| | Other Issues: previous | next | latest | archiveCorrespondence Threat of an influenza pandemic: family physicians in the front line Wim Opstelten, Jim E van Steenbergen, Gerrit A van Essen, and Marianne AB van der Sande BMC Fam Pract. 2009; 10: 11. Published online 2009 February 3. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-10-11.PMCID: PMC2656465 Research Articles Association between risk factors for injurious falls and new benzodiazepine prescribing in elderly persons Gillian Bartlett, Michal Abrahamowicz, Roland Grad, Marie-Pierre Sylvestre, and Robyn Tamblyn BMC Fam Pract. 2009; 10: 1. Published online 2009 January 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-10-1.PMCID: PMC2627814 "I should live and finish it": A qualitative inquiry into Turkish women's menopause experience Serap Y Cifcili, Mehmet Akman, Abdullah Demirkol, Pemra C Unalan, and Etienne Vermeire BMC Fam Pract. 2009; 10: 2. Published online 2009 January 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-10-2.PMCID: PMC2642770 Factors prompting PSA-testing of asymptomatic men in a country with no guidelines: a national survey of general practitioners Frances J Drummond, Anne-Elie Carsin, Linda Sharp, and Harry Comber BMC Fam Pract. 2009; 10: 3. Published online 2009 January 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-10-3.PMCID: PMC2646704 To make a difference – how GPs conceive consultation outcomes. A phenomenographic study Annika Andén, Sven-Olof Andersson, and Carl-Edvard Rudebeck BMC Fam Pract. 2009; 10: 4. Published online 2009 January 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-10-4.PMCID: PMC2630953 The external validity of published randomized controlled trials in primary care Ritu Jones, Robert O Jones, Colin McCowan, Alan A Montgomery, and Tom Fahey BMC Fam Pract. 2009; 10: 5. Published online 2009 January 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-10-5.PMCID: PMC2632986 Inter-practice variation in diagnosing hypertension and diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional study in general practice Markus MJ Nielen, François G Schellevis, and Robert A Verheij BMC Fam Pract. 2009; 10: 6. Published online 2009 January 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-10-6.PMCID: PMC2632987 Disclosure of symptoms of postnatal depression, the perspectives of health professionals and women: a qualitative study Carolyn A Chew-Graham, Deborah Sharp, Elizabeth Chamberlain, Liz Folkes, and Katrina M Turner BMC Fam Pract. 2009; 10: 7. Published online 2009 January 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-10-7.PMCID: PMC2637839 Prevalence, evaluation and management of overactive bladder in primary care Wellman W Cheung, Nadia H Khan, Karmina K Choi, Martin H Bluth, and Miriam T Vincent BMC Fam Pract. 2009; 10: 8. Published online 2009 January 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-10-8.PMCID: PMC2642771 A qualitative study of patients' views on quality of primary care consultations in Hong Kong and comparison with the UK CARE Measure Colman SC Fung and Stewart W Mercer BMC Fam Pract. 2009; 10: 10. Published online 2009 January 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-10-10.PMCID: PMC2633320 Development of a diagnostic protocol for dizziness in elderly patients in general practice: a Delphi procedure Otto R Maarsingh, Jacquelien Dros, Henk C van Weert, François G Schellevis, Patrick J Bindels, and Henriette E van der Horst BMC Fam Pract. 2009; 10: 12. Published online 2009 February 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-10-12.PMCID: PMC2660288 Does patient satisfaction of general practice change over a decade? James Allan, Peter Schattner, Nigel Stocks, and Emmae Ramsay BMC Fam Pract. 2009; 10: 13. Published online 2009 February 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-10-13.PMCID: PMC2649046 Quality improvement in small office settings: an examination of successful practices Daniel Wolfson, Elizabeth Bernabeo, Brian Leas, Shoshanna Sofaer, Gregory Pawlson, and Donna Pillittere BMC Fam Pract. 