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family medicine (field)

Known as: Practices, Family, family practice (field), Family Practices 
A medical specialty concerned with the provision of continuing, comprehensive primary health care for the entire family.
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Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
Curriculum development
Family physicians provide care for about one-third of the children and adolescents in the United States, many of whom present… 
Review
2013
Review
2013
Social Media and Clinical Care: Ethical, Professional, and Social Implications
It is an exciting time to practice medicine during our digital “coming of age.” Social media, the freely available Web-based… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
Professionalism in Medicine: Results of a National Survey of Physicians
Context Whether practicing physicians conform to norms of professionalism is unknown. Contribution This survey of 3504 practicing… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
Depression in US Hispanics: diagnostic and management considerations in family practice.
US Hispanics, currently the largest minority group in the country, face disparities in the recognition and treatment of major… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Career choice of new medical students at three Canadian universities: family medicine versus specialty medicine
Background: Over the last 10 years the number of medical students choosing family medicine as a career has steadily declined… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
Trends in career choice by US medical school graduates.
  • D. NewtonM. Grayson
  • Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA…
  • 2003
  • Corpus ID: 30734873
CONTEXT Trends in career choice among specialties have varied greatly. Most notable is the recent decrease in the percentage of… 
Review
1992
Review
1992
Prevalence of domestic violence in community practice and rate of physician inquiry.
BACKGROUND National surveys show that each year in the United States approximately 2 million women are battered by their husbands… 
Review
1985
Review
1985
Health promotion in primary care: a survey of U.S. family practitioners.
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
A teaching framework for cross-cultural health care. Application in family practice.
Significant demographic changes in patient populations have contributed to an increasing awareness of the impact of cultural… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Epidemiologic Studies of Low-Back Pain
The records of 3920 patients (2068 females, 1852 males) entering a model family practice unit between 1975 and 1978 have been… 
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