Vocational Training for Family Practice in Germany – Evaluation by an International Commission
Summary: The German College of General Practitioners and Family Physicians (DEGAM) convened an international commission to assess current vocational training for Family...
The Future of Family Medicine in Germany – Potentials For a Reasonable Care
Part 2: The Debate About New BloodSummary: Problems of recruiting young doctors for a career in family medicine is a matter of lively public and political debate....
Abstract: The increasing shortage of family physicians has tightened consequences for rural areas. And beyond any doubt the ongoing decline of villages will be...
Eine Querschnittserhebung in 89 nordrheinischen Hausarztpraxen
Treatment of Patients with Hypertension in Consideration of their Global Cardiovascular Risk
Cross-Sectional Study in 89 German Family PracticesBackground: This analysis aims to describe and interpret treatment of patients with hypertension by their family...
Family Practices in Germany: a Medical Home for Patients with Chronic Illness?
Background: In its 2009 special report, the German Advisory Council on the Assessment of Developments in the Health Care System presented the Patient-Centered Medical...
QuestionA 83-year-old multimorbid patient is in stage 5 of kidney failure (eGFR 10 ml/min) due to diabetic nephropathy. But he, so far, refused dialysis. For several...
QuestionTo a patient who has an insufficient blood pressure control despite a quadruple therapy (ACE inhibitor, thiazide diuretic, beta-blocker and calcium...
