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Jigisha Patel, MRCP PhD

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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  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.
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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.
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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.


BMC  Latest articles published in BMC Family Practice        [more info]


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 (17November2009)
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Study protocol
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 (12November2009)
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Research article
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 (30October2009)
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Research article
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 (16October2009)
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Research article
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 (24September2009)
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Research article
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 (21September2009)
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Research article
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 (17September2009)
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Research article
Patient- and system-related barriers for the earlier diagnosis of colorectal cancer
Terry L Wahls, Ika Peleg
BMC Family Practice 2009, 10:65 (15September2009)
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Research article
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 (9September2009)
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Research article
Upper gastrointestinal symptoms, psychosocial co-morbidity and health care seeking in general practice: population based case control study
Linda E Brker, Gerard JB Hurenkamp, Gerben ter Riet, Franois G Schellevis, Hans G Grundmeijer, Henk C van Weert
BMC Family Practice 2009, 10:63 (9September2009)
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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 (21November2009)
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Research article
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 (20November2009)
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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 (19November2009)
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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 (19November2009)
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Commentary
Curbing the menace of antimicrobial resistance in developing countries
Chidi V Nweneka, Ndey Tapha-Sosseh, Anibal Sosa
Harm Reduction Journal 2009, 6:31 (19November2009)
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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 (19November2009)
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Letter
Severe influenza A (H1N1)v in patients without any known risk factor
Carles Alonso-Tarrs, Cristina Cortes-Lletget, Sara Pintado, Assumpta Ricart
Critical Care 2009, 13:425 (19November2009)
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Case report
Triple intussusception involving heterotopic pancreatic tissue: a case report
N Sautot-Vial, H Steyaert
Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009, 3:134 (18November2009)
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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 (18November2009)
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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 (18November2009)
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