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The article reviews the book "Primary Care and Laboratory Medicine," edited by James Hooper, Gwyn McCreanor, William Marshall and Paul Myers.

Reviews the book "Primary Care in Urban Disadvantaged Communities," edited by Joe Kai and Chris Drinkwater.

Reviews the book "Oxford Textbook of Primary Medical Care, vols 1 & 2," edited by Roger Jones, Nickey Britten, Larry Culpepper and others.

Reviews the book 'Changing Primary Care: The Role of Facilitators,' by Judith Allsop.

Reviews the book 'Conducting Research in the Practice Setting: Research Methods for Primary Care,' Volume 5, edited by M.J. Bass, E.V. Dunn, P.G. Norton, M. Stewart and F. Tudiver.

The Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill 2003 is going through Parliament at present. It abolishes government control over NHS trusts, and reduces the safe- guards to ensure everybody gets equal care. A regulator will decide what the people need, and trusts are likely to select patients on the basis of financial risk. In general practice, primary care trusts can already subcontract non-core services, losing national control of terms and conditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews the book "Unlearned Lessons From the Healthcare Commission's Investigation into the Service for People With Learning Disabilities Provided by Sutton and Merton Primary Care Trust."

Reviews the book "Big Doctoring in America: Profiles in Primary Care," by Fitzhugh Mullan.

Preliminary analysis of a large UK general practice database was conducted in order to determine the prevalence of mentally ill patients in primary care who are also diagnosed with a drug abuse problem and vice versa. The baseline population was 527,000 of whom 1308 patients (prevalence 0.25%) were diagnosed with a drug abuse problem; 59,359 patients suffered a mental illness (11.26%) between 1993 and 1997. Comorbidity was defined by diagnoses of mental illness and drug abuse at any time between 1993 and 1997 (i.e. not necessarily simultaneously): 621 (0.12%) patients were found to be comorbid according to this definition. Neurosis was the most common condition for both mentally ill and drug-abusing patients. Drug abusers were found to have higher rates of psychosis, schizophrenia, paranoia and personality disorders than those with only a mental illness. However, little difference was observed in the prevalence of these conditions between those classed as drug addicts and non-addicts. These findings show that those regarded as non-dependent suffer from mental illness to the same extent as those who are addicted or dependent on drugs. This raises issues regarding service and treatment provision, as emphasis is usually placed on treating the addicted. Future analysis will concentrate on elucidating the time relationships in order to determine possible patterns of causality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews the book "Primary Care," edited by John Fry.

The article reviews the book "Primary care research: traditional and innovative approaches," Volume 1, "Research methods for primary care," edited by Peter G. Norton, Moira Stewart, Fred Tudiver, Martin J. Bass and Earl V. Dunn.

Reviews the book 'Tools for Primary Care Research,' edited by M. Stewart, F. Tudiver, M.J. Bass, E.V. Dunn, and P.G. Norton.

Reviews the book "Primary Medical Care in Chile: Accessibility Under Military Rule," by Joseph Scarpaci.

Reviews the book, 'Primary Care of Women,' edited by Karen J. Carlson, Stephanie A. Eisenstady, Frederic D. Frigoletto, and Isaac Schiff.

The article reviews the book "Mental Disorder in Primary Medical Care: An Analytical Review of the Literature ."

Reviews the book, 'Principles of Ambulatory Medicine,' edited by L. Randol Barker, John R. Burton, and Philip D. Zieve.

Reviews the book 'Narrative-Based Primary Care: A Practical Guide,' by John Launer.

Reviews the book 'The Purchasing of Health Care by Primary Care Organizations: An Evaluation & Guide to Future Policy,' edited by Nicholas Mays, Sally Wyke, Gill Malbon and Nick Goodwin.

Reviews the book "The Battered Child. Recognition in Primary Care," by Neil O'Doherty.

The article reviews the book "Depression in primary care: Screening and detection," edited by C. Clifford Attkisson and Jane M. Zich.

Reviews the book "Practice Professional Development Planning: A Guide for Primary Care," by P. Wilcock, C. Campion-Smith and S. Elston.

Reviews the book 'The Challenge for Primary Care,' by Nigel Starey.

Reviews the book 'Providing Information for Health. A Workbook for Primary Care,' by Alan Gillies.

Reviews the book 'Narrative-Based Primary Care: A Practical Guide,' by John Launer.

Reviews the book 'General Practice: Demanding Work Understanding Patterns of Work in Primary Care,' by John Walker and Paul Hogan.

Reviews the book "Research Approaches in Primary Care," edited by Andrew Wilson, Martin Williams and Beverley Hancock.

The article reviews the book "Prevention and the Primary Care Team."

The article reviews the book "Basic Resuscitation and Primary Care," by F. Wilson and W. G. Park.

The article reviews the book "Acute Care," edited by B. M. Tavares and R. Frey.

Reviews the book "Computers in Primary Care," by L.D. Ritchie.