Table of contents (10/2020 - selection)

• Bangladesh, Hyperpigmentation, Loss of Sensuality and Nerve Swelling. What is Your Diagnosis?

  Michael M. Kochen

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• Usefulness of Tonsillectomy in Children: Growing Scepticism

  Michael M. Kochen

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• Individual Non-Covered Health Services Critically Examined – an Update

  Thomas Semlitsch, Andrea Siebenhofer

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• Is it Useful to Determine Hormone Levels in Healthy, Symptom-Free Postmenopausal Women?

  QuestionWithin the framework of „anti-aging medicine“, women are increasingly offered the determination of hormone levels. Is there reliable study evidence on the...

  Carolin Zipp, Thomas Semlitsch, Andrea Siebenhofer

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• Challenges of Acute Care in the Urban Setting from an Interdisciplinary Perspective: Qualitative Study

  BackgroundEmergency and acute care in Germany is currently faced with numerous challenges, including a rising patient-initiated utilization of hospital emergency...

  Sarah Oslislo, Christoph Heintze, Martin Möckel, Felix Holzinger

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• Detecting Victims of Human Trafficking in Family Practice

  BackgroundHuman trafficking is defined as exploitation of a person by taking advantage of his or her plight. Thus, more individuals than commonly assumed are affected...

  Marlies Karsch-Völk, Monika Cissek-Evans

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• Werden unerwünschte Interventionseffekte in Herzinsuffizienzstudien ausreichend berücksichtigt?

  BackgroundPatients with chronic heart failure (CHF) are generally treated by family physicians. Since the majority of those patients are multimorbid, it is particularly...

  Carolin Patschkowski, Ana I. González, Jeanet W. Blom, Liam G. Glynn, Mieke L. van Driel, Christiane Muth

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• Development of a Family Medicine Oriented Competence Profile for a Curriculum “Physician Assistant“

  BackgroundThe Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW) Karlsruhe established the first Physician Assistant (PA) program at a public university in Germany...

  Nicola Buhlinger-Göpfarth, Tanja Marschall, Marianne Difflipp-Eppele, Jürgen Herbers, Adelheid Glott, Marcus Hoffmann

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