Table of contents (04/2009 - selection)

Editorial

Miscellaneous

Letters to the Editor

Book Reviews

News

DEGAM-News

Congress

Original Papers

• Identifying safety problems in the General Practice – analysis of the treatment process of oral anticoagulation therapy

  AbstractBackground: Oral anticoagulants (OAC) are high alert medications and thus relevant to safety in general practice. In an explorative retrospective...

  Martin Beyer, Ferdinand Michael Gerlach, Sebastian Harder, Julia Rohe, Eckart Blauth, Barbara Hoffmann, Kristina Saal

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• CONTENT, a practical tool for quality measurement in general practice – the cycle of quality assurance with acute uncomplicated low back pain as an example

  Abstract: The project CONTENT deploys a modified practice software and an internet based analysing tool as a practicable instrument for clinical governance.This...

  Martin Tauscher, Joachim Szecsenyi, Andreas Gutscher, Gunter Laux

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• 15 years of practical training for the medical students in periods of 2 weeks in general practice: Experiences at the University of Duisburg-Essen

  Background: Since 1993, medical students at the University of Duisburg-Essen have to pass a 2-week-period of practical training in a general practice during the fourth...

  Stefan Gesenhues, Anne Breetholt, Christiane Dunker-Schmidt

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Special Article

• Sapere audemus – dare to be curious

  Abstract:Attitudes and expectations towards medical guidelines and the kind of evidence they are based on vary, depending on the respective position within the health...

  Susanne Rabady

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Review

• Individual non-covered health service: “Manager Check” – blood count and immune parameters

  Abstract Background and Problem: Laboratory blood tests are given to symptomatic patients for diagnostic purposes and as follow-up examinations for a large number of...

  Martin Beyer, Antje Erler, Isabelle Otterbach, Tobias Weberschock, Reinhard Strametz

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