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Table of Contents

February 2019; Volume 69,Issue 679

Editor’s Briefing

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    Media Unfriendly
    Roger Jones
    Br J Gen Pract 2019; 69 (679): 51. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19X700793

Editorials

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    Medical leadership and general practice: seductive or dictatorial?
    Steve Iliffe and Jill Manthorpe
    Br J Gen Pract 2019; 69 (679): 52-53. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19X700817
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    Is it getting easier to obtain antibiotics in the UK?
    Benedict Hayhoe, Geva Greenfield and Azeem Majeed
    Br J Gen Pract 2019; 69 (679): 54-55. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19X700829
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    Access to health care for illegal migrants: ethical implications of a new health policy in the UK
    Roghieh Dehghan Zaklaki
    Br J Gen Pract 2019; 69 (679): 56-57. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19X700841
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    Atrial fibrillation: time for active case finding
    John Robson and Richard Schilling
    Br J Gen Pract 2019; 69 (679): 58-59. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19X700985
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    Faecal immunochemical testing in general practice
    Nigel D’Souza, Anthony Brzezicki and Muti Abulafi
    Br J Gen Pract 2019; 69 (679): 60-61. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19X700853

Letters

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    Brexit
    Zishan Syed
    Br J Gen Pract 2019; 69 (679): 63. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19X700865
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    RCGP response
    Helen Stokes-Lampard
    Br J Gen Pract 2019; 69 (679): 63. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19X700877
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    What is the root cause of the GP workforce crisis?
    Steve Iliffe
    Br J Gen Pract 2019; 69 (679): 63-64. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19X700889
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    Prescribing parkrun
    John McGuinness
    Br J Gen Pract 2019; 69 (679): 64. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19X700901
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    Are we propagating the inverse care law as GPs?
    Aaron Poppleton
    Br J Gen Pract 2019; 69 (679): 64. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19X700913
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    Teaching general practice
    Paul P Silverston
    Br J Gen Pract 2019; 69 (679): 64-65. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19X700925
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    Spiritual care is stagnating in general practice
    Gordon W Macdonald
    Br J Gen Pract 2019; 69 (679): 65. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19X700937
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    The resilient general practice: working as a pack
    Vernon H Needham
    Br J Gen Pract 2019; 69 (679): 65-66. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19X700949
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    Simple techniques for managing dental avulsion in the GP setting
    Hans K Antov
    Br J Gen Pract 2019; 69 (679): 66. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19X700973

Research

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    Association between GPs’ suspicion of cancer and patients’ usual consultation pattern in primary care: a cross-sectional study
    Henry Jensen, Camilla Hoffmann Merrild, Henrik Møller and Peter Vedsted
    Br J Gen Pract 2019; 69 (679): e80-e87. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19X700769
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    Continuity of care in general practice at cancer diagnosis (COOC-GP study): a national cohort study of 2853 patients
    Aline Hurtaud, Michèle Aubin, Emilie Ferrat, Julien Lebreton, Elena Paillaud, Etienne Audureau, Sylvie Bastuji-Garin, Christos Chouaid, Philippe Boisnault, Pascal Clerc and Florence Canouï-Poitrine
    Br J Gen Pract 2019; 69 (679): e88-e96. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19X700805
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    Genetic cancer risk assessment in general practice: systematic review of tools available, clinician attitudes, and patient outcomes
    Flore Laforest, Pia Kirkegaard, Baljinder Mann and Adrian Edwards
    Br J Gen Pract 2019; 69 (679): e97-e105. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp18X700265
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    Patient and primary care delays in the diagnostic pathway of gynaecological cancers: a systematic review of influencing factors
    Pauline Williams, Peter Murchie and Christine Bond
    Br J Gen Pract 2019; 69 (679): e106-e111. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19X700781
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    Diagnosis and referral delays in primary care for oral squamous cell cancer: a systematic review
    Ciaran Grafton-Clarke, Kai Wen Chen and Jane Wilcock
    Br J Gen Pract 2019; 69 (679): e112-e126. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp18X700205
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    Recognising laryngeal cancer in primary care: a large case–control study using electronic records
    Elizabeth A Shephard, Molly AL Parkinson and William T Hamilton
    Br J Gen Pract 2019; 69 (679): e127-e133. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19X700997
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    Disease-related factors affecting timely lymphoma diagnosis: a qualitative study exploring patient experiences
    Debra A Howell, Ruth I Hart, Alexandra G Smith, Una Macleod, Russell Patmore and Eve Roman
    Br J Gen Pract 2019; 69 (679): e134-e145. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19X701009
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    General practice in UK newspapers: an empirical analysis of over 400 articles
    Eleanor Barry and Trish Greenhalgh
    Br J Gen Pract 2019; 69 (679): e146-e153. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19X700757

