Recently added articles from BMC Family Practice:
May I long experience the joy of healing: professional and personal wellbeing among physicians from a Canadian province.(Research article)(Report)
Feb 24, 2009; ... <Text rich="yes"> Authors: Brenda L Lovell (corresponding author) [1]; Raymond T Lee [1]; Erica Frank [2]Background"In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable and must be content with broken portions."Sir William Osler, Canadian physician ...
The diagnostic role of gut feelings in general practice A focus group study of the concept and its determinants.(Research article)(Report)
Feb 18, 2009; ... <Text rich="yes"> Authors: Erik Stolper (corresponding author) [1]; Marloes van Bokhoven [1]; Paul Houben [1]; Paul Van Royen [2]; Margje van de Wiel [3]; Trudy van der Weijden [1]; Geert Jan Dinant [1]BackgroundMost general practitioners (GPs) would recognise that ...
Does smoking status affect the likelihood of consulting a doctor about respiratory symptoms? A pilot survey in Western Australia.(Research article)(Survey)
Feb 17, 2009; ... <Text rich="yes"> Authors: Moyez Jiwa (corresponding author) (equal contributor) [1]; Hayley Arnet (equal contributor) [1]; Georgia Halkett (equal contributor) [1]; Marthe Smith (equal contributor) [1]; Moira O'Connor (equal contributor) [1]; Julia Rhodes (equal contributor) [2]; Kate ...
The role of economic evaluation in the decision-making process of family physicians: design and methods of a qualitative embedded multiple-case study.(Study protocol)
Feb 11, 2009; ... <Text rich="yes"> Authors: Chantale Lessard (corresponding author) [1]; André-Pierre Contandriopoulos [1]; Marie-Dominique Beaulieu [2]BackgroundHealth economics is the branch of economics concerned with how scarce health care resources are allocated to maximise the ...
Quality improvement in small office settings: an examination of successful practices.(Research article)(Report)
Feb 09, 2009; ... <Text rich="yes"> Authors: Daniel Wolfson (equal contributor) [1]; Elizabeth Bernabeo (corresponding author) (equal contributor) [2]; Brian Leas (equal contributor) [3]; Shoshanna Sofaer (equal contributor) [4]; Gregory Pawlson (equal contributor) [5]; Donna Pillittere (equal contributor) ...