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Medical Editor Jigisha Patel, MRCP PhD
In-house Editor Natalie Pafitis, MSc
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, Scopus, EMBASE, Current Contents, Thomson Reuters (ISI) and Google Scholar.
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BMC Family Practice 2009, 10 :43
Knowledge of the location of body organs among patients and the general public is limited and has remained unchanged during the last 30 years, highlighting the need for physicians to avoid making assumptions about patient understanding during consultations.
BMC Family Practice 2009, 10 :29
General practitioners (GPs) are willing to provide care for patients with severe mental illness, considering themselves responsible for psychotic emergencies, physical health monitoring in the chronic phase, and for supporting patients' relatives.
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Frequency of GP communication addressing the patient's resources and coping strategies in medical interviews: a video-based observational study Trond A Mjaaland, Arnstein Finset BMC Family Practice 2009, 10 :49 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Improving the physician-patient cardiovascular risk dialogue to improve statin adherence
Linda Casebeer, Craig Huber, Nancy Bennett, Rachael Shillman, Maziar Abdolrasulnia, Gregory D Salinas, Sijian Zhang BMC Family Practice 2009, 10 :48 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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It's all about recognition! Qualitative study of the value of interpersonal continuity in general practice Heidi Bogelund Frederiksen, Jakob Kragstrup, Gitte Dehlholm-Lambertsen BMC Family Practice 2009, 10 :47 (26 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The TrueBlue study: Is practice nurse-led collaborative care effective in the management of depression for patients with heart disease or diabetes? Mark Morgan, James Dunbar, Prasuna Reddy, Michael Coates, Robert Leahy BMC Family Practice 2009, 10 :46 (23 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Family physicians' effort to stay in charge of the medical treatment when patients have home care by district nurses. A grounded theory study Sonja Modin, Lena Tornkvist, Ann-Karin Furhoff, Ingrid Hylander BMC Family Practice 2009, 10 :45 (22 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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GP-support by means of AGnES-practice assistants and the use of telecare devices in a sparsely populated region in Northern Germany - proof of concept Neeltje van den Berg, Thomas FiSZ, Claudia Meinke, Romy Heymann, Sibylle Scriba, Wolfgang Hoffmann BMC Family Practice 2009, 10 :44 (19 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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How accurate is patients' anatomical knowledge: a cross-sectional, questionnaire study of six patient groups and a general public sample John Weinman, Gibran Yusuf, Robert Berks, Sam Rayner, Keith J Petrie BMC Family Practice 2009, 10 :43 (12 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Prevalence of problem alcohol use among patients attending primary care for methadone treatment Niamh Ryder, Walter Cullen, Joseph Barry, Gerard Bury, Eamon Keenan, Bobby P Smyth BMC Family Practice 2009, 10 :42 (11 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Variables associated with GPs taking on serious mental disorder patients
Marie Josee FLeury, Jean Marie Bamvita, Jacques Tremblay BMC Family Practice 2009, 10 :41 (10 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Web-based guided insulin self-titration in patients with type 2 diabetes: the Di@log study. Design of a cluster randomised controlled trial [TC1316] Mari BMC Family Practice 2009, 10 :40 (9 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The association between Colombian medical students' healthy personal habits and a positive attitude toward preventive counseling: cross-sectional analyses John Duperly, Felipe Lobelo, Carolina Segura, Francisco Sarmiento, Deisy Herrera, Olga L Sarmiento, Erica Frank BMC Public Health 2009, 9 :218 (3 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Management of progressive type 2 diabetes: role of insulin therapy Craig W Spellman, Ramachandra Rahul V Chemitiganti Osteopathic Medicine and Primary Care 2009, 3 :5 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Comparison of self-reported health & healthcare utilisation between asylum seekers and refugees: an observational study Magzoub Toar, Kirsty K O'Brien, Tom Fahey BMC Public Health 2009, 9 :214 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Relatively lower body mass index is associated with an excess of severe truncal asymmetry in healthy adolescents:
do white adipose tissue, leptin, hypothalamus and sympathetic nervous system influence truncal growth asymmetry? Theodoros B Grivas, R GEOFFREY Burwell, Constantinos Mihas, Elias S Vasiliadis, Georgios Triantafyllopoulos, Angelos Kaspiris Scoliosis 2009, 4 :13 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Translation, adaptation and validation of the American short form Patient Activation Measure (PAM13) in a Danish version Helle Terkildsen Maindal, Ineta Sokolowski, Peter Vedsted BMC Public Health 2009, 9 :209 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The UK Quality and Outcomes Framework pay-for-performance scheme and spirometry: rewarding quality or just quantity? A cross-sectional study in Rotherham, UK. Mark Strong, Gail South, Robin Carlisle BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9 :108 (28 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Adjustment Disorder: epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment Mauro Giovanni Carta, Matteo Balestrieri, Andrea Murru, Maria Carolina Hardoy Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health 2009, 5 :15 (26 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Distribution and seasonality of rhinovirus and other respiratory viruses in a cross-section of asthmatic children in Trinidad, West Indies Jason Matthew, Lexley M Pinto Pereira, Tressa E Pappas, Cheri A Swenson, Kris A Grindle, Kathy A Roberg, Robert F Lemanske Jr, Wai-Ming Lee, James E Gern Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2009, 35 :16 (25 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Exercise therapy for the management of osteoarthritis of the hip joint: a systematic review Peter J McNair, Marian A Simmonds, Mark G Boocock, Peter J Larmer Arthritis Research & Therapy 2009, 11 :R98 (25 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The relationship between effectiveness and costs measured by a risk-adjusted case-mix system: multicentre study of Catalonian population data bases Antoni Sicras-Mainar, Ruth Navarro-Artieda, Milagrosa Blanca-Tamayo, Soledad Velasco-Velasco, Esperanza Escribano-Herranz, Josep Ramon Llopart-Lopez, Concepcion Violan-Fors, Josep Maria Vilaseca-Llobet, Encarna Sanchez-Fontcuberta, Jaume Benavent-Areu, Ferran Flor-Serra, Alba Aguado-Jodar, Daniel Rodriguez-Lopez, Alejandra Prados-Torres, Jose Estelrich-Bennasar BMC Public Health 2009, 9 :202 (25 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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