Consultation references

General
Bereavement
Chronic illness
Communication skills
Continuity of care
Counselling and therapies
The consultation
Decision making
Health outcome measures
Neurolinguistic programming
Patient advice leaflets
Patient-centred care
Patient demand
Psychological medicine
Risk
Somatisation
Telephones and IT
Time management

	General A taxonomy of generic clinical questions: classification study BMJ 2000;321 429-432 Systematic review of whether nurse practitioners working in primary care can provide equivalent care to doctors BMJ 2002;324 819-823 Developing the role of patients as teachers: literature review BMJ 2002;325 818-821 An anatomy of errors Influence of psychological coping on survival and recurrence in people with cancer BMJ 2002;325 1066 Bullshitting In praise of mucking about BMJ 2003;327 22 10-minute consultation: Using the NO TEARS tool for medication review Ruling a diagnosis in or out with "SpPIn" and "SnNOut": a note of caution Developing trust with work colleagues Respecting the subjective: quality measurement from the patient's perspective Support for self care for patients with chronic disease
	Bereavement Collusion in doctor-patient communication about imminent death: an ethnographic study BMJ 2000;321 1376-1381 Care of the dying patient: the last hours or days of life * Commentary: a "good death" is possible in the NHS BMJ 2003;326 30-34 A healthy view of dying BMJ 2003;327 207-208 Dealing with end of life decisions BMJ Career Focus 2004;328 178 What do patients receiving palliative care for cancer and their families want to be told? A Canadian and Australian qualitative study
	Chronic illness Meeting the needs of chronically ill people BMJ 2001;323 945-946
	Communication skills Communications and emotions BMJ 2002; 325: 672 Improving your body language BMJ 2003;327 22 Improving your listening skills BMJ 2003;327 29 Clinical and communication skills How to improve communication with patients BMJ Career Focus 2005;330 136-137 Communicating with Deaf patients BMJ Career Focus 2005;330 138-139 Consultations about changing behaviour Effect of patient completed agenda forms and doctors' education about the agenda on the outcome of consultations: randomised controlled trial Handling aggressive patients Dealing with angry and aggressive patients
	Continuity of care Controversy in primary care: Does continuity in general practice really matter? Commentary: A patient's perspective of continuity BMJ 2000;321 734-736 Continuity in general practice BMJ 2001;322 737
	Counselling and therapies Randomised controlled trial of non-directive counselling, cognitive-behaviour therapy, and usual general practitioner care for patients with depression. I: Clinical effectiveness BMJ 2000;321 1383-1388 Randomised controlled trial of non-directive counselling, cognitive-behaviour therapy, and usual general practitioner care for patients with depression. II: Cost effectiveness BMJ 2000;321 1389-1392 All you need is cognitive behaviour therapy? Commentary: Benevolent scepticism is just what the doctor ordered Commentary: Yes, cognitive behaviour therapy may well be all you need Commentary: Symptoms or relationships Commentary: The "evidence" is weaker than claimed BMJ 2002;324 288-294 Effectiveness of teaching general practitioners skills in brief cognitive behaviour therapy to treat patients with depression: randomised controlled trial BMJ 2002;324 947 Cognitive behaviour therapy in practice BMJ 2003;326 181-182
	The consultation Evolving general practice consultation in Britain: issues of length and context BMJ 2002;324 880-882 Relationship: what relationship? BMJ 2002;325 60 Engagement of patients with psychosis in the consultation: conversation analytic study * Commentary: Understanding conversation BMJ 2002;325 1148-1151 I s opportunistic disease prevention in the consultation ethically justifiable? BMJ 2003;327 498-500 Patients' expectations of consultations Importance of patient pressure and perceived pressure and perceived medical need for investigations, referral, and prescribing in primary care: nested observational study Length of patient's monologue, rate of completion, and relation to other components of the clinical encounter: observational intervention study in primary care Doctors' communication of trust, care, and respect in breast cancer: qualitative study Communication for Doctors: how to improve patient care and minimize legal risks BMJ Career Focus 2004;329 234 Balint or bust BMJ Career Focus 2006;332 gp123-gp124 Using transactional analysis in clinical consultation BMJ Career Focus 2006;333 8-9