Life & Times

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    The great training robbery
    Mohammad S Razai
    Br J Gen Pract 2019; 69 (679): 77. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19X701021
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    Yonder: District nursing, deprescribing, psychotropic drugs, and reasonableness
    Ahmed Rashid
    Br J Gen Pract 2019; 69 (679): 78. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19X701033
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    Screening for insomnia in primary care: using a two-item version of the Sleep Condition Indicator
    Annemarie I Luik, Pedro Farias Machado, Niroshan Siriwardena and Colin A Espie
    Br J Gen Pract 2019; 69 (679): 79-80. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19X701045
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    A truly ‘HANDI’ resource
    Chantal Simon and Paul Glasziou
    Br J Gen Pract 2019; 69 (679): 80-81. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19X701057
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    Egypt: on the brink of universal family medicine
    Saeed S Abduljalil Soliman and Kevork Hopayian
    Br J Gen Pract 2019; 69 (679): 82. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19X701069
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    Mike Courtenay: an appreciation
    Sally A Hull
    Br J Gen Pract 2019; 69 (679): 83. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19X701081
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    Saltire award: science and the limits of science
    Graham Watt
    Br J Gen Pract 2019; 69 (679): 84. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19X701093
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    A little ‘suspect’?
    Raymond Ringland
    Br J Gen Pract 2019; 69 (679): 85. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19X701105
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    The stable rower: identifying a rare disease
    Tim Badcock
    Br J Gen Pract 2019; 69 (679): 86. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19X701117
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    Books: Admissions: A Life in Brain Surgery
    Nigel Masters
    Br J Gen Pract 2019; 69 (679): 86-87. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19X701129
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    Books: The Art of General Practice: Soft Skills to Survive and Thrive
    Gervase Vernon
    Br J Gen Pract 2019; 69 (679): 87. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19X701141
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    Books: The Way of All Flesh
    Martin Edwards
    Br J Gen Pract 2019; 69 (679): 87. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19X701153
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    Bad Medicine: Paperwork
    Des Spence
    Br J Gen Pract 2019; 69 (679): 88. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19X701165
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    A practice of place
    Tim Senior
    Br J Gen Pract 2019; 69 (679): 89. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19X701177

Debate & Analysis

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    Early diagnosis of lung cancer: is rapid access CT scanning the answer?
    Demetris Tsiakkis, Yitka Graham and Julie Cox
    Br J Gen Pract 2019; 69 (679): 90-91. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19X701189
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    Tackling multimorbidity in primary care: is relational continuity the missing ingredient?
    Serge A Engamba, Nicholas Steel, Amanda Howe and Max Bachman
    Br J Gen Pract 2019; 69 (679): 92-93. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19X701201
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    The NHS England Fundamental Information Standard for Monitoring Sexual Orientation
    Alex Pollard, Jasmin Bradley, Max Cooper, Shanu Sadhwani, Antonia Northam and Carrie Llewellyn
    Br J Gen Pract 2019; 69 (679): 94-95. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19X701213

Clinical Intelligence

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    Systemic agents for psoriasis and their relevance to primary care
    Simon Tso, William Hunt, Helen Frow and Andrew Ilchyshyn
    Br J Gen Pract 2019; 69 (679): 96-97. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19X701225
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    Improving information on intrauterine contraception: providing advice in primary care
    Hannat Akintomide
    Br J Gen Pract 2019; 69 (679): 98-99. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19X701237
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