Family Practice

Editorials:

Roger Jones

Family Practice—what makes a good review?
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 501-502; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg531 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

The consultation:

Dorothy H Broom

Familiarity breeds neglect? Unanticipated benefits of discontinuous primary care
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 503-507; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg501 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Helen Lester, Jonathan Q Tritter, and Elizabeth England

Satisfaction with primary care: the perspectives of people with schizophrenia
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 508-513; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg502 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M André, L Borgquist, and S Mölstad

Use of rules of thumb in the consultation in general practice—an act of balance between the individual and the general perspective
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 514-519; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg503 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tim Coleman, Stephen Barrett, Alison Wynn, and Andrew Wilson

Comparison of the smoking behaviour and attitudes of smokers who believe they have smoking-related problems with those who do not
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 520-523; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg504 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Child health:

Karin Blomgren and Anne Pitkäranta

Is it possible to diagnose acute otitis media accurately in primary health care?
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 524-527; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg505 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cheryl Haslam, Wendy Lawrence, and Karen Haefeli

Intention to breastfeed and other important health-related behaviour and beliefs during pregnancy
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 528-530; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg506 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Diane Owen, Josep Vidal-Alaball, Maha Mansour, Kate Bordeaux, Kate Verrier Jones, and Adrian Edwards

Parent’s opinions on the diagnosis of children under 2 years of age with urinary tract infection
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 531-537; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg507 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Information in practice:

Mark Perry and Carolyn Chew-Graham

Finding a vein or obtaining consent: a qualitative study of hepatitis C testing in GP methadone clinics
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 538-544; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg508 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dejana Braithwaite, Jon Emery, Simon de Lusignan, and Stephen Sutton

Using the Internet to conduct surveys of health professionals: a valid alternative?
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 545-551; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg509 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Imogen Savage and Larry Goodyer

Providing information on metered dose inhaler technique: is multimedia as effective as print?
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 552-557; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg510 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Atilla Soykan and Bedriye Oncu

Which GP deals better with depressed patients in primary care in Kastamonu, Turkey: the impacts of ‘interest in psychiatry’ and ‘continuous medical education’
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 558-562; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg511 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Revital Gross, Hava Tabenkin, Avi Porath, Anthony Heymann, Miriam Greenstein, Boaz Porter, and Ronit Matzliach

The relationship between primary care physicians’ adherence to guidelines for the treatment of diabetes and patient satisfaction: findings from a pilot study
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 563-569; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg512 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Health Services Research:

Victor Sim, David Hampton, Ceri Phillips, Su-Neng Lo, Sanjeev Vasishta, John Davies, and Micheal Penney

The use of brain natriuretic peptide as a screening test for left ventricular systolic dysfunction— cost-effectiveness in relation to open access echocardiography
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 570-574; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg513 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

KJ Thomas, P Coleman, and JP Nicholl

Trends in access to complementary or alternative medicines via primary care in England: 1995–2001 Results from a follow-up national survey
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 575-577; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg514 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mark L Clemence and David A Seamark

GP referral for physiotherapy to musculoskeletal conditions—a qualitative study
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 578-582; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg515 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Helen Prosser and Tom Walley

New drug uptake: qualitative comparison of high and low prescribing GPs’ attitudes and approach
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 583-591; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg516 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research Methods:

Alison M Elliott and Philip C Hannaford

Third mailings in epidemiological studies: are they really necessary?
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 592-594; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg517 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gert JO Marincowitz

How to use participatory action research in primary care
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 595-600; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg518 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Special Report:

JA Knottnerus

Community genetics and community medicine
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 601-606; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg519 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Selections from Current Literature:

Lorraine Danowski, Lauren Garguila Brand, and Josephine Connolly

Gluten-free diets, coeliac disease and associated disorders
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 607-611; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg520 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Correspondence:

C Segovia

Quality of records and quality of care
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 612; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg532 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews:

Robert Treharne Jones

Marathon medicine.: Dan Tunstall-Pedoe (ed.). (348 pages, £19.95.) Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd, 2000. ISBN 1-85315-460-1.
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 613; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg521 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Trevor Thompson

Doctoring: the nature of primary care medicine.: Eric J Cassell. (219 pages, paperback £11.95; hardback £23.) Oxford University Press, 1997. ISBN paperback 0-19-515862, hardback 0-19-511323-3.
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 613-614; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg522 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Karyn Baum

Ethics and evidence-based medicine: fallibility and responsibility in clinical science.: Kenneth W Goodman. (180 pages, paperback £19.95, US$27; hardback £55, US$75.) Cambridge University Press, 2003. ISBN paperback 0-521-79653-9, hardback 0-521-81933-4.
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 614; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg523 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David Molyneux

The ethics of palliative care: European perspectives.: Henk ten Have, David Clark (eds). (266 pages, £22.50.) Open University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-335-21140-2.
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 614-615; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg524 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Adrian Hastings

Family violence in primary care.: Stephen Amiel, Iona Heath (eds). (440 pages, £32.50.) Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN 0-19-262828-3.
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 615; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg525 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Oliver Samuel

Angry young men: how parents, teachers, and counselors can help ‘bad boys’ become good men.: Aaron Kipnis. (291 pages, £14.99.) Jossey-Bass, 2002. ISBN 0-7879-6043-8.
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 615-616; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg526 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Richard Neal

Cancer in young adults: through parents’ eyes.: Anne Grinyer. (208 pages, paperback £19.99; hardback £60.) Open University Press, 2002. ISBN paperback, 0-335-21230-1, hardback 0-335-21231-X.
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 616; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg527 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carole Solomons

Infertility matters in healthcare.: Julian Jenkins, Liz Corrigan, Ruth Chambers (eds). (179 pages, £19.95.) Radcliffe Medical Press Ltd, 2003. ISBN 1-85775-960-5.
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 616-617; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg528 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Frank Sullivan

e-Appraisal: a guide for primary care.: Paul Robinson, Louise Simpson (120 pages, £19.95.) Radcliffe Medical Press Ltd, 2003. ISBN 1-85775-961-3.
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 617; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg529 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Laurence Buckman

Quantifying quality in primary care.: Peter Graves. (264 pages, £24.95.) Radcliffe Medical Press Ltd, 2003. ISBN 1-85775-599-5.
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 617-618; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg530 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Corrigendum:

Corrigendum
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 619-621; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg599 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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