Family Practice

Editorial:

David Kernick

Costing in Primary Care—is the truth out there?
Family Practice Advance Access published on April 6, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2005 22: 225-226; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi012 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

RCTs and epidemiology:

Philip C Hannaford, Julie A Simpson, Ann Fiona Bisset, Adrian Davis, William McKerrow, and Robert Mills

The prevalence of ear, nose and throat problems in the community: results from a national cross-sectional postal survey in Scotland
Family Practice Advance Access published on March 16, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2005 22: 227-233; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Simon de Lusignan, Tom Chan, Paul Stevens, Donal O'Donoghue, Nigel Hague, Billy Dzregah, Jeremy Van Vlymen, Mel Walker, and Sean Hilton

Identifying patients with chronic kidney disease from general practice computer records
Family Practice Advance Access published on April 6, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2005 22: 234-241; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi026 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

JL Thomsen, ET Parner, B Karlsmose, AM Thulstrup, T Lauritzen, and M Engberg

Effect of preventive health screening on long-term primary health care utilization. A randomized controlled trial
Family Practice Advance Access published on April 6, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2005 22: 242-248; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carol AC Coupland, Boki SP Savelyich, Julia Hippisley-Cox, Denise Kendrick, Lindsay Groom, and Elizabeth Cross

A randomized controlled trial of the effect of providing information on accidental injury admissions and their costs to Primary Care Groups and Trusts
Family Practice Advance Access published on April 1, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2005 22: 249-252; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi016 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Melina Gattellari, Neil Donnelly, Nicholas Taylor, Matthew Meerkin, Geoffrey Hirst, and Jeanette E Ward

Does ‘peer coaching’ increase GP capacity to promote informed decision making about PSA screening? A cluster randomised trial
Family Practice Advance Access published on April 11, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2005 22: 253-265; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi028 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Access to care:

John L Campbell, Jean Ramsay, Judith Green, and Kate Harvey

Forty-eight hour access to primary care: practice factors predicting patients' perceptions
Family Practice Advance Access published on March 18, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2005 22: 266-268; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clare J Jackson, Mary Dixon-Woods, Ronald Hsu, and Jennifer J Kurinczuk

A qualitative study of choosing and using an NHS Walk-in Centre
Family Practice Advance Access published on April 1, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2005 22: 269-274; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi018 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M Mc Loughlin, P Armstrong, M Byrne, D Heaney, N O'Brien, and AW Murphy

A comparative study on attitudes, mental health and job stress amongst GPs participating, or not, in a rural out-of-hours co-operative
Family Practice Advance Access published on April 11, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2005 22: 275-279; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi031 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Patient and professional attitudes:

Karen Fairhurst, Sally Wyke, Sue Ziebland, Peter Seaman, and Anna Glasier

"Not that sort of practice": the views and behaviour of primary care practitioners in a study of advance provision of emergency contraception
Family Practice Advance Access published on March 15, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2005 22: 280-286; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmh728 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LD Edmunds

Parents' perceptions of health professionals' responses when seeking help for their overweight children
Family Practice Advance Access published on March 16, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2005 22: 287-292; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmh729 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Else M Zantinge, Peter FM Verhaak, and Jozien M Bensing

The workload of GPs: patients with psychological and somatic problems compared
Family Practice Advance Access published on March 18, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2005 22: 293-297; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmh732 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Health services research:

Fraser Macfarlane, Sara Shaw, Trisha Greenhalgh, and Yvonne H Carter

General practices as emergent research organizations: a qualitative study into organizational development
Family Practice Advance Access published on April 1, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2005 22: 298-304; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi011 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Louise Watson, Huib AM Kerstjens, Klaus F Rabe, Victor Kiri, George T Visick, and Dirkje S Postma

Obtaining optimal control in mild asthma: theory and practice
Family Practice Advance Access published on April 1, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2005 22: 305-310; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi013 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Patricia Hudelson

Improving patient–provider communication: insights from interpreters
Family Practice Advance Access published on April 1, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2005 22: 311-316; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi015 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research methods:

Norman Beale, Sandra Hollinghurst, Gordon Taylor, Mark Gwynne, Carole Peart, and Dawn Straker-Cook

The costs of care in general practice: patients compared by the council tax valuation band of their home address
Family Practice Advance Access published on April 1, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2005 22: 317-322; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi014 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anita Patel, Alison Rendu, Paul Moran, Morven Leese, Anthony Mann, and Martin Knapp

A comparison of two methods of collecting economic data in primary care
Family Practice Advance Access published on April 11, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2005 22: 323-327; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi027 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stewart W Mercer, Alex McConnachie, Margaret Maxwell, David Heaney, and Graham CM Watt

Relevance and practical use of the Consultation and Relational Empathy (CARE) Measure in general practice
Family Practice Advance Access published on March 16, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2005 22: 328-334; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmh730 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S Reventlow and C Tulinius

The doctor as focus group moderator—shifting roles and negotiating positions in health research
Family Practice Advance Access published on March 16, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2005 22: 335-340; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sally C Dean, Clare E Harper, Francesco P Cappuccio, Elizabeth Rink, Carla Dirckx, Jozef Arnout, Francesco Zito, and Licia Iacoviello on behalf of the European Collaborative Group of the IMMIDIET Project

The challenges of cross-national research in primary health care across Europe
Family Practice Advance Access published on March 18, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2005 22: 341-346; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi008 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tom Love and Chris Burton

General practice as a complex system: a novel analysis of consultation data
Family Practice Advance Access published on April 6, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2005 22: 347-352; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi023 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Correspondence:

Frances Iles and Pippa Oakeshott

Sexual health in primary care: acceptability of providing a urine sample for chlamydia screening in GP attendees aged 25 or under
Family Practice Advance Access published on March 16, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2005 22: 353; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmh731 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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