Table of contents (12/2015 - selection)

Editorial

EBM

• Does Massage Help Against Back Pain?

  QuestionDoes massage help against back pain? Are there new findings about the benefit of classical massage in low back pain?AnswerThe evidence for such a benefit...

  Andreas Sönnichsen

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• Asymptomatic Hyperuricemia: Evidence to Treat Above a Certain Threshold Value?

  QuestionA 67 year old patient with diabetes mellitus type 2, past myocardial infarction and stenting of the LAD, hypertension and hypertriglyceridemia consults his...

  Andreas Sönnichsen

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Special Article

• Conversion Disorder – a Forgotten Psychosomatic Diagnosis

  Summary: The onset of psychoanalytically characterized psychosomatic medicine gave rise to the model and the diagnosis of conversion disorder, with which psychogenic...

  Thomas Steger

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• Causes and Trends of the Gender Difference in Life Expectancy in Germany

  Summary: This article discusses the status quo of research on gender differences in mortality in Germany from a social science perspective. In Germany men currently...

  Marc Luy, Christian Wegner-Siegmundt

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• Sharing Responsibility – Joint Planning: the Role of Primary Care Physicians in Regional Health Care

  Background: With its Declaration of Alma Ata (1978) the World Health Organization (WHO) gave clear guidance for a fair and fully accessible health care system based on...

  Steffen Fleßa

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• Bericht über einen interprofessionellen Workshop

  Couldn´t Rather a Health Care Assistant Do This?

  Report of an Interprofessionel WorkshopSummary: In face of an imminent lack of family practitioners (FPs) in Germany there is a discussion about job delegation to...

  Günther Egidi, Karola Mergenthal, Sabina Bülders, Heike Diederichs-Egidi

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• Ein interdisziplinärer Austausch

  Quality Between Evidence-Based Medicine and Person-Centered Care

  An Interdisciplinary ReflexionSummary: Evidence-based data constitute a crucial part of medical knowledge. Together with professional experience and intuition it...

  Bruno Kissling, Andrea Abraham

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Original Papers

• The Quality of Communication between Family Practitioners and their Migrant Patients

  Background: National and international research focusing on migrant health frequently mentioned all in all lower health status in migrants compared to natives. So far,...

  Heide Glaesmer

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• Family Practitioners Using an Internet Portal (“Listserver Family Medicine”) to Discuss and Solve Dermatologic Problems

  Background: The „Listserver Family Medicine“ (LFM) is an internet portal for family doctors hosted by the German Research Net. For instance, uncertain diagnoses can be...

  Jörg Schelling, Linda Sanftenberg, Sabine Reuter

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Letters to the Editor

DEGAM-News

Miscellaneous