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General practice organisation and healthcare reform : what do Maltese general practitioners think? [PDF]

, 2013
In Malta, two-thirds of primary healthcare is delivered by private general practitioners (GPs), mostly working single-handed without supporting staff. The combined lack of patient registration and transferable medical records lead to fragmentation of
Sammut, Daniel
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Smoking cessation activities by general practitioners and practice nurses [PDF]

, 2001
OBJECTIVES—To assess general practitioners' and practice nurses' self reported behaviour, attitudes, and knowledge in relation to smoking cessation.
DESIGN AND SETTING—Two postal surveys of random national samples of 303 GPs (survey 1) and 459 practice ...
McEwen, A, West, R
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The power of microRNA regulation—insights into immunity and metabolism

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
MicroRNAs are emerging as crucial regulators at the intersection of metabolism and immunity. This review examines how miRNAs coordinate glucose and lipid metabolism while simultaneously modulating T‐cell development and immune responses. Moreover, it highlights how cutting‐edge artificial intelligence applications can identify miRNA biomarkers ...
Stefania Oliveto, Nicola Manfrini, Stefano Biffo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimal care at the end of life (OPAL): study protocol of a prospective interventional mixed-methods study with pretest-posttest-design in a primary health care setting considering the view of general practitioners, relatives of deceased patients and health care stakeholders

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background At the end of life, about 85–90% of patients can be treated within primary palliative care (PC) provided by general practitioners (GPs). In Germany, there is no structured approach for the provision of PC by GPs including a systematic as well ...
Kambiz Afshar, Gabriele Müller-Mundt, Katharina van Baal, Sophie Schrader, Birgitt Wiese, Jutta Bleidorn, Stephanie Stiel, Nils Schneider   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Variation in the use of point-of-care ultrasound in general practice in various European countries. Results of a survey among experts

European Journal of General Practice, 2016
Background: Before implementing point-of-care ultrasound in general practice in Denmark, we sought inspiration from other countries/regions. Objectives: To collect information about the use and organizational aspects of point-of-care ultrasound in ...
Troels Mengel-Jørgensen, M. B. Jensen
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Rapid virological surveillance of community influenza infection in general practice [PDF]

, 2000
No abstract ...
Carman, W.F., Christie, P., Douglas, J., McIntyre, S., Millar, J., Noone, A., Walker, J., Wallace, L.   +7 more
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Social context prevents heat hormetic effects against mutagens during fish development

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
This study shows that sublethal heat stress protects fish embryos against ultraviolet radiation, a concept known as ‘hormesis’. However, chemical stress transmission between fish embryos negates this protective effect. By providing evidence for the mechanistic molecular basis of heat stress hormesis and interindividual stress communication, this study ...
Lauric Feugere, Claudio Silva De Freitas, Adam Bates, Kenneth B. Storey, Pedro Beltran‐Alvarez, Katharina C. Wollenberg Valero   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of intermediate care for knee and hip osteoarthritis: a mixed-methods study

BMC Family Practice, 2021
Background To evaluate intermediate care for knee and hip osteoarthritis (KHOA) in the general practice that incorporate specialist services into general practice to prevent unnecessary referrals to hospitals.
Ilgin G. Arslan, Vincent M. I. Voorbrood, Saskia A. G. Stitzinger, Maarten-Paul van de Kerkhove, Rianne M. Rozendaal, Marienke van Middelkoop, Patrick J. E. Bindels, Sita M. A. Bierma-Zeinstra, Dieuwke Schiphof   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Using alternatives to face-to-face consultations: a survey of prevalence and attitudes in general practice.

The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 2016
BACKGROUND The ubiquitous use of communication technologies has led to an expectation that a similar approach should extend to health care. Despite considerable rhetoric about the need for general practices to offer alternatives to face-to-face ...
H. Brant, H. Atherton, S. Ziebland, B. McKinstry, John L Campbell, C. Salisbury   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Endoscopy in general practice [PDF]

BMJ, 1995
In its recently published report a working party of the British Society of Gastroenterology cautiously supported the development of endoscopy in primary care while emphasising that achieving high enough standards of training, equipment, staffing, and skill might be difficult in this setting.1 The report also pointed out that little consideration had ...
openaire   +3 more sources