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Family medicine as an emerging specialty: a Pakistani perspective and the RCGP International Overseas Network
Faridah Amin and Saniya R Sabzwari

BJGP Open 7 August 2018; bjgpopen18X101601. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen18X101601

Research

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Factors influencing doctors’ counselling on patients’ lifestyle habits: a cohort study
Anna Sofia Viktoria Belfrage, Kjersti Støen Grotmol, Reidar Tyssen, Torbjørn Moum, Arnstein Finset, Karin Isaksson Rø and Lars Lien

BJGP Open 18 September 2018; bjgpopen18X101607. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen18X101607
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The tip of the iceberg: finding patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in primary care. An observational study
Christi Deaton, Duncan Edwards, Alexandra Malyon and M Justin S Zaman

BJGP Open 18 September 2018; bjgpopen18X101606. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen18X101606
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Aggression towards the GP: can we profile the GP–victim? A cross-section survey among GPs
Vince Demeur, Sarah Devos, Esther Jans and Birgitte Schoenmakers

BJGP Open 18 September 2018; bjgpopen18X101604. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen18X101604
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The candidate perspective of the clinical competency test (CCT) of the MICGP examination: a mixed-methods study
Tony Foley, Kathleen McLoughlin, Elaine K Walsh, Paul Leggett, Muríosa O'Reilly, Molly Owens and Aisling A Jennings

BJGP Open 4 September 2018; bjgpopen18X101605. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen18X101605
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Development of an intervention to expedite cancer diagnosis through primary care: a protocol
Marian Andrei Stanciu, Rebecca-Jane Law, Sadia Nafees, Maggie Hendry, Seow Tien Yeo, Julia Hiscock, Ruth Lewis, Rhiannon T Edwards, Nefyn H Williams, Katherine Brain, Paul Brocklehurst, Andrew Carson-Stevens, Sunil Dolwani, Jon Emery, William Hamilton, Zoe Hoare, Georgios Lyratzopoulos, Greg Rubin, Stephanie Smits, Peter Vedsted, Fiona Walter, Clare Wilkinson, Richard D Neal and The WICKED Team on behalf of

BJGP Open 4 September 2018; bjgpopen18X101595. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen18X101595
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Non-vitamin k antagonist oral anticoagulants in a European primary care physician survey
Claudio Cimminiello, Robert Hatala, Sami Pakarinen, Hernan Polo Friz, David Fitzmaurice and FD Richard Hobbs

BJGP Open 22 August 2018; bjgpopen18X101602. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen18X101602
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Patient uptake and adherence to social prescribing: a qualitative study
Julia Pescheny, Gurch Randhawa and Yannis Pappas

BJGP Open 7 August 2018; bjgpopen18X101598. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen18X101598
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Influenza vaccination in pregnancy: vaccine uptake, maternal and healthcare providers’ knowledge and attitudes. A quantitative study
Tina Barrett, Edel McEntee, Richard Drew, Fiona O’Reilly, Austin O’Carroll, Aisling O’Shea and Brian Cleary

BJGP Open 7 August 2018; bjgpopen18X101599. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen18X101599
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Diagnostics in anaemia of chronic disease in general practice: a real-world retrospective cohort study
Annemarie Schop, Karlijn Stouten, Ron van Houten, Jürgen Riedl, Joost van Rosmalen, Patrick JE Bindels and Mark-David Levin

BJGP Open 24 July 2018; bjgpopen18X101597. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen18X101597
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Diagnosing heart failure with NT-proBNP point-of-care testing: lower costs and better outcomes. A decision analytic study
Christoffer Bugge, Erik Magnus Sether, Andreas Pahle, Sigrun Halvorsen and Ivar Sonbo Kristiansen

BJGP Open 24 July 2018; bjgpopen18X101596. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen18X101596
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Safer Prescribing and Care for the Elderly (SPACE): a pilot study in general practice
Katharine A Wallis, C Raina Elley, Simon Moyes and Ngaire Kerse

BJGP Open 10 July 2018; bjgpopen18X101594. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen18X101594
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Point-of-care C-reactive protein to assist in primary care management of children with suspected non-serious lower respiratory tract infection: a randomised controlled trial
Marjolein JC Schot, Ann Van den Bruel, Berna DL Broekhuizen, Jochen WL Cals, Eveline A Noteboom, Walter Balemans, Rogier M Hopstaken, Sanne van Delft, Niek J de Wit and Theo JM Verheij

BJGP Open 10 July 2018; bjgpopen18X101600. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen18X101600

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How health care may modify the effects of illness determinants on population outcomes: the Leicester SEARCH conceptual framework for primary care
Louis S Levene, John Bankart, Nicola Walker, Andrew Wilson and Richard Baker

BJGP Open 22 August 2018; bjgpopen18X101603. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen18X101603