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Table of Contents

December 2017; Volume 67,Issue 665

Editor’s Briefing

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    Think Twice
    Roger Jones
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (665): 539. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X693521

Editorials

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    Genomics in general practice: Generation Genome
    Sarah C Hillman and Jeremy Dale
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (665): 540-541. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X693533
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    Self-harm in young people: a challenge for general practice
    Di Bailey, Nicola Wright and Linda Kemp
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (665): 542-543. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X693545
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    Metal-on-metal hip replacements: implications for general practice
    Victoria K Matharu and Gulraj S Matharu
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (665): 544-545. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X693557
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    Inequality, austerity, Brexit, and health care
    Edin Lakasing
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (665): 546-547. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X693569

Letters

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    Interface medicine
    Daniel J Albert
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (665): 548. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X693581
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    Pharmacists are not physician assistants
    Eugene YH Yeung
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (665): 548. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X693593
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    Patient use of blood pressure self-screening facilities in general practice waiting rooms
    Christine M Shi
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (665): 548. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X693605

Research

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    Pointers to earlier diagnosis of endometriosis: a nested case-control study using primary care electronic health records
    Christopher Burton, Lisa Iversen, Sohinee Bhattacharya, Dolapo Ayansina, Lucky Saraswat and Derek Sleeman
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (665): e816-e823. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X693497
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    Self-taken vaginal swabs versus clinician-taken for detection of candida and bacterial vaginosis: a case-control study in primary care
    Pam Barnes, Rute Vieira, Jayne Harwood and Mayur Chauhan
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (665): e824-e829. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X693629
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    Variations in presentation, management, and patient outcomes of urinary tract infection: a prospective four-country primary care observational cohort study
    Christopher C Butler, Nick Francis, Emma Thomas-Jones, Carl Llor, Emily Bongard, Michael Moore, Paul Little, Janine Bates, Mandy Lau, Timothy Pickles, Micaela Gal, Mandy Wootton, Nigel Kirby, David Gillespie, Kate Rumbsy, Curt Brugman, Kerenza Hood and Theo Verheij
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (665): e830-e841. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X693641
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    Identifying people with a learning disability: an advanced search for general practice
    Amy M Russell, Louise Bryant and Allan House
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (665): e842-e850. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X693461
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    Post-traumatic knee MRI findings and associations with patient, trauma, and clinical characteristics: a subgroup analysis in primary care in the Netherlands
    Kim van Oudenaarde, Nynke M Swart, Johan L Bloem, Sita MA Bierma-Zeinstra, Paul R Algra, Bart Koes, Jan Verhaar, Rob GHH Nelissen, Patrick JE Bindels, Pim AJ Luijsterburg and Monique Reijnierse
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (665): e851-e858. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X693653
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    Point-of-care lactate testing for sepsis at presentation to health care: a systematic review of patient outcomes
    Elizabeth Morris, David McCartney, Daniel Lasserson, Ann Van den Bruel, Rebecca Fisher and Gail Hayward
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (665): e859-e870. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X693665
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    Predictive values of referrals for transient ischaemic attack from first-contact health care: a systematic review
    Rebecca Kandiyali, Daniel S Lasserson, Penny Whiting, Alison Richards and Jonathan Mant
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (665): e871-e880. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X693677
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    Statin initiations and QRISK2 scoring in UK general practice: a THIN database study
    Samuel Finnikin, Ronan Ryan and Tom Marshall
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (665): e881-e887. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X693485
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    GPs’ experiences of children with anxiety disorders in primary care: a qualitative study
    Doireann O’Brien, Kate Harvey, Bridget Young, Tessa Reardon and Cathy Creswell
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (665): e888-e898. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X693473

Life & Times

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    Viewpoint: Do any of us truly have the capacity to consent?
    Ed Schwarz and Stuart Walter
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (665): 558. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X693689
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    General practice should hold government to account on disease prevention
    Ben Amies
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (665): 559. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X693701
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    DART: a new look at the 2-week wait suspected cancer referral process
    Rob Eastham, Sean Duffy, Catherine Foster and Andrew Beaumont
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (665): 560. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X693713
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    Practising humility: how philosophy can inform general practice
    Chris Murphy
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (665): 561. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X693725
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    Bad Medicine: Polypharmacy
    Des Spence
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (665): 562. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X693737
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    Yonder: Truthfulness, group visits, new care models, and a sense of calling
    Ahmed Rashid
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (665): 563. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X693749
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    US executions: fight, fudge, or fold?
    Mary Lowth
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (665): 564-565. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X693761
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    Exhibition — La Dolce Vita: cultural adventures with a 5-year-old
    William Norman
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (665): 565-566. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X693773
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    Books: In Pursuit of Memory: the Fight Against Alzheimer’s
    Dougal Jeffries
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (665): 566-567. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X693785
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    Books: Migration, Illness & Healthcare
    Hannah Fox
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (665): 567. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X693797
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    Books: Attending: Medicine, Mindfulness, and Humanity
    Christopher Dowrick
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (665): 568. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X693809

Debate & Analysis

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    Ménière’s: why its diagnosis calls for more careful evaluation
    Philippa Thomson
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (665): 569-570. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X693821
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    GPs — at home with science and the humanities?
    Alistair Appleby, John Swinton and Philip Wilson
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (665): 571-572. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X693833
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    Should GPs provide spiritual care?
    Ian J Hamilton, Jillian Morrison and Sara Macdonald
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (665): 573-574. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X693845

Clinical Intelligence

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    Point-of-care Helicobacter pylori testing: primary care technology update
    Brian D Nicholson, Lucy M Abel, Philip J Turner, Christopher P Price, Carl Heneghan, Gail Hayward and Annette Plüddemann
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (665): 576-577. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X693881
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    Misdiagnosis of a hidden cause of hypertension: a case report
    Andrés de Lima, Farah El-Sharkawy, Carol Nieroda and Armando Sardi
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (665): 578-579. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X693869
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    Making a positive diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome
    Ruchit Sood, Robbie Foy and Alexander C Ford
    British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (665): 580-581. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X693857
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