Table of contents (04/2014 - selection)

Editorial

EBM

• Hypothyreosis and Pernicious Anemia

  QuestionFor a patient suffering from autoimmune hypothyreosis the family practitioner is suggested to make regular controls of a full blood count because of the...

  Simon Kostner

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• What Should We Do in Case of a Possible Carotid Stenosis?

  QuestionA 53 years old female patient asks her FP whether her carotis should be controlled because of familial risk factors (her brother as well as a nephew have a...

  Simon Kostner

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Guideline

• Updated DEGAM Guideline Stroke – What’s New?

  Background: In updating the DEGAM (German College of General Practitioners and Family Physicians) practice guideline „Stroke“ particularly important or not yet...

  Martin Scherer, Nik Koneczny, Anne Barzel, Cathleen Muche-Borowski, Stefan Hensler

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Original Papers

• New Practice Set-up of Family Practitioners in Rural Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania – a Qualitative Study

  Background: Rural and structurally weak regions increasingly witness a shortage of Family Practitioners (FPs). This study focuses on individual reasons and motivations...

  Anja Wollny, Barbara Kreiser, Juliane Riedel, Silke Völker, Celia Richter, Wolfgang Himmel, Jean-Fran, ois Chenot, Christin Löffler

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• Family Medicine in an University Hospital – Results of a Pilot Project

  Background: Family practices are the usual setting of clinical primary care. Attempts of involving a department of family practice in the clinical care of an university...

  Martin Scherer, Hans-Otto Wagner, Hanna Kaduszkiewicz, Sigrid Boczor, Julia Weinberg, Ulrich Mayer-Runge

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Commentary / Opinion

Continuing Education

• Anger Within the Doctor Patient Relationship

  Summary: Anger can become a crucial matter on either side within the relationship between a doctor and a patient as frequently experienced from Continuing Medical...

  Iris Veit

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Miscellaneous

DEGAM-News

Letters to the Editor