Table of contents (09/2011 - selection)

Editorial

DEGAM Benefits

DEGAM-News

Miscellaneous

SAGAM-Nachrichten

• Newly Established Austrian Cochrane Branch (ACB)

  Summary: At present between 400.000 – and 1.000.000 clinical trials for medical treatments are available in published form and every year tens of thousands of new...

  Simon Ledinek, Kylie Thaler

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Special Article

• Family Medicine and Complexity

  Summary: Medical practice has always been a challenging task and is becoming more and more complex. Doctors have to make decisions with a greater or lesser extent of...

  Harald Kamps, Dirk Harms

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Commentary / Opinion

• Allgemeinmedizinische Forschung im internationalen Vergleich

  The Matthew-Effect, Superstars and the Impact Factor

  An International Comparison of Family Practice Research Output Summary: Compared to other developed countries, German primary care research output is still small. In...

  Norbert Donner-Banzhoff

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Original Papers

• From Family Practitioner to Specialist – Actual Data on Referral Behaviour and Motives

  Background: Referrals between family practitioners (FPs) and specialists are an important area in the light of the introduction of FP centred patient management. This...

  Norbert Donner-Banzhoff, Stefan Bösner, Susanne Träger, Oliver Hirsch, Annette Becker, Muazzez Ilhan, Erika Baum

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Letters to the Editor