Volume 34, Number 5, October 2007

 

Volume 34, No. 5, October 2007

 

NZFP October 2007

NZFP October 2007

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CONTENTS

Contents

Chronic Disease Management

Simplicity on the other side of complexity: A commentary on the challenge posed by chronic conditions in the general practice setting
John Wellingham

Teamwork: A fundamental principle of primary health care and an essential prerequisite for effective management of chronic conditions
Sue Pullon

Thinking beyond Care Plus: The work primary health care nurses in chronic conditions programmes
Eileen McKinlay

Long-term conditions and Care Plus: Local Implementation
Helen Rodenburg, Helen Dryden and Ray Rodrigo

Practice nurses' experiences of the Care Plus programme: A qualitative descriptive study
Cathryn Henty and Annette Dickinson

Chronic care management wihtin a rural primary health care organisation
Fiona Doolan-Noble and Jocelyn Tracey

Opinion and Comment

Editorial
Tony Townsend

Swamp Rat

Original Scientific Papers

Clinicians at work: What can we learn from interactions in the consultation?
Anthony Dowell, Lindsay McDonald, Maria Stubbe, Elizabeth Plumridge and Kevin Dew

Improving Performance

Audit of referral for retinal photo screening for patients with diabetes in general practice
Steven Lillis, Veronique Gibbons and Leo Sheck

Continuing Medical Education

Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Martin Schlup

Mental illness in people with intellectual disability
Chris Perkins

POEMs: Patient-Oriented Evidence that Matters

Cochrane Corner: Organised systems of regular follow-up and review can improve blood pressure control
Bruce Arroll

Issues

Doin' the 12-step: What health professionals can gain from this
Helen J Moriarty and Pras Moo

Journal Review Service

Journal Review Service: Continuing Medical Education from the Goodfellow Unit