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Table of Contents

December 2008; Volume 58,Issue 557

Original Papers - Full-length version

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    Asylum seekers' expectations of and trust in general practice: a qualitative study
    Catherine A O'Donnell, Maria Higgins, Rohan Chauhan and Kenneth Mullen
    British Journal of General Practice 2008; 58 (557): e1-e11. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp08X376104

December Focus

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    December Focus
    David Jewell
    British Journal of General Practice 2008; 58 (557): 834. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp08X376140

Editorials

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    Assessing functional ability is important
    David Memel
    British Journal of General Practice 2008; 58 (557): 835-836. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp08X376159
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    The price of diagnosis
    William Hamilton
    British Journal of General Practice 2008; 58 (557): 837-838. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp08X376168

Original Papers

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    Recorded quality of primary care for osteoarthritis: an observational study
    Joanne Broadbent, Susan Maisey, Richard Holland and Nicholas Steel
    British Journal of General Practice 2008; 58 (557): 839-843. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp08X376177
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    The silence of patients with end-stage COPD: a qualitative study
    Jolanda M Habraken, Jeannette Pols, Patrick JE Bindels and Dick L Willems
    British Journal of General Practice 2008; 58 (557): 844-849. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp08X376186
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    How GPs in Norway conceptualise functional ability: a focus group study
    Kariann Krohne and Søren Brage
    British Journal of General Practice 2008; 58 (557): 850-855. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp08X376131
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    Developing performance indicators for primary care: Walsall's experience
    Narinder Sahota, Andrew Hood, Anandagiri Shankar, Barbara Watt and Sam Ramaiah
    British Journal of General Practice 2008; 58 (557): 856-861. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp08X376096
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    Trends and inequities in beta-blocker prescribing for heart failure
    Sunil M Shah, Iain M Carey, Stephen DeWilde, Nicky Richards and Derek G Cook
    British Journal of General Practice 2008; 58 (557): 862-869. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp08X376195

Brief Report

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    Incidence of oronasal haemorrhage in infancy presenting to general practice in the UK
    Neil McIntosh and James Chalmers
    British Journal of General Practice 2008; 58 (557): 877-879. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp08X376122

Discussion Paper

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    Imaging patients with suspected brain tumour: guidance for primary care
    David P Kernick, Fayyaz Ahmed, Anish Bahra, Andrew Dowson, Giles Elrington, Manuela Fontebasso, Nicola J Giffin, Sue Lipscombe, Anne MacGregor, Richard Peatfield, Stuart Weatherby, Tom Whitmarsh and Peter J Goadsby
    British Journal of General Practice 2008; 58 (557): 880-885. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp08X376203

Letters

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    Mirena® coil for heavy menstrual bleeding
    Gail Prileszky, Joe Kai and Janesh Gupta
    British Journal of General Practice 2008; 58 (557): 886. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp08X376212
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    Author's response
    Miriam Santer
    British Journal of General Practice 2008; 58 (557): 886-887. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp08X376221
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    nMRCGP exam
    Emma Thompson
    British Journal of General Practice 2008; 58 (557): 887. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp08X376230
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    Diabetes prevention
    Chris Barclay and Nigel Mathers
    British Journal of General Practice 2008; 58 (557): 887. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp08X376249
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    Diabetes prevention
    Nathalie Davis-Lameloise, Benjamin Philpot, Prasuna Reddy and James A Dunbar
    British Journal of General Practice 2008; 58 (557): 887-888. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp08X376258
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    APMS contracts
    Charles Zuckerman
    British Journal of General Practice 2008; 58 (557): 888. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp08X376267
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    Authors' response
    Maurice Conlon, Steve Brinksman, Vanessa Manley, Philip Saunders, Martyn Hull and Lynette Houghton
    British Journal of General Practice 2008; 58 (557): 888-889. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp08X376276
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    Rural practice
    John Rawlinson
    British Journal of General Practice 2008; 58 (557): 889. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp08X376285
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    Cardiac rehabilitation
    Roy Webb
    British Journal of General Practice 2008; 58 (557): 889-890. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp08X376294
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    Flexibility on work
    Francesco Carelli
    British Journal of General Practice 2008; 58 (557): 890. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp08X376302

The Back Pages

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    Learning difficulties scandal
    Mike Fitzpatrick
    British Journal of General Practice 2008; 58 (557): 899. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp08X376384
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    The Light Side
    James Willis
    British Journal of General Practice 2008; 58 (557): 906. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp08X376401
  • Viewpoints

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      God Bless America!
      Jerome Hoffman
      British Journal of General Practice 2008; 58 (557): 891. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp08X376311
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      God Bless America!
      John J Frey
      British Journal of General Practice 2008; 58 (557): 891. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp08X376320
  • Essay

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      What future for UK general practice? Enlarge, adapt, or perish?
      Jeremy Gibson
      British Journal of General Practice 2008; 58 (557): 892. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp08X376339
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      Summative assessment: a historical perspective
      Stuart Murray
      British Journal of General Practice 2008; 58 (557): 894-895. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp08X376357
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      The narrative in patient-centred care
      Jeff Clark
      British Journal of General Practice 2008; 58 (557): 896. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp08X376366
  • Valediction

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      The health of a nation
      Patrick McEvoy
      British Journal of General Practice 2008; 58 (557): 893. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp08X376348
  • Digest

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      Book review: Scotland's Health Deficit: An Explanation and a Plan
      Lesley Morrison
      British Journal of General Practice 2008; 58 (557): 897. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp08X376410
  • Serial

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      A patient's diary: episode 24 — From the electronic portfolio of Dr Sally T Greengage
      John Salinsky
      British Journal of General Practice 2008; 58 (557): 898-899. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp08X376375
  • Stories

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      Scattered Limbs: fragments for a history of medicine
      Iain Bamforth
      British Journal of General Practice 2008; 58 (557): 900-905. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp08X376393
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