PURPOSE Communication has been researched either as a set of behaviors or as a facet
of the patient-physician relationship, often leading to conflicting results. To determine the …

Cultural values and beliefs about the primary care physician bolster the myth of the lone
physician: a competent professional who is esteemed by colleagues and patients for his or her …

Teachers of family therapy face constant decisions about intervening into non-productive
therapist-family sequences, for that is their work. Detailed guidelines at both broad conceptual …

Background To encourage medical students’ use of patient-centered skills in core clerkships,
we implemented and evaluated a Telephone Follow-up Curriculum focusing on three …

… Jason M Satterfield,1 Shelley R Adler,2 H Carrie Chen,3 Karen E Hauer,4 George W Saba2
… 4 Cooke M, Irby DM, Sullivan W, Ludmerer KM. American medical education 100 years after …

BACKGROUND Shared decision-making, in which physicians and patients openly explore
beliefs, exchange information, and reach explicit closure, may represent optimal physician–…

This paper details the structure and content of an introductory family therapy course offered
in an academic department. The parallel processes between teaching and therapy are used …

BACKGROUND: Family physicians have been involved in the care of rural and urban
underserved populations since the founding of the specialty. In the early 1970s family medicine …

isomorphism is construed as a basic interactional phenomenon spanning the domains of
training and therapy/because these processes operate at this elemental level, the chapter …

Background: Family practice has always valued physician self-awareness. Whereas self-awareness
has traditionally focused on problem relationships with patients, generally …