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Table of Contents

April 2017; Volume 67,Issue 657

Editor’s Briefing

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    Securing the Future
    Roger Jones
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (657): 147. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X689941

Editorials

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    Not ‘just’ a GP: a call for action
    Val Wass and Simon Gregory
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (657): 148-149. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X689953
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    General practice: the heart of the NHS
    Arvind Madan, Nishma Manek and Simon Gregory
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (657): 150-151. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X689965
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    Can innovation help us deliver an NHS for the 21st century?
    Tony Young
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (657): 152-153. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X690053
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    Opioid analgesic dependence: where do we go from here?
    Jane Quinlan, Farrukh Alam and Kyle Knox
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (657): 154-155. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X690065

Letters

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    ‘MUS’ or ‘DEN’?
    Emma J Reinhold
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (657): 156. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X690077
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    MUS: continuing challenges for primary care
    Janet P Watters
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (657): 156. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X690089
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    The recipe for general practice
    Paul W Mitchell
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (657): 156-157. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X690101
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    Clinical and cultural conflicts
    Yusr Jaafir
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (657): 157. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X690113
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    Discharge summary information: more than DVT warnings needed
    Nicholas J Sharvill
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (657): 157. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X690125
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    The role of general practice in surgical trials
    Anna Butcher, Rebecca Swinson, Laura VanDyck, Tim Collier and Toby Richards
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (657): 157-158. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X690137
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    Do primary care chaplains need training in mental health issues?
    Ian J Hamilton
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (657): 158. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X690149
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    Incorporating cancer risk information into general practice: a qualitative study using focus groups with health professionals
    Julia Hippisley-Cox
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (657): 158. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X690161
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    The wrong paradigm may be driving drug glucose control in the face of the evidence
    Craig A McArthur
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (657): 158-159. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X690173
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    Medically unexplained symptoms
    Vernon H Needham
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (657): 159. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X690185
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    Giving patients choice of appointment length
    Rod Sampson
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (657): 159. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X690197
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    Bad medicine: red drugs
    Matthew J Sliney
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (657): 159. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X690209

Research

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    Addressing the crisis of GP recruitment and retention: a systematic review
    Catherine Marchand and Stephen Peckham
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (657): e227-e237. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X689929
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    Trends in attractiveness of general practice as a career: surveys of views of UK-trained doctors
    Trevor W Lambert, Fay Smith and Michael J Goldacre
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (657): e238-e247. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X689893
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    Exposure of undergraduates to authentic GP teaching and subsequent entry to GP training: a quantitative study of UK medical schools
    Hugh Alberti, Hannah L Randles, Alex Harding and Robert K McKinley
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (657): e248-e252. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X689881
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    Attitudes of newly qualified doctors towards a career in general practice: a qualitative focus group study
    Alexandra Merrett, Daniel Jones, Kim Sein, Trish Green and Una Macleod
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (657): e253-e259. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X690221
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    Patient participation in general practice based undergraduate teaching: a focus group study of patient perspectives
    Sophie E Park, Caroline Allfrey, Melvyn M Jones, Jasprit Chana, Ciara Abbott, Sofia Faircloth, Nicola Higgins and Laila Abdullah
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (657): e260-e266. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X690233
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    Opiate addiction and overdose: experiences, attitudes, and appetite for community naloxone provision
    Tomás Barry, Jan Klimas, Helen Tobin, Mairead Egan and Gerard Bury
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (657): e267-e273. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X689857
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    Gambling problems among patients in primary care: a cross-sectional study of general practices
    Sean Cowlishaw, Lone Gale, Alison Gregory, Jim McCambridge and David Kessler
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (657): e274-e279. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X689905
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    Predicting the onset of hazardous alcohol drinking in primary care: development and validation of a simple risk algorithm
    Juan Ángel Bellón, Juan de Dios Luna, Michael King, Irwin Nazareth, Emma Motrico, María Josefa GildeGómez-Barragán, Francisco Torres-González, Carmen Montón-Franco, Marta Sánchez-Celaya, Miguel Ángel Díaz-Barreiros, Catalina Vicens and Patricia Moreno-Peral
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (657): e280-e292. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X690245
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    Developing and testing of a screening tool to predict people without IgE-mediated allergy: a quantitative analysis of the predictive value of a screening tool
    Victoria S Hammersley, Jessica Harris, Aziz Sheikh, Emma Davidson and Samantha Walker
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (657): e293-e299. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X689869
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    Prescription rates of adrenaline auto-injectors for children in UK general practice: a retrospective cohort study
    Lavanya Diwakar, Carole Cummins, Ronan Ryan, Tom Marshall and Tracy Roberts
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (657): e300-e305. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X689917

Out of Hours

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    Viewpoint: Redundant subjectivity?
    Stephen Pattison
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (657): 170. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X690257
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    The chronotherapy of hypertension: or the benefit of taking blood pressure tablets at bedtime
    Gervase Vernon
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (657): 171. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X690269
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    Nature works: why don’t we? How living systems can inform the design of effective primary care
    Trevor Thompson
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (657): 172-173. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X690281
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    Every home should have one: the critical role of the research librarian
    Andrew J Cave and Lana L Atkinson
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (657): 174. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X690293
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    Bad Medicine: Medical student numbers
    Des Spence
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (657): 175. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X690305
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    Yonder: Physician assistants, timewasting, nursing homes, and social media
    Ahmed Rashid
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (657): 176. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X690317
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    Can compassion help cure health-related disorders?
    Edo Shonin, William Van Gordon, Javier Garcia-Campayo and Mark D Griffiths
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (657): 177-178. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X690329
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    Books: A Layman’s Guide to Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis
    Oliver D Starr
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (657): 178. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X690341
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    Books: His Bloody Project. Documents Relating to the Case of Roderick Macrae
    Roger Jones
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (657): 179. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X690353
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    Fakery and science
    Saul Miller
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (657): 180. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X690365

Debate & Analysis

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    Are we stripping the care out of care plans?
    Laura Bacon, Shamini Gnani, David Wingfield, Caroline Durack and Sheraz Khan
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (657): 181-182. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X690377
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    Overdiagnosis of COPD: precise definitions and proposals for improvement
    Alberto Fernández-Villar, Joan B Soriano and José Luis López-Campos
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (657): 183-184. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X690389

Clinical Intelligence

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    Recognition, diagnosis, and early management of sepsis: NICE guideline
    Alison Tavaré and Norma O’Flynn
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (657): 185-186. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X690401
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    Primary care management of overactive bladder symptoms: evaluation and treatment
    Sarah Itam and Gurpreet Singh
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (657): 187-188. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X690413
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