Table of contents (4/2019 - selection)

• PPI: Fatal Drugs?

  Michael M. Kochen

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• Empyema necessitatis

  Michael M. Kochen

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• How Important is Sitagliptin in the Treatment of People with Type 2 Diabetes?

  Background: The number of diabetes diagnoses in Germany is increasing. In terms of prescription numbers, DPP4 inhibitors have now overtaken the sulfonylureas in...

  Günther Egidi

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• The Updated Model Regulations for Postgraduate Training

  Summary: At the end of 2018 the model regulation for postgraduate (vocational) medical training has been updated after a process of several years. This paper describes...

  Jean-François Chenot, Jost Steinhäuser

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• Understanding the Therapeutic Context – the Doctor as Drug

  Frede Olesen

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• Digitalisation in Medicine – Who Proceeds and Who Looks Behind

  Summary: The medical professions seem to observe the digitalisation of medicine from the sidelines. It is the medical profession, and DEGAM in particular, who should be...

  Martin Scherer, Joachim Szecsenyi, Ferdinand M. Gerlach

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• “It is one of my most important tasks, to accompany them until the very end”

  Background: Most people wish to spend the last phase of their lives in their own home, which attaches overwhelming importance to outpatient palliative care. This study...

  Helen Ewertowski, Fabian Tetzlaff, Olaf Krause, Vanessa Eylers, Nils Schneider, Stephanie Stiel

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• Simple Interventions Right out of the Home Service Bag

  Abstract: The majority of terminally ill patients want to stay at home as long as possible and also prefers to die there. Palliative care is an essential part of the...

  Sebastian Schiel

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• “Mind the Gap” – Linking up Science and Family Practice

  Summary: Linking up science and daily practiceis a hallmark or research in family medicine. There is, however, an alarming gap between science and family practice. Due...

  Piet van der Keylen, Andy Maun, Stefanie Hoyer, Marco Roos, Markus Beier, Sebastian Voigt-Radloff, Luca Frank

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