A Brief Overview of English Primary Care in the Last Half Century.

Key hefts, the hard core of clinical profile, scientific nursing and nowadays of the English School of Primary Care in the last sixty years are revisited. We understand that the most profound intellectual influence has been to Archie Cochrane, among family physicians hard core components we include John Fry (1922-1994), David Metcalfe and Julian Tudor Hart. On the other hand, Lisbeth Hockey (1918-2004), PhD in Nursing, was responsible for several years of Nursing Research Unit at the University of Edinburgh.

[Quality of life in patients with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis].

Objective: To evaluate different aspects of the quality of life of patients with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis, using the survey SF-36 (Medical Outcomes Study 36-Short Form Health Survey).

Methodology: A cross-sectional study was carried out with patients older than 18 years having chronic renal failure and being registered in the continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis program in the last three months. A sample size of 48 patients was estimated.