Family Practice

The doctor-patient relationship:

George K Freeman, Frede Olesen, and Per Hjortdahl

Continuity of care: an essential element of modern general practice?
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 623-627; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg601 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tim Stokes, Mary Dixon-Woods, and Robert K McKinley

Breaking up is never easy: GPs' accounts of removing patients from their lists
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 628-634; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg602 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Johanna Shapiro, Laura Mosqueda, and Danny Botros

A caring partnership: Expectations of ageing persons with disabilities for their primary care doctors
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 635-641; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg603 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical trials:

Ann Pearl, Susan P Wright, Greg D Gamble, Stephanie Muncaster, Helen J Walsh, Norman Sharpe, and Robert N Doughty

The effect of an integrated care approach for heart failure on general practice
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 642-645; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg604 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

RE Thomas, JM Grimshaw, J Mollison, S McClinton, E McIntosh, H Deans, and J Repper

Cluster randomized trial of a guideline-based open access urological investigation service
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 646-654; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg605 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D Weller, F May, D Rowett, A Esterman, C Pinnock, S Nicholson, J Doust, and C Silagy

Promoting better use of the PSA test in general practice: randomized controlled trial of educational strategies based on outreach visits and mailout
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 655-661; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg606 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nefyn H Williams, Clare Wilkinson, Ian Russell, Rhiannon T Edwards, Richard Hibbs, Pat Linck, and Rachel Muntz

Randomized osteopathic manipulation study (ROMANS): pragmatic trial for spinal pain in primary care
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 662-669; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg607 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

George F Longstreth and Raoul J Burchette

Family practitioners' attitudes and knowledge about irritable bowel syndrome: Effect of a trial of physician education
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 670-674; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg608 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hayley Prout, Christopher Butler, Paul Kinnersley, Mike Robling, Kerenza Hood, and Rhiannedd Tudor-Jones

A qualitative evaluation of implementing a randomized controlled trial in general practice
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 675-681; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg609 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical topics:

David PJ Osborn, Astrid E Fletcher, Liam Smeeth, Susan Stirling, Christopher J Bulpitt, Maria Nunes, Elizabeth Breeze, Edmond SW Ng, Dee Jones, and Alistair Tulloch

Performance of a single screening question for depression in a representative sample of 13 670 people aged 75 and over in the UK: results from the MRC trial of assessment and management of older people in the community
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 682-684; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg610 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ian Wilson, Katherine Duszynski, and Andrea Mant

A 5-year follow-up of general practice patients experiencing depression
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 685-689; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg611 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Merryn Gott and Sharron Hinchliff

Barriers to seeking treatment for sexual problems in primary care: a qualitative study with older people
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 690-695; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg612 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alastair D Hay, Andrew Wilson, Tom Fahey, and Tim J Peters

The duration of acute cough in pre-school children presenting to primary care: a prospective cohort study
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 696-705; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg613 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter T Donnan, Hamish T Dougall, and Frank M Sullivan

Optimal strategies for identifying patients with myocardial infarction in general practice
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 706-710; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg614 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Helen Richards, Margaret Reid, and Graham Watt

Victim-blaming revisited: a qualitative study of beliefs about illness causation, and responses to chest pain
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 711-716; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg615 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Per Lagerløv, Sølvi Helseth, and Tanja Holager

Childhood illnesses and the use of paracetamol (acetaminophen): a qualitative study of parents' management of common childhood illnesses
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 717-723; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg616 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Howard Cohen and Nicky Britten

Who decides about prostate cancer treatment? A qualitative study
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 724-729; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg617 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ernesto Kahan, John Yaphe, Hadas Knaani-Levinz, and Michael A. Weingarten

Comparison of blood pressure measurements on the bare arm, below a rolled-up sleeve, or over a sleeve
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 730-732; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg618 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Correspondence:

David Evans and Pippa Oakeshott

Hypertension in a primary care setting
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 733; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg619 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nyo Nyo Htwe and Eleni Stathopulu

It is not parental choice
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 733-734; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg620 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews:

John Salinsky

Better than well: American medicine meets the American dream: Carl Elliott. (378 pages, US$26.95.) W. W. Norton & Company Ltd, 2003. ISBN 0-393-05201.
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 735; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg621 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Steve Gillam

Health and illness in the community. Ross J Taylor, Blair H Smith, Edwin R van Teijlingen (eds). (219 pages, £16.95.) Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN 0-19-263168-3.
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 735-736; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg622 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Patricia Prosser

Survival skills for doctors and their families. Ruth Chambers, Kay Mohanna, Steph Chambers. (143 pages, £21.95.) Radcliffe Medical Press Ltd, 2003. ISBN 1-85775-990-7.
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 736; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg623 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John Salinsky

De-stressing doctors—a self-management guide. Valerie Sutherland, Cary L Cooper (eds). (205 pages, £21.99.) Butterworth-Heinemann, 2003. ISBN 0-7506-8783-5. • Primary care scream. Tony Copperfield. (255 pages, £17.99.) Butterworth-Heinemann, 2003. ISBN 0-7506-8793-2.
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 736-737; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg624 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Geoff Roberts

Supervision and support in primary care. Jonathan Burton, John Launer (eds). (177 pages, £24.95.) Radcliffe Medical Press Ltd, 2003. ISBN 1-85775-951-6.
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 737-738; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg625 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Oliver Samuel

Time limited therapy in primary care: a person-centred dialogue. Richard Bryant-Jefferies. (171 pages, £19.95.) Radcliffe Medical Press Ltd, 2003. ISBN 1-85775-999-0.
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 738; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg626 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sarah Edmonson

Valuing health in practice: priorities, QALYS, and choice. Douglas McCulloch. (138 pages, £39.95, US$69.95.) Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 2003. ISBN 0-7546-1867-6.
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 738-739; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg627 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christopher Dowrick

Insomnia: principles and management. Martin P Szuba, Jacqueline D Kloss, David F Dinges (eds). (303 pages, £34.95 US$50.) Cambridge University Press, 2003. ISBN 0-521-01076-4.
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 739; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg628 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pat Yudkin

Medical statistics made clear: an introduction to basic concepts. Ashis Banerjee. (150 pages, £19.95.) Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd, 2003. ISBN 1-85315-544-6.
Fam. Pract. 2003 20: 739-740; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmg629 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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