RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Lessons From My Left Foot
JF The Annals of Family Medicine
JO Ann Fam Med
FD American Academy of Family Physicians
SP 550
OP 551
DO 10.1370/afm.1170
VO 8
IS 6
A1 Bodenheimer, Thomas
YR 2010
UL http://www.annfammed.org/content/8/6/550.abstract
AB A personal experience with a chronic foot injury taught me 4 lessons about living with a chronic condition: people with chronic conditions may blame themselves, may feel guilty that other people have to help them, often have a depression that may be worse than the chronic condition, and may lose confidence in their capacity to do anything useful in life. These feelings need to be elicited and addressed when family physicians provide care to people with chronic conditions.