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Volume 61, Number 589, August 2011

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Research

Activity Increase Despite Arthritis (AÏDA): phase II randomised controlled trial of an active management booklet for hip and knee osteoarthritis in primary care
pp. e452-e458(7)
Authors: Williams, Nefyn H; Amoakwa, Elvis; Belcher, John; Edwards, Rhiannon T; Hassani, Hossein; Hendry, Maggie; Burton, Kim; Lewis, Ruth; Hood, Kerenza; Jones, Jeremy; Bennett, Paul; Linck, Pat; Neal, Richard D; Wilkinson, Clare

GP referral of patients with osteoarthritis for consideration of total joint replacement: a longitudinal study
pp. e459-e468(10)
Authors: McHugh, Gretl A; Campbell, Malcolm; Luker, Karen A

Risk communication methods in hip fracture prevention: a randomised trial in primary care
pp. e469-e476(8)
Authors: Hudson, Ben; Toop, Les; Mangin, Dee; Pearson, John

Therapeutic decisions by number needed to treat and survival gains: a cross-sectional survey of lipid-lowering drug recommendations
pp. e477-e483(7)
Authors: Halvorsen, Peder A; Wisløff, Torbjørn F; Støvring, Henrik; Aasland, Olaf; Kristiansen, Ivar Sønbø

Holding relationships in primary care: a qualitative exploration of doctors' and patients' perceptions
pp. e484-e491(8)
Authors: Cocksedge, Simon; Greenfield, Rebecca; Nugent, G Kelly; Chew-Graham, Carolyn

Barriers engaging families and GPs in childhood weight management strategies
pp. e492-e497(6)
Authors: Banks, Jonathan; Shield, Julian PH; Sharp, Deborah

Satisfaction, demand, and opening hours in primary care: an observational study
pp. e498-e507(10)
Authors: Morgan, Claire L; Beerstecher, Hendrik J

Dementia diagnosis and management: a narrative review of changing practice
pp. e513-e525(13)
Authors: Koch, Tamar; Iliffe, Steve

Development of prescribing-safety indicators for GPs using the RAND Appropriateness Method
pp. e526-e536(11)
Authors: Avery, Anthony J; Dex, Grant M; Mulvaney, Caroline; Serumaga, Brian; Spencer, Rachel; Lester, Helen E; Campbell, Stephen M

Debate & Analysis

Advance care planning under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 in primary care
pp. e537-e541(5)
Authors: Hayhoe, Benedict; Howe, Amanda

Articles

Free Content Editor's Briefing
pp. 483-483(1)
Author: Jones, Roger

Editorials

The NHS reforms: are they going to work?
pp. 484-484(1)
Author: Jones, Roger

Managing osteoarthritis in primary care: the GP as public health physician and surgical gatekeeper
pp. 485-486(2)
Authors: Croft, Peter; Porcheret, Mark; Peat, George

Improving the detection and management of anxiety disorders in primary care
pp. 489-490(2)
Authors: Buszewicz, Marta Joanna; Chew-Graham, Carolyn

Letters

Free Content Acupuncture for `frequent attenders' with medically unexplained symptoms
pp. 492-492(1)
Authors: Devroey, Dirk; Van De Vijver, Erwin

Free Content Acupuncture for `frequent attenders' with medically unexplained symptoms
pp. 493-493(1)
Authors: Power, Michael; Hopayian, Kevork

Free Content Acupuncture for `frequent attenders' with medically unexplained symptoms
pp. 495-495(1)
Authors: Meijer, Marjolein; Verwoerd, Annemieke

Free Content Editor's response
pp. 495-495(1)

Free Content Authors' response
pp. 495-496(2)
Authors: Paterson, Charlotte; Taylor, Rod; Griffiths, Peter; Britten, Nicky; Rugg, Sue; Bridges, Jackie; McCallum, Bruce; Kite, Gerad

Free Content Domestic violence, PTSD, and diagnostic enquiry
pp. 496-497(2)
Author: Duxbury, Fiona

Free Content Pulse oximetry in primary care
pp. 497-497(1)
Author: Gunstone, Chris

Free Content Tips for GP trainees working in general surgery
pp. 497-497(1)
Authors: Allred, JA; Proctor, RD

The Review

The inverse care law of compassion
pp. 518-518(1)
Author: Roberts, Jane H

Learning journeys: where to, with whom, and how?
pp. 519-519(1)
Authors: Lyon, Andrew; Watt, Graham

`In my day …': towards the utilisation of living history?
pp. 520-521(2)
Authors: Jacobson, Lionel; Cunningham, Anne-Marie; Francis, Nathan; Fryer, Jane

Older addicts
pp. 522-522(1)
Author: Fitzpatrick, Mike

Barbara Starfield: an appreciation
pp. 523-523(1)
Author: Roland, Martin

Being impossible
pp. 525-525(1)
Author: Willis, James

Debate & Analysis

Performance management, appraisals, and revalidation: quantity analysis and quality control for UK GPs
pp. 526-527(2)
Authors: Davies, Peter; Walsh, Matt; Pollock, Colin

Clinical Intelligence

Free Content Point-of-care blood test for ketones in patients with diabetes: primary care diagnostic technology update
pp. 530-531(2)
Authors: Plüddemann, Annette; Heneghan, Carl; Price, Christopher P; Wolstenholme, Jane; Thompson, Matthew

Tips for GP trainees working in trauma and orthopaedics
pp. 532-533(2)
Authors: Dawe, Edward; Reeve, William; Burkes, Matthew

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