Follow-up studies of findings obtained during a short programme of biochemical screening conducted on 1,041 patients attending their general practitioners in January 1967 showed that this yielded 64 results that led to a change in diagnosis or method of treatment. These results were obtained in 57 patients (5.5% of patients ...

During a four-year period 1,169 women attended a well-woman clinic in a group practice. Eight positive smears were detected, together with one case of breast carcinoma, 94 cases of anaemia, and a number of other abnormalities. The clinic is part of a practice cervical-screening programme aimed at regular tests for ...

The Canadian general practitioner is remunerated by an item-of-service system of payment which encourages servicing demands rather than needs, discourages delegation of work to paramedical workers, and involves his staff in a massive amount of paper work. He has an excellent hospital attachment, which unfortunately is overdone. His community facilities ...

Before embarking on this exchange venture in British general practice I had many preconceived impressions of what it might be like to be an English family physician. Early in my five months of group practice it became apparent that many of my attitudes had no real basis and in fact ...

A self-administered questionary (the General Health Questionnaire) aimed at detecting current psychiatric disturbance was given to 553 consecutive attenders to a general practitioner's surgery. A sample of 200 of these patients was given an independent assessment of their mental state by a psychiatrist using a standardized psychiatric interview. Over 90% ...

Thesis (M.S.) -- Virginia Commonwealth University, 2005.

Before embarking on this exchange venture in British general practice I had many preconceived impressions of what it might be like to be an English family physician. Early in my five months of group practice it became apparent that many of my attitudes had no real basis and in fact ...

A small group of ten patients on long-term treatment with anticoagulant drugs were offered the opportunity to attend an anticoagulation clinic run by their general practitioner over a one year period. All had previously been travelling long distances to attend over-crowded hospital clinics. Attendance at general practice clinic was excellent, ...

A preliminary survey undertaken before compiling a geriatric register showed that about 90% of the information on the practice files for patients over 65 was accurate. It is emphasized that such a register-which should be as accurate and up-to-date as possible-is important for the successful organization of a preventive geriatric ...

Weekly case conferences have been found valuable in the management of problem families in a general practice in a new town. These are attended by health visitors, mental welfare and child care officers, welfare officers, and psychiatric social workers, as well as by the family doctors. The conferences are a ...

A clinical, epidemiological and virological investigation was conducted on patients in two general practices in Cambridge, England, during an influenza epidemic between February and April 1963. The epidemiological pattern differed from that of the 1957-58 Asian influenza epidemic in that the overall incidence was considerably lower (3.2%) and that the ...

Dr Philip Hopkins defines obesity and describes its incidence in his general practice. He stresses the importance of dealing with underlying psychological factors in the treatment of the condition.Dr A A Lewis discusses hormonal influences and advocates a high protein diet as being an acceptable means of achieving weight reduction.Professor ...

Considerable confusion exists concerning the time at which a cross-eyed child should be referred to an ophthalmologist. This referral should be made between six and nine months because visual and muscular coordinated reflexes necessary for normal vision and stereopsis develop at six months, and 80% of these reflexes are established ...

The authors consider speech and communication in the light of whole patient care and point out that defects may be signs and symptoms of underlying organic disease. They describe the four classifications of speech disorders-articulation, rhythm, voice and language, with an indication of the speech therapy required and duration of ...

Training for the medical student whose goal is general practice should aim at equipping him to maintain the close personal relationship with the patient which is considered the ideal basis for the treatment and prevention of disease. Preparation for general practice should anticipate graduate experience on a par with that ...

We believe in the ability of general practice to serve the greatest number of people with the best medical care, most efficiently and most economically. We believe that the physician in general practice receives the utmost in personal satisfaction for a job well done. We believe in the necessity for ...