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The rural tax: comprehensive out-of-pocket costs associated with patient travel in British Columbia

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background A significant concern for rural patients is the cost of travel outside of their community for specialist and diagnostic care. Often, these costs are transferred to patients and their families, who also experience stress associated with ...
Jude Kornelsen, Asif Raza Khowaja, Gal Av-Gay, Eva Sullivan, Anshu Parajulee, Marjorie Dunnebacke, Dorothy Egan, Mickey Balas, Peggy Williamson   +8 more
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How do you define a family lawyer? [PDF]

, 1999
Family law has not only become a specialism in its own right, but family law practitioners have claimed for themselves special characteristics. This article reviews the attributes and skills to which the legal profession, and particularly the solicitors'
Piper, CD
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The effect of a new lifetime-cardiovascular-risk display on patients’ motivation to participate in shared decision-making

BMC Family Practice, 2018
Background This study investigated the effects of three different risk displays used in a cardiovascular risk calculator on patients’ motivation for shared decision-making (SDM).
Nikita Roman A. Jegan, Sarah Anna Kürwitz, Lena Kathrin Kramer, Monika Heinzel-Gutenbrunner, Charles Christian Adarkwah, Uwe Popert, Norbert Donner-Banzhoff   +6 more
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Attitudes and barriers towards conducting research amongst primary care physicians in Bahrain: a cross-sectional study

BMC Family Practice, 2019
Background Research in primary care is essential for disease diagnosis, management and prevention in relation to the individuals, families and the community.
Abeer J. Khalaf, Aysha I. Aljowder, Meead J. Buhamaid, Mona F. Alansari, Ghufran A. Jassim   +4 more
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Locating ‘Family Practices’ [PDF]

Sociological Research Online, 2011
The idea of ‘family practices’ is now quite widely used in British family sociology. The aim of this article is to locate this reformulation by looking, firstly, at the term's place within more general discussions of practices and, secondly, to explore the implications of a more specific focus on family practices.
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Continuing Professional Development: A guide for Family Practitioners

South African Family Practice, 1999
No abstract available.
J. Blitz, M. de Villiers
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Delivering the unexpected—Information needs for PSA screening from Men's perspective: A qualitative study

Health Expectations, 2021
Background Making decisions about PSA screening tests is challenging, as it requires both knowledge of the possible benefits and harms of screening and an individual assessment of the patient's values.
Katrin Kuss, Charles Christian Adarkwah, Miriam Becker, Norbert Donner‐Banzhoff, Kathrin Schloessler   +4 more
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Prevalence and predictors of having no general practitioner - analysis of the German health interview and examination survey for adults (DEGS1)

BMC Family Practice, 2019
Background Although patients in Germany are generally free to choose their primary healthcare provider, this role should mainly be assumed by general practitioners (GPs).
Judith Tillmann, Marie-Therese Puth, Klaus Weckbecker, Manuela Klaschik, Eva Münster   +4 more
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A volunteer-supported walking programme to improve physical function in older people (the POWER Study): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

BMC Geriatrics, 2021
Background Currently 21% of the German population is older than 65 years. Above this age, the risk of suffering from chronic disease and mental disorders increases rapidly.
Nina Grede, Anja Rieckert, Julia Muth, Joana Steinbuck, Sabine Weissbach, Annika Schneider, Beate Weber-Schicker, Ellen Freiberger, Nikita Jegan, Norbert Donner-Banzhoff, Andreas Sönnichsen   +10 more
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Academic family practice [PDF]

Family Practice, 2003
In many countries, the imperatives of service delivery, the constraints of shrinking resources and the increasing demands of a well-informed yet frequently risk-taking population conspire to threaten the viability of clinical academic medicine. In many countries, Academies are looking hard at ways of making clinical academic careers more appealing and ...
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