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Volume 60, Number 572, March 2010

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Original Paper - Full-length version

Free Content Streamline triage and manage user expectations: lessons from a qualitative study of GP out-of-hours services
pp. e83-e97(15)
Authors: Egbunike, Jennifer N; Shaw, Chris; Porter, Alison; Button, Lori A; Kinnersley, Paul; Hood, Kerry; Bowden, Sue; Bale, Sue; Snooks, Helen; Edwards, Adrian

Free Content Patient satisfaction with point-of-care testing in general practice
pp. e98-e104(7)
Authors: Laurence, Caroline O; Gialamas, Angela; Bubner, Tanya; Yelland, Lisa; Willson, Kristyn; Ryan, Phil; Beilby, Justin; Point of Care Testing in General Practice Trial Management Group,

Free Content Mortality and cancer in patients with new musculoskeletal episodes: a cohort study
pp. e105-e112(8)
Authors: Jordan, Kelvin P; Croft, Peter

Free Content Commentary: This pain is killing me
pp. e112-e112(1)
Author: Smith, Blair H

Free Content Factors associated with immunisation coverage and timeliness in New Zealand
pp. e113-e120(8)
Authors: Grant, Cameron C; Turner, Nikki M; York, Deon G; Goodyear-Smith, Felicity; Petousis-Harris, Helen A

Free Content Trends in the epidemiology of smoking recorded in UK general practice
pp. e121-e127(7)
Authors: Simpson, Colin R; Hippisley-Cox, Julia; Sheikh, Aziz

Systematic Review

Free Content Validity of diagnostic coding within the General Practice Research Database: a systematic review
pp. e128-e136(9)
Authors: Khan, Nada F; Harrison, Sian E; Rose, Peter W

March Focus

Free Content March Focus
pp. 154-154(1)
Author: Jones, Roger

Editorials

Free Content Out-of-hours care: do we?
pp. 155-157(3)
Authors: Campbell, John L; Clay, J Henry

Free Content Near-patient testing in primary care
pp. 157-158(2)
Author: Khunti, Kamlesh

Free Content Tailoring treatment to risk in type 2 diabetes
pp. 158-160(3)
Author: Graffy, Jonathan

Free Content Case validation in research using large databases
pp. 160-161(2)
Authors: García Rodríguez, Luis Alberto; Ruigómez, Ana

Free Content Health in a cold climate
pp. 162-163(2)
Authors: Jones, Roger; Logan, Alec

Original Papers

Free Content The relationship between glycaemic control and mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes in general practice (ZODIAC-11)
pp. 172-175(4)
Authors: Landman, Gijs W; van Hateren, Kornelis JJ; Kleefstra, Nanne; Groenier, Klaas H; Gans, Rijk OB; Bilo, Henk JG

Discussion Paper

Free Content Commentary
pp. 197-197(1)
Author: Beattie, Angela

William Pickles Lecture

Free Content Family practice: meanings for modern times
pp. 207-212(6)
Author: Howe, Amanda

Letters

Free Content Authors' response
pp. 213-213(1)
Authors: Cameron, Isobel M; Lawton, Ken; Reid, Ian C

Free Content Community pharmacists and the helpful GP prescriber
pp. 213-214(2)
Authors: Masters, Nigel; Carpenter, Nigel

Free Content Nurse-led management of hypertension
pp. 214-214(1)
Authors: Clark, Christopher E; Smith, Lindsay FP; Taylor, Rod S; Campbell, John L

Free Content Circumcision
pp. 214-214(1)
Author: House, Jim

Free Content Circumcision
pp. 214-215(2)
Author: Joseph, Anthony

Free Content Circumcision
pp. 215-215(1)
Author: Peters, John

Free Content Authors' response
pp. 215-215(1)
Authors: Anwar, Mohammed Saqib; Munawar, Farhan; Anwar, Qashif

The Back Pages

Free Content Why and Where should the Axe Fall?
pp. 217-217(1)
Author: Hart, Julian Tudor

Free Content Cut, cut, cut
pp. 218-218(1)
Author: Jeffries, Dougal

Free Content NHS cuts and services: can we afford it?
pp. 218-219(2)
Author: de Kare-Silver, Nigel

Free Content To cut or not to cut …
pp. 220-220(1)
Author: Ernst, Edzard

Free Content Sorry matters
pp. 220-221(2)
Authors: Hodgkin, Paul; Daniells, Kim; Livesey, St John

Free Content What the Dickens?
pp. 221-221(1)
Author: Inwood, Max

Free Content Stitching a torn system
pp. 222-223(2)
Authors: Saab, Bassem; Antoun, Jumana

Free Content Protecting time
pp. 222-223(2)
Author: Heath, Iona

Free Content How to cut NHS spending and improve the health of the nation
pp. 223-223(1)
Author: Fitzpatrick, Mike

Free Content Quis custodes ipsos custodiet?
pp. 224-225(2)
Author: Hedger, Neil A

Free Content Little things mean a lot
pp. 225-225(1)
Author: Frey, John

Free Content A tale of two hemispheres
pp. 226-227(2)
Author: Willis, James

Free Content Commentary
pp. 227-227(1)
Author: Grayling, Anthony C

Free Content Melt-down: how passée, darling!
pp. 227-227(1)
Author: Logan, Alec

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