The Hong Kong Practitioner VOLUME 29 / January 2007


The Hong Kong Practitioner - Title Index 2006
 

A pilot study on the attitudes and practice relating to the management of overweight and obese patients among primary health care professionals in four primary care clinics in Hong Kong (D M W Lau)

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A preliminary questionnaire survey on difficult-to-quit smokers in primary care clinics (W Y Lai, L P K Cheng) 3
A review on osteoporosis (M M Lam) 404
A study on women with urinary incontinence attending a primary health care clinic in Hong Kong and reasons for their illness behaviour (C P Ngan, S T Lam, K W Wong, D V K Chao) 60
Acne: its psychological consequences and management (P M Law, A A T Chuh, A Lee) 335
Advances in bipolar affective disorder (P T C Lam) 208
Air pollution and health (D Owens) 361
Avian influenza pandemic: history repeating itself? (W C Yu) 340
Awareness of foot health conditions and suitability of footwear among the elderly in Hong Kong (A W Y Wong, R S Y Lee, K S Ho, S Chan, W M Chan) 196
An audit on management of hypertension in a Hospital Authority general outpatient clinic (P F Chan, D V K Chao) 507
An evidence based audit on the process of prescribing hormonal replacement therapy in a primary care clinic (W Y Lai) 283
An update in management of chronic hepatitis B (Y Q Hsu) 24
Beyond the management of signs and symptoms: biologic treatment for rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylistis - anti-TNFa therapies (L S Y Chau, A M H Leung)   295
Carbimazole-related myositis in a Chinese woman (T K W Tam, K H Kwok, L C Y Tsang) 179
Chemical pathology case conference - assessment of iron status in general practice (C M Mak, R W K Chiu, C W Lam, A Y W Chan, T W L Mak, A C C Shek, M H M Chan, M H L Tai, Y P Yuen, W T Poon, S Tam) 376
Chemical pathology case conference - renal function tests (Y P Yuen, S Tam, A K C Chan, T W L Mak, C W Lam, A C C Shek, R W K Chiu, M H M Chan, M H L Tai, A Y W Chan) 115
Clinical Quiz _ A man presenting with a very itchy eruption over his upper limbs (K K Lo) 40
Clinical Quiz _ An elderly lady presenting with itchy and tense blisters (R C W Su) 94
Clinical Quiz _ A middle age lady presenting with a pigmented lesion on her breast (M H Ho) 141
Clinical Quiz _ A 50-year old gentleman presenting with growths on his face (H H F Ho) 185
Clinical Quiz _ A man presenting with an itchy rash over his back (K K Lo) 230
Clinical Quiz _ A middle age lady presenting with yellow brown pustules on palms and soles (R C W Su) 274
Clinical Quiz _ A woman presenting with a slightly tender lesion on her foot (K K Lo) 315
Clinical Quiz _ A boy presenting with patchy hair loss (M H Ho) 355
Clinical Quiz _ An eight-year-old boy presenting with flaccid blisters (H H F Ho) 394
Clinical Quiz _ A man presenting with multiple scrotal nodules (K K Lo) 440
Clinical Quiz _ An elderly lady presenting with an ulcerated nodule (R C W Su) 488
Clinical Quiz _ A man presenting with a persistent papular rash on his legs (K K Lo) 542
Common head and neck cancers - clinician's role in the primary care setting (A C Vlantis, S K Ng) 464
COPD from primary care to rehabilitation (S P Lam) 410
Core skills in Family Medicine is needed for primary care doctors (A Lee) 193
Depression in children and adolescents (K P M Chan, S F Hung) 31
Depression support group: participants' evaluation and perceived effects (A K Y Cheung, H M K Chung, S Y S Wong, W T Chan, H S H Li) 14
Diabetic foot - a review in clinical assessment (W H Lam, D V K Chao) 301
Early diagnosis of two cases of biopsy-proven lymphocytic myocarditis using cardiac magnetic resonance (E M C Chau, J M F Kwok, N M C So, E Wang, H H Ho, W H Chow) 475
Family medicine postgraduate training in the UK - new models for the 21century (D Weller) 347
Glaucoma - An update and overview on classification and management (J Woo) 76
Good doctor, good patient, and good system (E W W Lam) 321
Hypertension in pregnancy - what a family doctor needs to know (C M Lam) 308
Hysterectomy revisited (E T C Lee) 86
I never see mental health problems in my practice .... do I? (C P Herbert) 429
Internet _ What's in the web for family physicians - avian influenza (A K Y Tang) 96
Internet _ What's in the web for family physicians - respiratory medicine (A K Y Tang) 183
Internet _ What's in the web for family physicians - toxicology (A K Y Tang) 272
Internet _ What's in the web for family physicians - exercise prescription (A K Y Tang) 357
Internet _ What's in the web for family physicians - research methods (A K Y Tang) 438
Internet _ What's in the web for family physicians - local gerontological resources (A K Y Tang) 540
Ivestigation of ischaemic chest pain: which tests to choose? (J T H Wong, A W K Chan) 530
Knowledge, attitude and practices of Hong Kong residents for dengue fever prevention (M L Ho, Y K Luk, R Y L Choy). 60
Laboratory diagnosis of avian influenza (J W T Tang, P K S Chan) 326
Life is short, art is long (C L K Lam) 266
Management of symptomatic proteinuria in children: role of the general practitioner (K K Lau, G P Liu, A K Chan) 383
Meeting the challenges of achieving a 'Good Death' (R Charlton) 215
Menopause in the 2000s - drug or no drug? (Part 1) - HRT, tibolone or raloxifene? (C L K Chan) 123
Menopause in the 2000s - Part II: Alternative therapies to HRT, tibolone and raloxifene (C L K Chan) 166
Misconceptions about dementia and its implication for willingness to seek treatment and knowledge in dementia related information (E Yan, A Wong, W M Chan, T Kwok) 108
Morbidity pattern in four government general practice clinics using the International Classification of Primary Care (Revised Edition) (ICPC-2) coding (W K Lam, K Y Ho, K K Ng, K H Kwok, L C Y Tsang) 363
Normal or healthy? (T Trodd) 57
Office-based trans-nasal esophago-gastro-duodenoscopy (A C W Mui) 520
One of the many faces of a Family Doctor? (K K L Tsim) 105
Oral myiasis in Hong kong - a case report (T S Poon) 388
Pandemic influenza - what is the primary care physician's role? (T H F Tsang) 460
Prescriptions (D V K Chao) 505
Positive psychology: what family physicians need to know? (L L F Chan, A K K Tong) 240
Publish or perish (D V K Chao) 1  
Resisting burnout in doctors (R Chambers) 261
Review on oral antidiabetic drugs (D C L Chia) 252
Systemic lupus erythematosus: an update for the family physicians (C C Mok) 417
To Burn- or not to Burn-out (S Chen) 233
To help and be helped (J M Lam) 457
Update on screening and treatment options of hepatocellular carcinoma (J Wong, K F Lee, P B S Lai) 132
Updates on erectile dysfunction and premature ejaculation (C W Man) 173
Uterus didelphys - a rare congenital anomaly of the female genital tract (M K Cheung, A Lam, P K T Li) 482
Warty growth of the penis - genital wart? (K H N Chan, K M Ho, K K Lo) 225
What constitutes effective Family Medicine training? (K K Ng) 401
What does the word "gatekeeper" mean? (R W M Chow) 153
What makes a chronic condition: death, suffering or experienes? (P Vedsted, F Olesen) 281