PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Bowman, Marjorie A.
AU  - Seehusen, Dean A.
AU  - Ledford, Christy J. W.
TI  - Thinking and Practicing Thoughtfully and Thoroughly
AID  - 10.3122/jabfm.2023.230196R0
DP  - 2023 Aug 09
TA  - The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
PG  - 527--529
VI  - 36
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/36/4/527.short
4100  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/36/4/527.full
SO  - J Am Board Fam Med2023 Aug 09; 36
AB  - One of the unique characteristics of family medicine is that although we cannot meet every specific need of each patient at each visit we continuously advance the health of the communities that surround our practices. Family physicians aim to improve overall health outcomes across our practice populations, not just individual by individual, nor just for those who arrive in our office for care. We strive to care for individuals who fall through the cracks, for the social circles who surround our patients, such as family members or neighbors; we implement systems to facilitate the broad scope and needed intensity of care; and we build collaborations that assist in population care. Family medicine improves outcomes for everyone, including the unseen. This JABFM issue epitomizes many of these distinguishing characteristics of family medicine—what does it take (how)? When? Where?