Development of a Logbook for the “Practical Year” Elective in Family Medicine
Summary: The new Basic Medical Education Scheme offers opportunities for family medicine practices to serve as training spots for the elective period in the last...
DEGAM-Guideline Number 13 – Diagnosis and Therapy of Neck Pain
DEGAM-Guideline Number 13 – Diagnosis and Therapy of Neck Pain
Summary: To date, the management of primary care patients with neck pain mostly builds on the assumption of a monocausal pathophysiology. Since most of the common...
Summary: Back pain has many causes, and most cases are due to benign, mostly self-limiting problems. Most problems are considered to be musculoskeletal. However, some...
Rational Pharmacotherapy Based on Irrational Legislation – Implicit Rationing Remains Alive also with Doctors’ Groups and Sick-Fund Contracts
Rational Pharmacotherapy Based on Irrational Legislation – Implicit Rationing Remains Alive also with Doctors’ Groups and Sick-Fund Contracts
Summary: This paper deals with the area of conflict between therapeutic freedom, rationing by exclusion of questionably effective drugs and price limits by the state....