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Volume 61, Number 584, March 2011

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Original Papers - Full-length version

Free Content Which early `red flag' symptoms identify children with meningococcal disease in primary care?
pp. e97-e104(8)
Authors: Haj-Hassan, Tanya Ali; Thompson, Matthew J; Mayon-White, Richard T; Ninis, Nelly; Harnden, Anthony; Smith, Lindsay FP; Perera, Rafael; Mant, David C

Free Content Do doctors and patients agree on cardiovascular-risk management recommendations post-consultation? The INTERMEDE study
pp. e105-e111(7)
Authors: Schieber, Anne-Cécile; Kelly-Irving, Michelle; Rolland, Christine; Afrite, Anissa; Cases, Chantal; Dourgnon, Paul; Lombrail, Pierre; Pascal, Jean; Lang, Thierry

Free Content Does the evidence referenced in NICE guidelines reflect a primary care population?
pp. e112-e117(6)
Authors: Scullard, Paul; Abdelhamid, Asmaa; Steel, Nick; Qureshi, Nadeem

Free Content NICE guidance on long-term sickness and incapacity
pp. e118-e124(7)
Authors: Gabbay, Mark; Taylor, Lorraine; Sheppard, Linda; Hillage, Jim; Bambra, Clare; Ford, Fiona; Preece, Richard; Taske, Nichole; Kelly, Michael P

Free Content Are physical activity interventions in primary care and the community cost-effective? A systematic review of the evidence
pp. e125-e133(9)
Authors: Garrett, Sue; Elley, C Raina; Rose, Sally B; O'Dea, Des; Lawton, Beverley A; Dowell, Anthony C

Articles

Free Content March Focus
pp. 162-162(1)
Author: Jones, Roger

Editorial

Free Content Reforming the NHS: necessary and achievable?
pp. 163-164(2)
Author: Jones, Roger

Free Content Delivering high-quality child health care in general practice
pp. 165-166(2)
Authors: Mathers, Nigel; Harnden, Anthony

Free Content Revalidation: a critical perspective
pp. 166-168(3)
Authors: Greenhalgh, Trisha; Wong, Geoff

Free Content A new direction for public health in England: few devils, few details
pp. 169-170(2)
Authors: Gillam, Steve; Shroufi, Amir

Original Papers

Free Content Screening of testicular descent in older boys is worthwhile: an observational study
pp. 173-177(5)
Authors: Neilson, Andrew G; Walker, Gregor M

Free Content Central or local incident reporting? A comparative study in Dutch GP out-of-hours services
pp. 183-187(5)
Authors: Zwart, Dorien LM; Van Rensen, Elizabeth LJ; Kalkman, Cor J; Verheij, Theo JM

Brief Reports

Free Content Effects of health screening for adults with intellectual disability: a pooled analysis
pp. 193-196(4)
Authors: Lennox, Nicholas; Ware, Robert; Bain, Chris; Gomez, Miriam Taylor; Cooper, Sally-Ann

Free Content Primary care consultation behaviours of long-term, adult survivors of cancer in the UK
pp. 197-199(3)
Authors: Khan, Nada F; Watson, Eila; Rose, Peter W

Free Content Morbidity trends in the population of a specialised homeless primary care service
pp. 200-202(3)
Authors: Hewett, Nigel; Hiley, Anna; Gray, Jane

Discussion Papers

Lecture

Letters

Free Content Antidepressant prescribing
pp. 221-221(1)
Author: Rathbone, Philip

Free Content Antidepressant prescribing
pp. 221-222(2)
Author: Nichols, John

Free Content Placebo treatment in mild to moderate depression
pp. 222-222(1)
Author: Pittrof, Rudiger

Free Content Depression management
pp. 222-223(2)
Authors: Vyas, Vishal; Agius, Mark

Free Content Working with non-medical prescribers
pp. 223-223(1)
Author: Pancholi, Kavita

Free Content Nudging
pp. 223-223(1)
Authors: Karim, Shazid; King, Dominic; Darzi, Ara

Free Content Author's response
pp. 223-224(2)
Author: Fitzpatrick, Michael

Free Content The symptom iceberg
pp. 224-224(1)
Author: Hannay, David

Free Content Health inequalities
pp. 224-224(1)
Author: Treasure, Wilfrid

Free Content Author's response
pp. 224-225(2)
Author: Hull, Sally

Free Content Confident and competent
pp. 225-225(1)
Author: Round, Thomas

Free Content Chronic daily headache: Authors' response
pp. 225-226(2)
Authors: Simpson, Graeme C; Santosh, Celestine

Free Content CT and chronic daily headache
pp. 226-226(1)
Authors: Hopcroft, Keith; Davenport, Richard J

The Back Pages

Free Content Anticipatory care in very deprived areas
pp. 228-228(1)
Author: Watt, Graham

Free Content The end of the NHS?
pp. 229-229(1)
Author: Fitzpatrick, Mike

Free Content Tips for GP trainees working in accident and emergency
pp. 230-231(2)
Authors: Burkes, Matthew; Atkinson, Ben; Bunyan, Kate H

Free Content Professor Ian Richardson
pp. 231-231(1)
Author: Morrison, Lesley

Free Content How do we learn?
pp. 232-232(1)
Author: Lasserson, Michael

Free Content Exhibition review
pp. 233-233(1)
Authors: Lough, Murray; Cameron, Niall

Free Content Book review
pp. 234-235(2)
Author: Willis, James

Free Content Book review
pp. 235-235(1)
Author: Jeffries, Dougal

Free Content The Fraserburgh Situation
pp. 236-237(2)
Author: Stevenson, David

Free Content In for a penny, in for a pound
pp. 238-238(1)
Author: Miller, Saul

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