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Table of Contents

October 2020; Volume 70,Issue 699

Editor’s Briefing

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    Highlights
    British Journal of General Practice 2020; 70 (699): 476. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X712649
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    Herd Thinking
    Euan Lawson
    British Journal of General Practice 2020; 70 (699): 476. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X712661

Editorials

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    First do no harm: valproate and medicines safety in pregnancy
    John Robson, Ngawai Moss, Patricia McGettigan, Samantha Jane Beardsley, Elizabeth Lovegrove and Carol Dezateux
    British Journal of General Practice 2020; 70 (699): 477-478. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X712673
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    Home visits for vulnerable older people: journeys to the ‘Far End’
    Gordon Macdonald, Gervase Vernon, Duncan McNab and JC Murdoch
    British Journal of General Practice 2020; 70 (699): 479-480. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X712685
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    Appraisal, wellbeing, and pandemics: is a focus on wellbeing now warranted?
    Margaret McCartney and Victoria Tzortziou Brown
    British Journal of General Practice 2020; 70 (699): 481-482. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X712697
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    The future of scholarly communications
    Robert Kiley
    British Journal of General Practice 2020; 70 (699): 483-484. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X712709

Letters

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    Revealing the reality of undergraduate GP teaching in UK medical curricula
    Hugh Alberti, Emily Cottrell, Joe Rosenthal, Lindsey Pope and Trevor Thompson
    British Journal of General Practice 2020; 70 (699): 485. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X712721
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    Doctors as patients: submission deadline extended
    Samuel J Finnikin, David A Orlans, Rodger Charlton and Devina Ravall
    British Journal of General Practice 2020; 70 (699): 485. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X712733
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    ‘Bad old habits’ … and what really matters
    Deborah Swinglehurst, Chris Dowrick, Iona Heath, Stefan Hjörleifsson, Sally Hull, David Misselbrook and Joanne Reeve
    British Journal of General Practice 2020; 70 (699): 485-486. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X712745
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    Could checklists support teams in stressful situations?
    Sarah O’Hare, Gerard Gormley and Richard Conn
    British Journal of General Practice 2020; 70 (699): 486. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X712757

Research

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    Improving pain management in childhood acute otitis media in general practice: a cluster randomised controlled trial of a GP-targeted educational intervention
    Rick T van Uum, Roderick P Venekamp, Nicolaas PA Zuithoff, Alies Sjoukes, Alma C van de Pol, Anne GM Schilder and Roger AMJ Damoiseaux
    British Journal of General Practice 2020; 70 (699): e684-e695. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X712589
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    Prevalence of suspected COVID-19 infection in patients from ethnic minority populations: a cross-sectional study in primary care
    Sally A Hull, Crystal Williams, Mark Ashworth, Chris Carvalho and Kambiz Boomla
    British Journal of General Practice 2020; 70 (699): e696-e704. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X712601
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    Hospital admissions after vertical integration of general practices with an acute hospital: a retrospective synthetic matched controlled database study
    Victor Yu, Steven Wyatt, Michael Woodall, Sultan Mahmud, Vijay Klaire, Karla Bailey and Mohammed Amin Mohammed
    British Journal of General Practice 2020; 70 (699): e705-e713. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X712613
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    Natural history of uncomplicated urinary tract infection without antibiotics: a systematic review
    Tammy Hoffmann, Ruwani Peiris, Chris Del Mar, Gina Cleo and Paul Glasziou
    British Journal of General Practice 2020; 70 (699): e714-e722. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X712781
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    The content and conduct of GP consultations for dermatology problems: a cross-sectional study
    Emma Le Roux, Peter J Edwards, Emily Sanderson, Rebecca K Barnes and Matthew J Ridd
    British Journal of General Practice 2020; 70 (699): e723-e730. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X712577
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    GPs’ decisions about prescribing end-of-life anticipatory medications: a qualitative study
    Ben Bowers, Sam S Barclay, Kristian Pollock and Stephen Barclay
    British Journal of General Practice 2020; 70 (699): e731-e739. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X712625
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    Emergency admission risk stratification tools in UK primary care: a cross-sectional survey of availability and use
    Mark Kingston, Rhiannon Griffiths, Hayley Hutchings, Alison Porter, Ian Russell and Helen Snooks
    British Journal of General Practice 2020; 70 (699): e740-e748. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X712793
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    Supporting patients with female genital mutilation in primary care: a qualitative study exploring the perspectives of GPs’ working in England
    Sharon Dixon, Lisa Hinton and Sue Ziebland
    British Journal of General Practice 2020; 70 (699): e749-e756. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X712637
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    The difference an end-of-life diagnosis makes: qualitative interviews with providers of community health care for frail older people
    Louisa Polak, Sarah Hopkins, Stephen Barclay and Sarah Hoare
    British Journal of General Practice 2020; 70 (699): e757-e764. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X712805

Correction

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    Correction
    British Journal of General Practice 2020; 70 (699): 486. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X712769

Life & Times

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    PHE and BAME inequalities: too little, too late?
    Carter Singh
    British Journal of General Practice 2020; 70 (699): 498. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X712817
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    It’s time for general practice to act on racism in health care
    Jamila Sherif
    British Journal of General Practice 2020; 70 (699): 499. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X712829
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    Spectacular health care
    Sati Heer-Stavert
    British Journal of General Practice 2020; 70 (699): 500. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X712841
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    Retirement and managing the ‘peridoctorpause’
    Ed Warren
    British Journal of General Practice 2020; 70 (699): 501. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X712853
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    Finding meaning in the consultation: introducing the hermeneutic window
    Rupal Shah, Robert Clarke, Sanjiv Ahluwalia and John Launer
    British Journal of General Practice 2020; 70 (699): 502-503. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X712865
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    Trying to carve nature at its joints: respecting the complexity of psychiatric diagnosis
    Louise Stone
    British Journal of General Practice 2020; 70 (699): 504. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X712877
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    Yonder: Rheumatoid feet, paternal mental health, sciatica, and good family nurses
    Ahmed Rashid
    British Journal of General Practice 2020; 70 (699): 505. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X712889
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    Books: To Kill A Mockingbird
    David Misselbrook
    British Journal of General Practice 2020; 70 (699): 506. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X712901
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    Books: Angel of Death. The Story of Smallpox
    Sophie Rowlands
    British Journal of General Practice 2020; 70 (699): 507. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X712481
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    Inequalities
    Saul Miller
    British Journal of General Practice 2020; 70 (699): 508. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X712937

Analysis

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    Will the GP workforce crisis be solved by top-down initiatives?
    Imogen Staveley and Jonathan Sampson
    British Journal of General Practice 2020; 70 (699): 509-510. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X712949
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    Ten years’ GP training in China: progress and challenges
    Chuan Zou, Xiao-yang Liao, John Spicer and Benedict Hayhoe
    British Journal of General Practice 2020; 70 (699): 511-512. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X712961

Clinical Practice

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    Herpes simplex ophthalmia neonatorum: a sight-threatening diagnosis
    Nimra Maqsood and Usman Mahmood
    British Journal of General Practice 2020; 70 (699): 513-514. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X712973
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    Update on breast cancer diagnosis and management: new topics for primary care
    Julie Cox, Amir Bhatti, Yitka Graham and Daniela Lee
    British Journal of General Practice 2020; 70 (699): 515-516. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X712985
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