Methods In this cross-sectional study, we piloted our questionnaire over 4 weeks in the
summer of 2012 in a Midwestern university-based family medicine residency clinic where 11 …

Purpose: Difficult patients comprise at least 15% of ambulatory visits and are associated
with clinician burnout. No structured procedure has been reported to assist health care …

We are living in unprecedented times. While the world is grappling with COVID-19, we find
the horrors of racism looming equally large as we, yet again, confront lurid deaths in the …

Over the past several years, in both clinical and academic medicine, there seems to be a
growing consensus that racial/ethnic health inequities result from social, economic and political …

Background: Diversification of the health care workforce by race and ethnicity offers a strategy
for addressing health care disparities. This study explored the experiences with pathways …

The patient-doctor relationship lies at the heart of medicine. Confronted with the challenges
of COVID-19, we find ourselves unable to provide care and comfort in the same physical …

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 …

… Then, in broken Spanish, she asked me what I thought of the name “Edgoose.” I was
stunned into silence and eventually mumbled that my unusual last name would really not be …

Many health care practitioners and educators feel stymied as to how to address the pervasive
and persistent problem of health care disparities between racial and ethnic groups. The …

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