Table of contents (09/2012 - selection)

Editorial

EBM

• Statins in Elderly

  QuestionIs statin use for cardiovascular prevention in elderly patients evidence-based?AnswerStatin use for primary cardiovascular prevention in elederly patients...

  Bernhard Hansbauer

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• „Fat-burner“ L-Carnitin?

  QuestionL-Carnitin is frequently advertised as „fat-burner“ und recommended for weight loss. Is there any evidence for this assertion?AnswerTheoretical...

  Nina Enthaler

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• Dupuytren’s Contracture

  QuestionIs the new treatment option of local collagenase injection superior to other therapeutic measures?AnswerRandomised controlled studies showed a therapeutic...

  Bernhard Hansbauer

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Miscellaneous

Original Papers

• Publications of Original Research by German Family Medicine Departments between 2000 and 2010

  Introduction: In the last decades the academic institutionalisation of family medicine in Germany has made considerable progress. In this review we aim to provide an...

  Antonius Schneider, Klaus Linde, Nadine Großmann

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• Eine Analyse auf der Basis von Abrechnungsdaten der Gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung

  Multimorbidity in the German Elderly Population – Part 1: Prevalence in Ambulatory Medical Care

  A Study Based on Statutory Health Insurance DataBackground: The authors report the results of cross-sectional studies on the prevalence of multimorbidity in Germany,...

  Karl Wegscheider, Hendrik van den Bussche, Martin Scherer, Ingmar Schäfer, Daniela Koller, Heike Hansen, Eike-Christin von Leitner, Gerd Glaeske, Gerhard Schön

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Special Article

• Hermeneutical Case-Understanding – an Approach to Understanding

  Summary: Our health care system is considered to lack reasonable orientation, and as for the specific field of action in family medicine, it is particularly hard to...

  Ottomar Bahrs

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Commentary / Opinion

DEGAM-News

Book Reviews

Letters to the Editor