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...
Background: In updating the DEGAM (German College of General Practitioners and Family Physicians) practice guideline „Stroke“ particularly important or not yet...
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...
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...
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...
QuestionFor a patient suffering from autoimmune hypothyreosis the family practitioner is suggested to make regular controls of a full blood count because of the...
