Family Practice

Medical Error:

John Sandars and Aneez Esmail

The frequency and nature of medical error in primary care: understanding the diversity across studies
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 231-236; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg301 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lionel Jacobson, Glyn Elwyn, Michael Robling, and Rhiannedd Tudor Jones

Error and safety in primary care: no clear boundaries
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 237-241; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg302 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Communication:

Joseph Gafaranga and Nicky Britten

"Fire away": the opening sequence in general practice consultations
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 242-247; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg303 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jane Ogden, Ruben Branson, Annie Bryett, Amaryllis Campbell, Alberto Febles, Ian Ferguson, Hilary Lavender, Jacques Mizan, Robin Simpson, and Michael Tayler

What’s in a name? An experimental study of patients’ views of the impact and function of a diagnosis
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 248-253; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg304 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stefan Bremberg, Tore Nilstun, Vili Kovac, and Matjaz Zwitter

GPs facing reluctant and demanding patients: analysing ethical justifications
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 254-261; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg305 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kristian Pollock and Janet Grime

GPs’ perspectives on managing time in consultations with patients suffering from depression: a qualitative study
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 262-269; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg306 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marja Aira, Jussi Kauhanen, Pekka Larivaara, and Pertti Rautio

Factors influencing inquiry about patients’ alcohol consumption by primary health care physicians: qualitative semi-structured interview study
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 270-275; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg307 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sachiko Ohtaki, Toshio Ohtaki, and Michael D Fetters

Doctor–patient communication: a comparison of the USA and Japan
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 276-282; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg308 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MM Daghio, AV Ciardullo, T Cadioli, C Delvecchio, A Menna, C Voci, P Guidetti, N Magrini, and A Liberati

GPs’ satisfaction with the doctor–patient encounter: findings from a community-based survey
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 283-288; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg309 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Screening:

Elaine Thomas, Jane C Richardson, Alison Irvine, Andrew B Hassell, and Elaine M Hay

Osteoporosis: what are the implications of DEXA scanning ‘high risk’ women in primary care?
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 289-293; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg310 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Melina Gattellari, Jane M Young, and Jeanette E Ward

GP and patient predictors of PSA screening in Australian general practice
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 294-303; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg311 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Health Services Research:

Rhodri Evans, Debbie Stone, and Glyn Elwyn

Organizing palliative care for rural populations: a systematic review of the evidence
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 304-310; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg312 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ruth Leibowitz, Susan Day, and David Dunt

A systematic review of the effect of different models of after-hours primary medical care services on clinical outcome, medical workload, and patient and GP satisfaction
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 311-317; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg313 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Models of Care:

Frede Olesen

A framework for clinical general practice and for research and teaching in the discipline
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 318-323; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg314 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Moshe A Frenkel and Jeffrey M Borkan

An approach for integrating complementary– alternative medicine into primary care
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 324-332; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg315 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research Issues:

Signe Flottorp, Kari Håvelsrud, and Andrew D Oxman

Process evaluation of a cluster randomized trial of tailored interventions to implement guidelines in primary care—why is it so hard to change practice?
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 333-339; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg316 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

N Summerton, S Mann, J Sutton, A Rigby, A Theakston, J Clark, H Williams-Hardy, and A Summerton

Developing clinically relevant and reproducible symptom-defined populations for cancer diagnostic research in general practice using a community survey
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 340-346; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg317 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] supplementary data [Request Permissions]  

Selections from Current Literature:

Robert S Bobrow

Benzodiazepines revisited
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 347-349; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg320 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Correspondence:

Heinz-Harald Abholz and Cristina Oriol

Coronary heart disease: acceptance of guideline recommendations irrelevant in Germany?
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 350; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg318 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews:

George Freeman

Health targets in Europe: polity, progress and promise.: Marshall Marinker (ed.). (248 pages, £19.95.) BMJ Publishing Group, 2002. ISBN 0-7279-1642-4.
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 351; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg319 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Adrian Roberts

Organisation development in health care; strategic issues in health care management.: Rosemary K Rushmer, Huw TO Davies, Manouche Tavakoli, Mo Malek (eds). (208 pages, £39.95.) Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 2002. ISBN 0-7546-1611-8.
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 351-352; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg319 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

George Freeman

Complexity and healthcare: an introduction.: Kieran Sweeney, Frances Griffiths (eds). (208 pages, £24.95.) Radcliffe Medical Press Ltd, 2002. ISBN 1-85775-559-6.
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 352; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg319 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

BPA Thoonen and TRJ Schermer

Evidence-based health economics: from effectiveness to efficiency in systematic review.: Cam Donaldson (ed.). (176 pages, £19.95.) BMJ Publishing Group, 2002. ISBN 0-7279-1579-7.
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 352-353; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg319 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Steve Gillam

Evidence into action: changing practice in primary care. Occasional Paper 84.: Jane Hughes, Charlotte Humphreys, Stephen Rogers, Trisha Greenhalgh (eds). (51 pages, £10.) Royal College of General Practitioners, 2002. ISBN 0-85084-284-0.
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 353-354; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg319 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brian Hurwitz

Stories matter: the role of narrative in medical ethics.: Rita Charon, Martha Montello (eds). (254 pages, £16.99.) Routledge, 2002. ISBN 0-415-92838-9.
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 354; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg319 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Greta Rait

Mental health in primary care: a new approach.: Andrew Elder, Jeremy Holmes (eds). (331 pages, £29.50.) Oxford University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-19-850894-8.
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 354-355; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg319 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sally Hope

A life course approach to women’s health.: Diana Kuh, Rebecca Hardy (eds). (435 pages, £37.50.) Oxford University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-19–263289-2.
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 355; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg319 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Chris Rose

Health and behaviour in childhood and adolescence.: Laura J Hayman, Margaret M Mahon, J Rick Turner (eds). (299 pages, US$46.80.) Springer Publishing Company, 2002. ISBN 0-8261-3852-7.
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Mary Rudolf

Child and adolescent obesity: causes and consequencies, prevention and management.: Walter Burniat, Tim Cole, Inge Lissau, Elizabeth Poskitt (eds). (436 pages, £65.) Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-521-65237-5.
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Peter Pritchard

Providing information for health: a workbook for primary care.: Alan Gillies. (168 pages, £24.95.) Radcliffe Medical Press Ltd, 2001. ISBN 1-85775-916-8.
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 356-357; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg319 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter Pritchard

Mapping health on the internet: strategies for learning in an information age.: Ross Scrivener. (122 pages, £19.95.) Radcliffe Medical Press Ltd, 2002. ISBN 1-85775-593-6.
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 357; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg319 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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