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Saturday, November 21, 2009

International medical graduate-patient communication: a qualitative analysis of perceived barriers.

30 Oct 2009 PURPOSE: International medical graduates (IMGs) represent a substantial portion of all medical residents in the United States. Yet, IMGs may be disadvantaged in their communications with U.S. patients for a variety of reasons. The authors conducted ... Read more...

Explaining the rise in antidepressant prescribing: a descriptive study using the general practice research database.

13 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To explore the reasons behind the recent increase in antidepressant prescribing in the United Kingdom. Design Detailed retrospective analysis of data on general practitioner consultations and antidepressant prescribing. Data source Data ... Read more...

[Benzodiazepine reduction does not imply an increased consumption of antidepressants. A survey of two medical practices]

3 Oct 2009 INTRODUCTION: The consumption of benzodiazepines (BZ) and cyclopyrrolones (CP) has attracted great interest in recent years due to the serious side-effects associated with these drugs. Two medical practices introduced a more restrictive approach to ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Family Practice'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• International medical graduate-patient communication: a qualitative analysis of perceived barriers. 30 Oct 2009
• [Help, I'm still family practitioner!] 20 Oct 2009
• Using patient experience within pay for performance programmes. 18 Oct 2009
• Explaining the rise in antidepressant prescribing: a descriptive study using the general practice research database. 13 Oct 2009
• From sick notes to fit notes. Vocational rehabilitation. 10 Oct 2009
• [Ambulance service and primary health care] 6 Oct 2009
• Prognosis of low back pain in primary care. 4 Oct 2009
• We must defend personal continuity in primary care. 4 Oct 2009
• Ethnic group and medical care. What about doctor factors? 3 Oct 2009
• [Benzodiazepine reduction does not imply an increased consumption of antidepressants. A survey of two medical practices] 3 Oct 2009
• Health reform in central and eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Oct 2009
• The feminisation of general practice--crisis or business as usual? Oct 2009
• [Diagnostic value of peak flow variability in patients with suspected diagnosis of bronchial asthma in general practice] 30 Sep 2009
• Physical health correlates of pathological and healthy dependency in urban women. 29 Sep 2009
• Varenicline and suicidal behaviour: a cohort study based on data from the General Practice Research Database. 29 Sep 2009
• Primary care--lifelines and shortages. 29 Sep 2009
• Symptoms and signs in culture-proven acute maxillary sinusitis in a general practice population. 29 Sep 2009
• GPs are to refer suspected cancer patients for tests in a week under new scheme. 27 Sep 2009
• From sick notes to fit notes. Not a simple answer. 27 Sep 2009
• Reliability of patient responses in pay for performance schemes: analysis of national General Practitioner Patient Survey data in England. 27 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'Family Practice'

Definition: A medical specialty concerned with the provision of continuing, comprehensive primary health care for the entire family.

Descriptor UI: D005194

Alternative terms: Family Practice; Family Practices; Practice, Family; Practices, Family; General Practice; General Practices; Practice, General; Practices, General;

Related Mesh Headings: Comprehensive Health Care; Physicians, Family;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: H02.403.776.230;

Online Note: use FAMILY PRACTICE to search GENERAL PRACTICE 1966-77

History Note: 78; was see under GENERAL PRACTICE 1975-77, was see GENERAL PRACTICE 1969-74; GENERAL PRACTICE was heading 1963-77

Technical Notes: SPEC: SPEC qualif; articles with titles reading, e.g., "cortisone in general practice" are indexed under FAMILY PRACTICE as NIM if indexed there at all: use circumspectly