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Editor-in-Chief Melissa Norton, MD
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.
Featured articles
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.
BMC Family Practice 2009, 10 :63
People with upper gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms visit their doctors for all health issues more frequently that those without such GI complaints, suggesting the association between gastrointestinal and psychosocial health may in fact reflect higher health care needs.
BMC Family Practice 2009, 10 :60
General practitioners' (GPs) feelings of dissatisfaction or exhaustion do not affect the duration of their consultation and psychological evaluation of patient complaints, whereas those GPs with feelings of reduced accomplishment communicate less effectively with their patients.
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Research article
Effectiveness of IT-based diabetes management interventions: a review of the literature Beth M Costa, Kristine J Fitzgerald, Kay M Jones, Trisha Dunning AM BMC Family Practice 2009, 10 :72 (17 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Evaluation of lifestyle interventions to treat elevated cardiometabolic risk in primary care (E-LITE): a randomized controlled trial Jun Ma, Abby C King, Sandra R Wilson, Lan Xiao, Randall S Stafford BMC Family Practice 2009, 10 :71 (12 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Current European guidelines for management of arterial hypertension: Are they adequate for use in primary care? Modelling study based on the Norwegian HUNT 2 population Halfdan Petursson, Linn Getz, Johann A Sigurdsson, Irene Hetlevik BMC Family Practice 2009, 10 :70 (30 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Family Physician attitudes about prescribing using a drug formulary L Suzanne Suggs, Parminder Raina, Amiram Gafni, Susan Grant, Kevin Skilton, Aimei Fan, Karen Szala-Meneok BMC Family Practice 2009, 10 :69 (16 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Explanation and relations. How do general practitioners deal with patients with persistent medically unexplained symptoms: a focus group study Tim C olde Hartman, Lieke J Hassink-Franke, Peter L Lucassen, Karel P van Spaendonck, Chris van Weel BMC Family Practice 2009, 10 :68 (24 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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In their own words: qualitative study of high-utilising primary care patients with medically unexplained symptoms Francesca C Dwamena, Judith S Lyles, Richard M Frankel, Robert C Smith BMC Family Practice 2009, 10 :67 (21 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Consensus on gut feelings in general practice Erik Stolper, Paul Van Royen, Margje Van de Wiel, Marloes Van Bokhoven, Paul Houben, Trudy Van der Weijden, Geert Jan Dinant BMC Family Practice 2009, 10 :66 (17 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Patient- and system-related barriers for the earlier diagnosis of colorectal cancer Terry L Wahls, Ika Peleg BMC Family Practice 2009, 10 :65 (15 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The attitude of Belgian social insurance physicians towards evidence-based practice and clinical practice guidelines Annemie Heselmans, Peter Donceel, Bert Aertgeerts, Stijn Van de Velde, Dirk Ramaekers BMC Family Practice 2009, 10 :64 (9 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Upper gastrointestinal symptoms, psychosocial co-morbidity and health care seeking in general practice: population based case control study Linda E Br BMC Family Practice 2009, 10 :63 (9 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Short Report
Traumatic Tympanic Membrane perforation: An aetiological profile Olushola A Afolabi, Shuaib K Aremu, Biodun S Alabi, S Segun-Busari BMC Research Notes 2009, 2 :232 (21 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Studying the association between musculoskeletal disorders, quality of life and mental health. A primary care pilot study in rural Crete, Greece Maria D Antonopoulou, Athanasios K Alegakis, Alexander G Hadjipavlou, Christos D Lionis BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2009, 10 :143 (20 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research
India-U.S. collaboration to prevent adolescent HIV infection: the feasibility of a family-based HIV prevention intervention for rural Indian youth Asha Banu Soletti, Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, Denise Burnette, Shilpi Sharma, Alida Bouris Journal of the International AIDS Society 2009, 2 :10 (19 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Case report
Circumferential thoracolumbar corrective fusion with an anterior interbody fresh-frozen femoral head allograft for osteoporotic lower acute kyphosis: a case report Naohisa Miyakoshi, Eiji Abe, Yoichi Shimada Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009, 3 :137 (19 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Commentary
Curbing the menace of antimicrobial resistance in developing countries Chidi V Nweneka, Ndey Tapha-Sosseh, Anibal Sosa Harm Reduction Journal 2009, 6 :31 (19 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Case Report
Cryptococcus neoformans meningitis in a diabetic patient -
the perils of an overzealous immune response: a case report
Anurag Kushawaha, Neville Mobarakai, Nirupama Parikh, Alex Beylinson Cases Journal 2009, 2 :209 (19 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Letter
Severe influenza A (H1N1)v in patients without any known risk factor Carles Alonso-Tarr Critical Care 2009, 13 :425 (19 [PDF ]
Case report
Triple intussusception involving heterotopic pancreatic tissue: a case report N Sautot-Vial, H Steyaert Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009, 3 :134 (18 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Case Report
Primary leiomyosarcoma of the male urethra: a case report Youness Ahallal, Mohammed Fadl Tazi, Abdelhak Khallouk, Elmehdi Tazi, Amal Benlemlih, Mohammed Jamal Elfassi, Moulay Hassan Farih Cases Journal 2009, 2 :207 (18 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Case Report
Felty's Syndrome as an initial presentation of Rheumatoid Arthritis: a case report Disaya Chavalitdhamrong, Ana Molovic-Kokovic, Andrey Iliev Cases Journal 2009, 2 :206 (18 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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