PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - William B. Ventres
TI  - Where I Practice: On the Spaces of Family Medicine
AID  - 10.3122/jabfm.2015.06.150021
DP  - 2015 Nov 01
TA  - The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
PG  - 841--844
VI  - 28
IP  - 6
4099  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/28/6/841.short
4100  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/28/6/841.full
SO  - J Am Board Fam Med2015 Nov 01; 28
AB  - In this essay, the author explores 3 distinct “spaces” that have helped him metaphorically map the nature of his work as a family physician. These “spaces” represent cultural, personal, and relational environments in which he has practiced over the course of >30 years since beginning medical school. They concern, respectively, the dominant culture of medicine, one core philosophy of family medicine (the biopsychosocialexistential model), and the development of strong therapeutic bonds with patients. The author presents this textual and graphic exploration of “space” in hopes that others might reflect on their work, examine how they approach it, and bring richness and renewed meaning to their work as family physicians.