1 Department of General Practice, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, PO Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, Netherlands
2 EMGO Institute, VU University Medical Centre, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, Netherlands
Correspondence to: B W Koes [email protected]
We thank M A Pellikaan, a trainee general practitioner, for her help in getting the patients’ stories.
Contributors: BWK wrote the first draft. MWvT and ST critically appraised and improved it.
Competing interests: None declared.
(Accepted 28 April 2006)
