Microcytosis, iron deficiency and thalassaemia in a multi-ethnic community: a pilot study (2007)
Wonke, B., Modell, M., Marlow, T., Khan, M., Modell, B.
The high prevalence of microcytosis (defined here as mean cell haemoglobin
Community-based teaching: the challenges.
The amount of undergraduate medical education delivered in general practice is expanding rapidly, both in the United Kingdom and internationally. There are a number of challenges facing general...
Evaluation of a direct doctor-patient telephone advice line in general practice.
Stuart, A, Rogers, S, Modell, M
A general practitioner-staffed direct access telephone advice line was made available for 30 minutes every morning at an inner-London practice to advise patients with urgent problems. Users valued...
Prescribing: the power to set limits.
Harding, J M, Modell, M, Freudenberg, S, MacGregor, R, Rea, J N, Steen, C A, ...
This paper discusses drawing up a restricted list of 245 drugs for use in an inner London group practice, based on a review of prescribing patterns in November 1982. The likely impact of the recent...
Uptake of cystic fibrosis testing in primary care: supply push or demand pull?
Bekker, H, Modell, M, Denniss, G, Silver, A, Mathew, C, Bobrow, M, ...
OBJECTIVE--To determine the acceptability and feasibility of screening for carriers of cystic fibrosis in a primary care setting. DESIGN--Follow up study over 15 months of patients offered carrier...
Screening for carriers of cystic fibrosis--a general practitioner's perspective.
The identification of the gene for cystic fibrosis has led to the possibility of population based screening for carriers of cystic fibrosis to identify couples at risk of having an affected child....
Community-based teaching: the challenges.
The amount of undergraduate medical education delivered in general practice is expanding rapidly, both in the United Kingdom and internationally. There are a number of challenges facing general...
Evaluation of a direct doctor-patient telephone advice line in general practice.
Stuart, A, Rogers, S, Modell, M
A general practitioner-staffed direct access telephone advice line was made available for 30 minutes every morning at an inner-London practice to advise patients with urgent problems. Users valued...
Prescribing: the power to set limits.
Harding, J M, Modell, M, Freudenberg, S, MacGregor, R, Rea, J N, Steen, C A, ...
This paper discusses drawing up a restricted list of 245 drugs for use in an inner London group practice, based on a review of prescribing patterns in November 1982. The likely impact of the recent...
Uptake of cystic fibrosis testing in primary care: supply push or demand pull?
Bekker, H, Modell, M, Denniss, G, Silver, A, Mathew, C, Bobrow, M, ...
OBJECTIVE--To determine the acceptability and feasibility of screening for carriers of cystic fibrosis in a primary care setting. DESIGN--Follow up study over 15 months of patients offered carrier...
Screening for carriers of cystic fibrosis--a general practitioner's perspective.
The identification of the gene for cystic fibrosis has led to the possibility of population based screening for carriers of cystic fibrosis to identify couples at risk of having an affected child....
Elderly peoples' experiences of discharge from hospital.
In a study of patients' perceptions of the transition from hospital to the community, 115 elderly people registered with a central London group practice were interviewed shortly after they arrived...
Murray, E., Jolly, B., Modell, M.
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether students acquired clinical skills as well in general practice as in hospital and whether there was any difference in the acquisition of specific skills in the two...
Patients receiving barbiturates in an urban general practice.
Adams, B. G., Horder, E. J., Horder, J. P., Modell, M., Steen, C. A., Wigg, J. W.
The impact of population based screening for carriers of cystic fibrosis.
Bekker, H, Denniss, G, Modell, M, Bobrow, M, Marteau, T
The purpose of the study was to evaluate the short-term effects of population based screening for carriers of cystic fibrosis. The outcome measures included perceptions of health, anxiety, and...
Child health surveillance. Surveillance of the child under 5.
1. General health checks should be made at the following times as outlined in these guidelines: Initial neonatal assessment 7-10 day check, 6-week check, 7-9 months: general examination with...
Chronic obstructive airways disease.
1. Chronic obstructive airways disease is a term which should be reserved for those who have objective evidence of airways obstruction and who do not improve significantly with bronchodilators or...
1. Asthma is defined as variable wheezy breathlessness. Cough rather than wheezing may be a presenting symptom, especially in children. Many asthmatics have predominantly nocturnal symptoms. 2. A...