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Medical Editor Jigisha Patel, MRCP PhD
In-house Editor Hannah Clark PhD
Welcome to BMC Family Practice published by BioMed Central
BMC Family Practice is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of primary health care, including clinical
management of patients, professional training, shared decision making, and the
organisation and evaluation of health care in the community.
BMC Family Practice (ISSN 1471-2296) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, CAS, EMBASE, Scopus, Current Contents, Thomson Reuters (ISI) and Google Scholar.
BMC Family Practice 2009, 10 :82
Doctors dealing with people affected by intellectual disability should always describe any physical examinations before carrying them out, as well as establish a triadic communication between them, the patient and the support worker.
BMC Family Practice 2009, 10 :73
Primary care physicians found that although a trial of a communication-based intervention for managing patients with medically unexplained symptoms showed only modest results, it helped them understand patients' suffering and improved the doctor-patient relationship.
BMC Family Practice 2009, 10 :66
General practitioners' (GPs) gut instincts can be defined as a sense of alarm or a sense of reassurance and such conceptualization could facilitate their quantification in future research in clinical decision making.
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Research article
Doctor-patient communication with people with intellectual disability - a qualitative study Magda Wullink, Wemke Veldhuijzen, Henny MJ van Schrojenstein Lantman-de Valk, Job FM Metsemakers, Geert-Jan Dinant BMC Family Practice 2009, 10 :82 (17 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Implementing a fax referral program for quitline
smoking cessation services in urban health centers: a qualitative study
Jennifer Cantrell, Donna Shelley BMC Family Practice 2009, 10 :81 (17 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Experience as a doctor in the developing world: does it benefit the clinical and organisational performance in general practice? Pieter van den Hombergh, Niek J de Wit, Frank AM van Balen BMC Family Practice 2009, 10 :80 (15 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Gender differences in presentation and diagnosis of chest pain in primary care Stefan Bosner, Jorg Haasenritter, Maren A Hani, Heidi Keller, Andreas C Sonnichsen, Konstantinos Karatolios, Juergen R Schaefer, Erika Baum, Norbert Donner-Banzhoff BMC Family Practice 2009, 10 :79 (14 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Evaluation of prescribing patterns in a German network of
CAM physicians for the treatment of patients with
hypertension: a prospective observational study Elke Jeschke, Thomas Ostermann, Horst C Vollmar, Matthias Kroz, Angelina Bockelbrink, Claudia M Witt, Stefan N Willich, Harald Matthes BMC Family Practice 2009, 10 :78 (10 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Cardiovascular risk factor assessment after pre-eclampsia in primary care Marie-Elise Nijdam, Monique R Timmerman, Arie Franx, Hein W Bruinse, Mattijs E Numans, Diederick E Grobbee, Michiel L Bots BMC Family Practice 2009, 10 :77 (8 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Far from easy and accurate - detection of metabolic syndrome by general practitioners Eeva-Eerika Helminen, Pekka M BMC Family Practice 2009, 10 :76 (30 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A patient recall program to enhance decisions about prostate cancer screening: A feasibility study Thomas D Denberg, Manisha Bhide, Alyssa Soenksen, Trina Mizrahi, Laura Shields, Chen-Tan Lin BMC Family Practice 2009, 10 :75 (30 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Labour intensity of guidelines may have a greater effect on adherence than GPs' workload Michael J van den Berg, Dinny H de Bakker, Peter Spreeuwenberg, Gert P Westert, Joz BMC Family Practice 2009, 10 :74 (28 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Somatisation in primary care: experiences of primary care physicians involved in a training program and in a randomised controlled trial Jos BMC Family Practice 2009, 10 :73 (25 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Case Report
Chronic fungal sinusitis leading to disastrous cerebral aspergillosis: a case report Muhammad J Popalzai, Anurag Kushawaha, Neville Mobarakai, Rohail Asrar, Farida Durrani Cases Journal 2009, 2 :9406 (31 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Torsion of ovarian cyst during pregnancy: a case report Vasavi Kolluru, Rekha Gurumurthy, Venkatasujatha Vellanki, Deshpandae Gururaj Cases Journal 2009, 2 :9405 (31 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research article
A curriculum to teach medical students to care for people with disabilities: development and initial implementation Andrew B. Symons, Denise McGuigan, Elie A. Akl BMC Medical Education 2009, 9 :78 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Ectopic intramural pregnancy developing at the site of a cesarean section scar: a case report Adel Al-Nazer, Lama Omar, Manal Wahba, Tahrir Abbas, Mariam Abdulkarim Cases Journal 2009, 2 :9404 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Toxic epidermal necrolysis following treatment of pseudotumour cerebri: a case report
Mohamed El Ghonemi, Hesham R Omar, Rania Rashad, Jaya Kolla, Devanand Mangar, Enrico Camporesi Cases Journal 2009, 2 :9402 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Doubtful outcome of the validation of the Rome II questionnaire: validation of a symptom based diagnostic tool Herdis KM Molinder, Lars Kjellstrom, Henry BO Nylin, Lars E Agreus Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009, 7 :106 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Case Report
Is it renal colic or ruptured dissecting aneurysm of renal artery?: A case report Sanjay Marwah, Sham Singla, Rajnish Kalra, Nisha Marwah, Shashi Pratap Singh Cases Journal 2009, 2 :9398 (24 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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An unusual location of retroperitoneal epidermoid cyst in a child: case report and a review of the literature Nexhmi SH Hyseni, Sadik S Llullaku, Defrim H Kocinaj, Hysni J Jashari, Baton Z Kelmendi Cases Journal 2009, 2 :9397 (24 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Management of patient with Sturge-Weber syndrome: a case report Valbona Govori, Bujar Gjikolli, Halil Ajvazi, Nada Morina Cases Journal 2009, 2 :9394 (23 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Post radiation chylous ascites: a case report Vishal G Shelat, Garvi J Pandya, Asim Shabbir, Ravishankar K Diddapur Cases Journal 2009, 2 :9393 (23 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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