001. ISBN 0-7279-1508-8.
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 225. [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Frank Dobbs

How much risk? A guide to understanding environmental health hazards.: Inge F Goldstein, Martin Goldstein. (351 pages, £19.99.) Oxford University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-19-513994-1.
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 226. [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Karyn Baum

Chronic illness in children: an evidence-based approach.: Laura L Hayman, Margaret M Mahon, J Rick Turner (eds). (252 pages, US$43.80.) Springer Publishing Company, 2002. ISBN 0-8261-3856-X.
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Trefor Roscoe

Childhood headache.: Ishaq Aug-Arafeh (ed.). (208 pages, hardback £45.) Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN 1-898-68326-3.
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Marie Campkin

Treating compassion fatigue.: Charles R Figley (ed.). (235 pages, £24.95.) Brunner-Routledge, 2002. ISBN 1-68391-053-0.
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 227-228. [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Elaine Wendt

The general practitioner his patients and their feelings.: Sotiris Zalidis. (261 pages, £16.95.) Free Association Books Ltd, 2001. ISBN 1-85343-527-9.
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Tim Stokes

Practical psychiatry of old age. 3rd edition.: John P Wattis, Stephen Curran (eds). (274 pages, £24.95.) Radcliffe Medical Press Ltd, 2001. ISBN 1-85775-245-7.
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 228-229. [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stuart Carne

Retiring from medicine: do you have what it takes?: Harvey White (ed.). (147 pages, £12.95.) Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd, 2002. ISBN 1-85315-502-0.
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 229. [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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