	Decision making Do patients wish to be involved in decision making in the consultation? A cross sectional survey with video vignettes BMJ 2000;321 867-871 Engaging patients in medical decision making BMJ 2001;323 584-585 Explaining risks: turning numerical data into meaningful pictures BMJ 2002;324 827-830 Patients' decisions about whether or not to take antihypertensive drugs: qualitative study BMJ 2002;325 873
	Health outcome measures Quality of life measurement: bibliographic study of patient assessed health outcome measures BMJ 2002;324 1417
	Neurolinguistic programming Neurolinguistic programming: verbal communication BMJ 2003;326 83 Neurolinguistic programming: temperament and character type BMJ 2003;326 133 Neurolinguistic programming: the keys to success BMJ 2003;326 165-166
	Patient advice leaflets Written information for treating minor illness D A Fitzmaurice BMJ 2001;322 1193-1194 Randomised controlled trial of self management leaflets and booklets for minor illness provided by post BMJ 2001;322 1214 Assessment of impact of information booklets on use of healthcare services: randomised controlled trial BMJ 2001;322 1218 Randomised controlled trial of effect of leaflets to empower patients in consultations in primary care
	Patient-centred care Patient-centred care Towards a global definition of patient centred care BMJ 2001;322 444-445 Preferences of patients for patient centred approach to consultation in primary care: observational study BMJ 2001;322 468 Observational study of effect of patient centredness and positive approach on outcomes of general practice consultations BMJ 2001;323 908-911 10-minute consultation: Family history of breast cancer Coaching to support patients in making decisions Continuity of care matters
	Patient demand Managing demand: transfer of management of self limiting conditions from general practice to community pharmacies BMJ 2001;323 146-147
	Psychological medicine Psychological medicine BMJ 2002;324 1536-1537 Are we all Balintians now? ABC of psychological medicine ABC of psychological medicine: The consultation BMJ 2002;324 1567-1569 ABC of psychological medicine: Anxiety in medical patients BMJ 2002;325 207-209 ABC of psychological medicine: Musculoskeletal pain BMJ 2002;325 534-537 ABC of psychological medicine: Chronic multiple functional somatic symptoms BMJ 2002;325 323-326 ABC of psychological medicine: Cancer BMJ 2002;325 377-380 ABC of psychological medicine: Trauma BMJ 2002;325 426-429 ABC of psychological medicine: Fatigue BMJ 2002;325 480-483 ABC of psychological medicine: Chest pain BMJ 2002;325 588-591 ABC of psychological medicine: Delirium BMJ 2002;325 644-647
	Risk How doctors discuss major interventions with high risk patients: an observational study
	Somatisation Medically unexplained symptoms in frequent attenders of secondary health care: retrospective cohort study BMJ 2001;322 767 Randomised controlled trial of disclosure of emotionally important events in somatisation in primary care BMJ 2001;323 86 Systematic review of mental health interventions for patients with common somatic symptoms: can research evidence from secondary care be extrapolated to primary care? BMJ 2002;325 1082 Do patients with unexplained physical symptoms pressurise general practitioners for somatic treatment? A qualitative study
	Telephones and IT Using telephones in primary care BMJ 2002;324 1230-1231 Nurse telephone triage for same day appointments in general practice: multiple interrupted time series trial of effect on workload and costs BMJ 2002;325 1214 Telephone consultations BMJ 2003;326 966-969 Telephone skills BMJ 2003;327 27 Email consultations in health care: 1 scope and effectiveness Email consultations in health care: 2 acceptability and safe application
	Time management How should hamsters run? Some observations about sufficient patient time in primary care BMJ 2001;323 266-268 qualitative study & Commentary: Managing time appropriately in primary care BMJ 2002; 325: 687