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Volume 62(598);  May 2012

Editor's Briefing

Editor's Briefing
Roger Jones
Br J Gen Pract. 2012 May; 62(598): 227. doi: 10.3399/bjgp12X636272
PMCID:
PMC3338025

Editorials

Quality assuring GPs and their practices
Mike Pringle
Br J Gen Pract. 2012 May; 62(598): 228–229. doi: 10.3399/bjgp12X636281
PMCID:
PMC3338026
Leadership and management for all doctors
Veronica Wilkie
Br J Gen Pract. 2012 May; 62(598): 230–231. doi: 10.3399/bjgp12X636290
PMCID:
PMC3338027
Primary care research after the Act: why commissioners and academia need to work together
Peter Brindle
Br J Gen Pract. 2012 May; 62(598): 232–233. doi: 10.3399/bjgp12X641285
PMCID:
PMC3338028
Better prevention of stroke through screening for atrial fibrillation
Martin A James, John L Campbell
Br J Gen Pract. 2012 May; 62(598): 234–235. doi: 10.3399/bjgp12X641294
PMCID:
PMC3338029

Letters

Not just another primary care workforce crisis …
David Berger
Br J Gen Pract. 2012 May; 62(598): 236. doi: 10.3399/bjgp12X641302
PMCID:
PMC3338030
Not just another primary care workforce crisis …
Peter Davies
Br J Gen Pract. 2012 May; 62(598): 236–237. doi: 10.3399/bjgp12X641311
PMCID:
PMC3338031
Authors' response
Mark Purvis, Bill Irish
Br J Gen Pract. 2012 May; 62(598): 237. doi: 10.3399/bjgp12X641320
PMCID:
PMC3338032
The BJGP
Richard Smith
Br J Gen Pract. 2012 May; 62(598): 237. doi: 10.3399/bjgp12X641339
PMCID:
PMC3338033
Editor's response
Roger Jones
Br J Gen Pract. 2012 May; 62(598): 237. doi: 10.3399/bjgp12X641348
PMCID:
PMC3338034
Author's response
Calum Paton
Br J Gen Pract. 2012 May; 62(598): 237–238. doi: 10.3399/bjgp12X641357
PMCID:
PMC3338035
Calling time on the 10-minute consultation
Thomas Round
Br J Gen Pract. 2012 May; 62(598): 238. doi: 10.3399/bjgp12X641366
PMCID:
PMC3338036
Calling time on the 10-minute consultation
Greg Irving, John Holden
Br J Gen Pract. 2012 May; 62(598): 238–239. doi: 10.3399/bjgp12X641375
PMCID:
PMC3338037
The training capacity of general practice revisited: advanced training practices
Petre Jones
Br J Gen Pract. 2012 May; 62(598): 239. doi: 10.3399/bjgp12X641384
PMCID:
PMC3338038
Situating general practice training in the general practice context
Paul Main
Br J Gen Pract. 2012 May; 62(598): 239. doi: 10.3399/bjgp12X641393
PMCID:
PMC3338039
Payment for Performance and the QOF: are we doing the right thing?
Gerda Pohl
Br J Gen Pract. 2012 May; 62(598): 240. doi: 10.3399/bjgp12X641401
PMCID:
PMC3338040
Communicating risk to patients and the public
Louisa Polak
Br J Gen Pract. 2012 May; 62(598): 240. doi: 10.3399/bjgp12X641410
PMCID:
PMC3338041

The Review

Viewpoint
Abigail Sabey, Holly Hardy
Br J Gen Pract. 2012 May; 62(598): 260. doi: 10.3399/bjgp12X641519
PMCID:
PMC3338042
Trisha Greenhalgh
Br J Gen Pract. 2012 May; 62(598): 263. doi: 10.3399/bjgp12X641537
PMCID:
PMC3338043
Economic crisis and primary care reform in Greece: driving the wrong way?
Elias Kondilis, Emmanouil Smyrnakis, Magda Gavana, Stathis Giannakopoulos, Theodoros Zdoukos, Steve Iliffe, Alexis Benos
Br J Gen Pract. 2012 May; 62(598): 264–265. doi: 10.3399/bjgp12X641546
PMCID:
PMC3338044
Reviews: 2030: The Future of Medicine: Avoiding A Medical Meltdown
Wilfrid Treasure
Br J Gen Pract. 2012 May; 62(598): 266–267. doi: 10.3399/bjgp12X641555
PMCID:
PMC3338045
AN HONOURABLE MAN
Lesley Morrison
Br J Gen Pract. 2012 May; 62(598): 267. doi: 10.3399/bjgp12X641564
PMCID:
PMC3338046
THE PATIENT PARADOX: WHY SEXED UP MEDICINE IS BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH
Euan Lawson
Br J Gen Pract. 2012 May; 62(598): 268. doi: 10.3399/bjgp12X641573
PMCID:
PMC3338047

Preview

Opera notes: events to look out for in 2012
Richard JW Phillips
Br J Gen Pract. 2012 May; 62(598): 268. doi: 10.3399/bjgp12X641582
PMCID:
PMC3338048

