Family Practice

Editorials:

Philip C Hannaford, Blair H Smith, and Alison M Elliott

Primary care epidemiology: its scope and purpose
Family Practice Advance Access published on December 6, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2006 23: 1-7; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi102 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Leon McDougle, Lawrence L Gabel, and Linda Stone

Future of family medicine workforce in the United States
Family Practice Advance Access published on December 22, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2006 23: 8-9; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi108 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Diagnosis:

Osamu Takahashi, Takuro Shimbo, Mahbubur Rahman, Rahman Musa, Wataru Kurokawa, Takeshi Yoshinaka, and Tsuguya Fukui

Validation of the auscultatory method for diagnosing peripheral arterial disease
Family Practice Advance Access published on October 5, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2006 23: 10-14; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi034 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jacqueline Barrett, Moyez Jiwa, Peter Rose, and William Hamilton

Pathways to the diagnosis of colorectal cancer: an observational study in three UK cities
Family Practice Advance Access published on November 14, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2006 23: 15-19; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi093 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ST Houweling, N Kleefstra, HL Lutgers, KH Groenier, B Meyboom-de Jong, and HJG Bilo

Pitfalls in blood pressure measurement in daily practice
Family Practice Advance Access published on December 6, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2006 23: 20-27; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi096 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Epidemiology:

Marco Fornasini, Carlos Brotons, Jaume Sellarès, Mireia Martinez, María Luisa Galán, Ignacio Sáenz, and José Manuel da Pena

Consequences of using different methods to assess cardiovascular risk in primary care
Family Practice Advance Access published on October 21, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2006 23: 28-33; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi092 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bèr Huijnen, Frans van der Horst, Ludovic van Amelsvoort, Geertjan Wesseling, Marieke Lansbergen, Pepijn Aarts, Nancy Nicolson, and André Knottnerus

Dyspnea in elderly family practice patients. Occurrence, severity, quality of life and mortality over an 8-year period
Family Practice Advance Access published on August 22, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2006 23: 34-39; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi064 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Roger AMJ Damoiseaux, Maroeska M Rovers, Frank AM Van Balen, Arno W Hoes, and Ruut A de Melker

Long-term prognosis of acute otitis media in infancy: determinants of recurrent acute otitis media and persistent middle ear effusion
Family Practice Advance Access published on August 17, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2006 23: 40-45; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi083 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Prescribing:

M Elaine McDermott, Blair H Smith, Alison M Elliott, Christine M Bond, Philip C Hannaford, and W Alastair Chambers

The use of medication for chronic pain in primary care, and the potential for intervention by a practice-based pharmacist
Family Practice Advance Access published on August 17, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2006 23: 46-52; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi068 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

The MaGPIe Research Group

The treatment of common mental health problems in general practice
Family Practice Advance Access published on November 22, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2006 23: 53-59; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi097 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Patrik Midlöv, Åsa Bondesson, Tommy Eriksson, Christina Nerbrand, and Peter Höglund

Effects of educational outreach visits on prescribing of benzodiazepines and antipsychotic drugs to elderly patients in primary health care in southern Sweden
Family Practice Advance Access published on December 6, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2006 23: 60-64; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi105 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

WJMJ Gorgels, RC Oude Voshaar, AJJ Mol, EH van de Lisdonk, AJLM van Balkom, MHM Breteler, HJM van den Hoogen, J Mulder, and FG Zitman

Predictors of discontinuation of benzodiazepine prescription after sending a letter to long-term benzodiazepine users in family practice
Family Practice Advance Access published on August 17, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2006 23: 65-72; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi065 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anja Kapmeyer, Christoph Meyer, Michael M Kochen, and Wolfgang Himmel

Doctors' strategies in prescribing drugs: the case of mood-modifying medicines
Family Practice Advance Access published on November 15, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2006 23: 73-79; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi094 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Qualitative research:

John Benson and Nicky Britten

What effects do patients feel from their antihypertensive tablets and how do they react to them? Qualitative analysis of interviews with patients
Family Practice Advance Access published on August 17, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2006 23: 80-87; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi081 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sheree Kable, Richard Henry, Rob Sanson-Fisher, Malcolm Ireland, and Jill Cockburn

Is a computer questionnaire of childhood asthma acceptable in general practice?
Family Practice Advance Access published on August 17, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2006 23: 88-90; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi079 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M Calnan, D Wainwright, C O'Neill, A Winterbottom, and C Watkins

Making sense of aches and pains
Family Practice Advance Access published on August 17, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2006 23: 91-105; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi077 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nadeem Qureshi, Sarah Armstrong, and Bernadette Modell

GPs' opinions of their role in prenatal genetic services: a cross-sectional survey
Family Practice Advance Access published on August 22, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2006 23: 106-110; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi088 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Caroline Wachtler, Annika Brorsson, and Margareta Troein

Meeting and treating cultural difference in primary care: a qualitative interview study
Family Practice Advance Access published on October 24, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2006 23: 111-115; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi086 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

André Busato, Andreas Dönges, Sylvia Herren, Marcel Widmer, and Florica Marian

Health status and health care utilisation of patients in complementary and conventional primary care in Switzerland—an observational study
Family Practice Advance Access published on August 22, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2006 23: 116-124; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi078 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Amaryllis Campbell and Jane Ogden

Why do doctors issue sick notes? An experimental questionnaire study in primary care
Family Practice Advance Access published on November 24, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2006 23: 125-130; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi099 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R Hare, H Rogers, H Lester, RJ McManus, and J Mant

What do stroke patients and their carers want from community services?
Family Practice Advance Access published on November 24, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2006 23: 131-136; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi098 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Special article:

Yvonne Engels, Maaike Dautzenberg, Stephen Campbell, Björn Broge, Nicole Boffin, Martin Marshall, Glyn Elwyn, Vlasta Vodopivec-Jamsek, Ferdinand M Gerlach, Marianne Samuelson, and Richard Grol

Testing a European set of indicators for the evaluation of the management of primary care practices
Family Practice Advance Access published on October 21, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2006 23: 137-147; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi091 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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