Family Practice

Editorial:

Christos Lionis, Francesco Carelli, and Jean Karl Soler

Developing academic careers in family medicine within the Mediterranean setting
Fam. Pract. 2004 21: 477-478; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmh501 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

The consultation:

Jane Ogden, Kheelna Bavalia, Matthew Bull, Stuart Frankum, Chris Goldie, Micaela Gosslau, Azita Jones, Sonia Kumar, and Kishor Vasant

"I want more time with my doctor": a quantitative study of time and the consultation
Fam. Pract. 2004 21: 479-483; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmh502 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Vanessa B Sheppard, Ruth E Zambrana, and Ann S O'Malley

Providing health care to low-income women: a matter of trust
Fam. Pract. 2004 21: 484-491; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmh503 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MC Weiss, T Deave, TJ Peters, and C Salisbury

Perceptions of patient expectation for an antibiotic: a comparison of walk-in centre nurses and GPs
Fam. Pract. 2004 21: 492-499; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmh504 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Attila Altiner, André Knauf, Jette Moebes, Martin Sielk, and Stefan Wilm

Acute cough: a qualitative analysis of how GPs manage the consultation when patients explicitly or implicitly expect antibiotic prescriptions
Fam. Pract. 2004 21: 500-506; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmh505 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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

Ending the doctor–patient relationship in general practice: a proposed model
Fam. Pract. 2004 21: 507-514; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmh506 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Fiona Sampson, James Munro, Mark Pickin, and Jon Nicholl

Why are patients removed from their doctors' lists? A comparison of patients' and doctors' accounts of removal
Fam. Pract. 2004 21: 515-518; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmh507 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ahmed S Al-Mandhari, Amir A Hassan, and D Haran

Association between perceived health status and satisfaction with quality of care: evidence from users of primary health care in Oman
Fam. Pract. 2004 21: 519-527; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmh508 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sexual health:

Merryn Gott, Elisabeth Galena, Sharron Hinchliff, and Helen Elford

"Opening a can of worms": GP and practice nurse barriers to talking about sexual health in primary care
Fam. Pract. 2004 21: 528-536; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmh509 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Elizabeth M Proude, Catherine D'Este, and Jeanette E Ward

Randomized trial in family practice of a brief intervention to reduce STI risk in young adults
Fam. Pract. 2004 21: 537-544; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmh510 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Professional issues:

Maria Gardiner, Greg Lovell, and Paul Williamson

Physician you can heal yourself! Cognitive behavioural training reduces stress in GPs
Fam. Pract. 2004 21: 545-551; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmh511 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jane Walker and Nigel Mathers

Working together: a qualitative study of effective group formation amongst GPs during a cost-driven prescribing initiative
Fam. Pract. 2004 21: 552-558; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmh512 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sarah L Larkins, Margaret Spillman, Julie Parison, Richard B Hays, John Vanlint, and Craig Veitch

Isolation, flexibility and change in vocational training for general practice: personal and educational problems experienced by general practice registrars in Australia
Fam. Pract. 2004 21: 559-566; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmh513 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Coronary heart disease prevention:

Peter Murchie, Neil C Campbell, Lewis D Ritchie, H George Deans, and Joan Thain

Effects of secondary prevention clinics on health status in patients with coronary heart disease: 4 year follow-up of a randomized trial in primary care
Fam. Pract. 2004 21: 567-574; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmh514 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carol P Herbert, James M Wright, Malcolm Maclure, Jacqueline Wakefield, Colin Dormuth, Pamela Brett-MacLean, Jeanne Legare, and John Premi

Better Prescribing Project: a randomized controlled trial of the impact of case-based educational modules and personal prescribing feedback on prescribing for hypertension in primary care
Fam. Pract. 2004 21: 575-581; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmh515 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Debbie A Lawlor, Peter Whincup, Jonathan R Emberson, Karen Rees, Mary Walker, and Shah Ebrahim

The challenge of secondary prevention for coronary heart disease in older patients: findings from the British Women's Heart and Health Study and the British Regional Heart Study
Fam. Pract. 2004 21: 582-586; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmh516 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research methodology:

C Lionis, HEJH Stoffers, E Hummers-Pradier, F Griffiths, D Rotar-Pavlic, and JJ Rethans

Setting priorities and identifying barriers for general practice research in Europe. Results from an EGPRW meeting
Fam. Pract. 2004 21: 587-593; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmh518 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews:

Helen J Stokes-Lampard

Women's health in mid-life—a primary care guide. Jo Ann Rosenfeld (ed.). (374 pages, £35.) Cambridge University Press, 2004. ISBN 0-521-82340-4
Fam. Pract. 2004 21: 594; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmh519 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

June Jones

Practical ethics for general practice. Wendy Rogers, Annette Braunack-Mayer. (210 pages, £19.95.) Oxford University Press, 2004. ISBN 0-19-852504-4
Fam. Pract. 2004 21: 594-595; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmh520 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael Modell

Medical genetics at a glance. Dorian J Pritchard, Bruce R Korf. (115 pages, £14.95.) Blackwell Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0-632-06372-6
Fam. Pract. 2004 21: 595; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmh522 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Martin Dawes

Genomic medicine. Guttmacher, Collins, Drazen (eds). (179 pages, £27.50.) The John Hopkins University Press, 2004. ISBN 0-8018-7979-5
Fam. Pract. 2004 21: 595-596; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmh523 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gej Bolten

Poetry therapy: theory and practice. Nicholas Mazza. (216 pages, £16.95.) Brunner Routledge, 2003. ISBN 0-415-94486-4
Fam. Pract. 2004 21: 596; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmh524 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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