Family Practice

Editorial

Patrick White

Prevalence of COPD in primary care: no room for complacency
Fam. Pract. 2009 26: 1-2; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmp001 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Primary Care Epidemiology

Get checked abstract Christian Gingter, Stefan Wilm, and Heinz-Harald Abholz

Is COPD a rare disease? Prevalence and identification rates in smokers aged 40 years and over within general practice in Germany
Family Practice Advance Access published on November 24, 2008
Fam. Pract. 2009 26: 3-9; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmn084 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Gavin Falk and Tom Fahey

C-reactive protein and community-acquired pneumonia in ambulatory care: systematic review of diagnostic accuracy studies
Family Practice Advance Access published on December 12, 2008
Fam. Pract. 2009 26: 10-21; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmn095 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract GAL Carmo, A Mandil, BR Nascimento, BD Arantes, JC Bittencourt, EB Falqueto, and AL Ribeiro

Can we measure the ankle–brachial index using only a stethoscope? A pilot study
Family Practice Advance Access published on November 20, 2008
Fam. Pract. 2009 26: 22-26; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmn086 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Qualitative Research

Get checked abstract Christy E Newman, Susan C Kippax, Limin Mao, Gary D Rogers, Deborah C Saltman, and Michael R Kidd

Features of the management of depression in gay men and men with HIV from the perspective of Australian GPs
Family Practice Advance Access published on November 14, 2008
Fam. Pract. 2009 26: 27-33; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmn089 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Rachel E Casiday, APS Hungin, Charles S Cornford, Niek J de Wit, and Mwenza T Blell

GPs’ explanatory models for irritable bowel syndrome: a mismatch with patient models?
Family Practice Advance Access published on November 14, 2008
Fam. Pract. 2009 26: 34-39; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmn088 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Rachel E Casiday, A P S Hungin, Charles S Cornford, Niek J de Wit, and Mwenza T Blell

Patients' explanatory models for irritable bowel syndrome: symptoms and treatment more important than explaining aetiology
Family Practice Advance Access published on November 14, 2008
Fam. Pract. 2009 26: 40-47; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmn087 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jonathan Graffy, Julie Grant, Sue Boase, Elaine Ward, Paul Wallace, Julia Miller, and Ann Louise Kinmonth

UK research staff perspectives on improving recruitment and retention to primary care research; nominal group exercise
Family Practice Advance Access published on November 14, 2008
Fam. Pract. 2009 26: 48-55; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmn085 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Health Services Research

Get checked abstract M Vass, K Avlund, V Siersma, and C Hendriksen

A feasible model for prevention of functional decline in older home-dwelling people—the GP role. A municipality-randomized intervention trial
Family Practice Advance Access published on December 12, 2008
Fam. Pract. 2009 26: 56-64; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmn094 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Methodological Review Articles

Get checked abstract C Thorpe, B Ryan, SL McLean, A Burt, M Stewart, JB Brown, GJ Reid, and S Harris

How to obtain excellent response rates when surveying physicians
Family Practice Advance Access published on December 12, 2008
Fam. Pract. 2009 26: 65-68; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmn097 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Johannes C Kelder, Frans H Rutten, and Arno W Hoes

Clinically relevant diagnostic research in primary care: the example of B-type natriuretic peptides in the detection of heart failure
Family Practice Advance Access published on December 3, 2008
Fam. Pract. 2009 26: 69-74; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmn096 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Special Discussion paper

Get checked abstract John Holden

The work and research of a single non-academic family physician
Family Practice Advance Access published on November 25, 2008
Fam. Pract. 2009 26: 75-78; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmn090 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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