The Review

Safeguarding patients against stem cell tourism
Sarah Jawad, Aziza Al-Yassin, Daniel Herridge, Wai Kwan Lily Lai, Nigel Rozario, Jane Hendy
Br J Gen Pract. 2012 May; 62(598): 269–270. doi: 10.3399/bjgp12X641591
PMCID:
PMC3338049
Brave new world
Helen Lester
Br J Gen Pract. 2012 May; 62(598): 271. doi: 10.3399/bjgp12X641609
PMCID:
PMC3338050

Clinical Intelligence

Diagnosis and management of polymyalgia rheumatica
Toby Helliwell, Samantha L Hider, Kevin Barraclough, Bhaskar Dasgupta, Christian D Mallen
Br J Gen Pract. 2012 May; 62(598): 275–276. doi: 10.3399/bjgp12X641636
PMCID:
PMC3338051

Research

Multisource feedback questionnaires in appraisal and for revalidation: a qualitative study in UK general practice
Jacqueline J Hill, Anthea Asprey, Suzanne H Richards, John L Campbell
Br J Gen Pract. 2012 May; 62(598): e314–e321. Published online 2012 April 30. doi: 10.3399/bjgp12X641429
PMCID:
PMC3338052
Patients' views of pay for performance in primary care: a qualitative study
Kerin L Hannon, Helen E Lester, Stephen M Campbell
Br J Gen Pract. 2012 May; 62(598): e322–e328. Published online 2012 April 30. doi: 10.3399/bjgp12X641438
PMCID:
PMC3338053
Quality of prescribing in care homes and the community in England and Wales
Sunil M Shah, Iain M Carey, Tess Harris, Stephen DeWilde, Derek G Cook
Br J Gen Pract. 2012 May; 62(598): e329–e336. Published online 2012 April 30. doi: 10.3399/bjgp12X641447
PMCID:
PMC3338054
Chronic disease detection and access: does access improve detection, or does detection make access more difficult?
Mohammed Saqib Anwar, Richard Baker, Nicola Walker, Arch Mainous, III, M John Bankart
Br J Gen Pract. 2012 May; 62(598): e337–e343. Published online 2012 April 30. doi: 10.3399/bjgp12X641456
PMCID:
PMC3338055
Are UK primary care teams formally identifying patients for palliative care before they die?
Nadine Harrison, Debbie Cavers, Christine Campbell, Scott A Murray
Br J Gen Pract. 2012 May; 62(598): e344–e352. Published online 2012 April 30. doi: 10.3399/bjgp12X641465
PMCID:
PMC3338056
Factors supporting good partnership working between generalist and specialist palliative care services: a systematic review
Clare Gardiner, Merryn Gott, Christine Ingleton
Br J Gen Pract. 2012 May; 62(598): e353–e362. Published online 2012 April 30. doi: 10.3399/bjgp12X641474
PMCID:
PMC3338057
Exploration of GPs' views and use of the fit note: a qualitative study in primary care
Victoria K Welsh, Christian D Mallen, Gwenllian Wynne-Jones, Clare Jinks
Br J Gen Pract. 2012 May; 62(598): e363–e370. Published online 2012 April 30. doi: 10.3399/bjgp12X641483
PMCID:
PMC3338058
Exploring patients' reasons for declining contact in a cognitive behavioural therapy randomised controlled trial in primary care
Maria Barnes, Nicola Wiles, Jill Morrison, David Kessler, Chris Williams, Willem Kuyken, Glyn Lewis, Katrina Turner
Br J Gen Pract. 2012 May; 62(598): e371–e377. Published online 2012 April 30. doi: 10.3399/bjgp12X641492
PMCID:
PMC3338059
‘You know what boys are like’: pre-diagnosis experiences of parents of children with autism spectrum conditions
Sara Ryan, Helen Salisbury
Br J Gen Pract. 2012 May; 62(598): e378–e383. Published online 2012 April 30. doi: 10.3399/bjgp12X641500
PMCID:
PMC3338060

The Review

Clinical leadership: individual advancement, political authority, and a lack of direction?
Andrew Moscrop
Br J Gen Pract. 2012 May; 62(598): e384–e386. Published online 2012 April 30. doi: 10.3399/bjgp12X641528
PMCID:
PMC3338061

Debate & Analysis

The challenge of commissioning for populations
Andrew Lee, Fiona Head, Chris Packham, Mike Robinson
Br J Gen Pract. 2012 May; 62(598): e387–e389. Published online 2012 April 30. doi: 10.3399/bjgp12X641618
PMCID:
PMC3338062
Practice accreditation: the European perspective
Helen E Lester, Tina Eriksson, Rob Dijkstra, Katrin Martinson, Tomasz Tomasik, Nigel Sparrow
Br J Gen Pract. 2012 May; 62(598): e390–e392. Published online 2012 April 30. doi: 10.3399/bjgp12X641627
PMCID:
PMC3338063

Clinical Intelligence

Annette Plüddemann, Matthew Thompson, Christopher P Price, Jane Wolstenholme, Carl Heneghan
Br J Gen Pract. 2012 May; 62(598): e393–e395. Published online 2012 April 30. doi: 10.3399/bjgp12X641645
PMCID:
PMC3338064

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