2009; 10: 14. Published online 2009 February 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-10-14.PMCID: PMC2649044 Does smoking status affect the likelihood of consulting a doctor about respiratory symptoms? A pilot survey in Western Australia Moyez Jiwa, Hayley Arnet, Georgia Halkett, Marthe Smith, Moira O'Connor, Julia Rhodes, Kate Poland, and Max Bulsara BMC Fam Pract. 2009; 10: 16. Published online 2009 February 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-10-16.PMCID: PMC2652431 The diagnostic role of gut feelings in general practice A focus group study of the concept and its determinants Erik Stolper, Marloes van Bokhoven, Paul Houben, Paul Van Royen, Margje van de Wiel, Trudy van der Weijden, and Geert Jan Dinant BMC Fam Pract. 2009; 10: 17. Published online 2009 February 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-10-17.PMCID: PMC2649045 May I long experience the joy of healing: professional and personal wellbeing among physicians from a Canadian province Brenda L Lovell, Raymond T Lee, and Erica Frank BMC Fam Pract. 2009; 10: 18. Published online 2009 February 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-10-18.PMCID: PMC2653480 Primary care physicians' reported use of pre-screening discussions for prostate cancer screening: a cross-sectional survey Suzanne K Linder, Sarah T Hawley, Crystale P Cooper, Lawrence E Scholl, Maria Jibaja-Weiss, and Robert J Volk BMC Fam Pract. 2009; 10: 19. Published online 2009 March 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-10-19.PMCID: PMC2666644 Effect of a printed reminder in the waiting room to turn off mobile phones during consultation: a before and after study Ludovic Reveiz and Sylvia de Aguiar BMC Fam Pract. 2009; 10: 21. Published online 2009 March 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-10-21.PMCID: PMC2666646 Self-reported smoking cessation activities among Swiss primary care physicians Isabelle Jacot Sadowski, Christiane Ruffieux, and Jacques Cornuz BMC Fam Pract. 2009; 10: 22. Published online 2009 March 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-10-22.PMCID: PMC2667163 Physician reported perception in the treatment of high blood pressure does not correspond to practice Randy Wexler, Terry Elton, Christopher A Taylor, Adam Pleister, and David Feldman BMC Fam Pract. 2009; 10: 23. Published online 2009 April 2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-10-23.PMCID: PMC2675522 Reasons of general practitioners for not prescribing lipid-lowering medication to patients with diabetes: a qualitative study Elisabeth AB, Petra Denig, Ton van Vliet, and Janny H Dekker BMC Fam Pract. 2009; 10: 24. Published online 2009 April 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-10-24.PMCID: PMC2676243 Study Protocol Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of an educational intervention for practice teams to deliver problem focused therapy for insomnia: rationale and design of a pilot cluster randomised trial A Niroshan Siriwardena, Tanefa Apekey, Michelle Tilling, Andrew Harrison, Jane V Dyas, Hugh C Middleton, Roderick Ørner, Tracey Sach, Michael Dewey, and Zubair M Qureshi BMC Fam Pract. 2009; 10: 9. Published online 2009 January 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-10-9.PMCID: PMC2636763 The role of economic evaluation in the decision-making process of family physicians: design and methods of a qualitative embedded multiple-case study Chantale Lessard, André-Pierre Contandriopoulos, and Marie-Dominique Beaulieu BMC Fam Pract. 2009; 10: 15. Published online 2009 February 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-10-15.PMCID: PMC2653479 Stemming the Tide of Antibiotic Resistance (STAR): A protocol for a trial of a complex intervention addressing the 'why' and 'how' of appropriate antibiotic prescribing in general practice Sharon A Simpson, Christopher C Butler, Kerry Hood, David Cohen, Frank Dunstan, Meirion R Evans, Stephen Rollnick, Laurence Moore, Monika Hare, Marie-Jet Bekkers, John Evans, and The STAR study team BMC Fam Pract. 2009; 10: 20. Published online 2009 March 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-10-20.PMCID: PMC2666645 |