Table of contents (7-8/2019 - selection)

• Selenium in the Prevention of Malignant Tumors

  QuestionIn family practice we are repeatedly confronted with patients who read “healing prophecies“ such as “Selenium prevents cancer“ in magazines and health...

  Martin Cichocki, Christopher Perz, Andreas Sönnichsen

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• Is Alpha-Lipoic Acid Effective in the Treatment of Diabetic Polyneuropathy?

  QuestionDiabetic polyneuropathy is a common consequence of diabetes mellitus. Alpha-lipoic acid is frequently recommended as a first line treatment. Do we have reliable...

  Mahmoud Moussa, Andreas Sönnichsen

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• Palliative Sedation – What the Family Physician Should Know

  Background: Patients with advanced incurable diseases hope for a dying process without „suffering“. Modern medicine offers many options for symptom control, but does...

  Daniel Stanze, Henrikje Stanze

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• De-Individualizing in Primary Medical Health Care

  Summary: Individualized or personalized medicine describes the commitment of family medicine and the generalist respectively. The prerequisites on side of the health...

  Heinz-Harald Abholz

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• Checklist Clerkship Family Medicine

  Background: The main aim of the family medicine clerkship (FMC) is to help students acquire practical skills. Before the FMC, students and teachers define specific...

  Gisela Ravens-Taeuber, Armin Wunder, Corina Güthlin, Insa Koné

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• The Additional Qualification “Manual Medicine“ as a Meaningful Supplement for Family Medicine

  Background: Palpation and manual treatment of patients has always been part of medical treatment. This paper deals with the current role of manual medicine in the daily...

  Dana Loudovici-Krug, Wolfram Linz, Matthias Psczolla, Ulrich Christian Smolenski, Lothar Beyer

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• Communication-based Intervention Studies in Family Practice

  Abstract: Family physicians are important partners in family practice research. To get practices actively involved in research activities is one of the most challenging...

  Verena Leve, Simone Steinhausen, Marie Ufert, Michael Pentzek, Achim Mortsiefer, Sara Santos, Anja Wollny, Bettina Haase, Ottomar Bahrs, Susanne Heim, Karl-Heinz Henze, Iris Tinsel, Susanne Löscher, Norbert Donner-Banzhoff, Charles Christians Adarkwah, Frank Vitinius, Edmund Neugebauer, Stefan Wilm

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