Storylines of family medicine I: framing family medicine - history, values and perspectives.

Authors :: Ventres WB
Stone LA
Rowland KT
Streiffer RH
Macechko MD
Roulier JA
Borkan JM
Green LA
Source :: Family medicine and community health [Fam Med Community Health] 2024 Apr 12; Vol. 12 (Suppl 3). Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Apr 12.
Publication Year :: 2024
Abstract: Storylines of Family Medicine is a 12-part series of thematically linked mini-essays with accompanying illustrations that explore the many dimensions of family medicine, as interpreted by individual family physicians and medical educators in the USA and elsewhere around the world. In 'I: framing family medicine-history, values, and perspectives', the authors address the following themes: 'Notes on Storylines of Family Medicine' , 'Family medicine-the generalist specialty', 'Family medicine's achievements-a glass half full assessment', 'Family medicine's next 50 years-toward filling our glasses', 'Four enduring truths of family medicine', 'Names matter', 'Family medicine at its core' and 'The ecology of medical care.' May readers find much food for thought in these essays.<br />Competing Interests: Competing interests: None declared.<br /> (© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2024. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.)

Subjects :: Humans
Ecology
Food
Reading Frames
Family Practice
Physicians, Family

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