Background. — In December 1991, the Patient Self-Determination Act required health care
institutions to provide incoming patients with information about living wills (LWs). Although …

Background: Family medicine is a specialty of breadth, providing comprehensive health
care for the individual and the family that integrates the broad scope of clinical, social, and …

Purpose: To demonstrate the degree to which the American Board of Family Medicine's
certification examination is representative of family physician practice with regard to frequency of …

(Purpose) The purpose of our study was to assess the need for an external searchable
resource to be used in conjunction with the American Board of Family Medicine's (ABFM) …

The article announces the appointment of new officers and board members of the American
Board of Family Medicine including Samuel Jones as chair of the board, Diane K. Beebe as …

… Nielsen, PhD, MPH of Lawrence, Kansas; and Keith L. Stelter, MD of Mankato, Minnesota. …
Stelter will serve the ABFM on the Operations Committee and the Examination Committee. …

John Brady, MD, is the owner/physician of The Village Doctor, a solo, independent family
practice he opened in Newport News, Virginia, in 2003. He is the president of the Ideal Medical …

… Keith L. Stelter, MD, is the associate director of the Mankato Family Medicine Residency
Program in Mankato, Minnesota, and an instructor with the Rural Physician Associate Program …

The Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) and the Physician Assistant Education
Association (PAEA) have released a joint position paper addressing interprofessional …

A months-long hike of the Appalachian Trail often involve long-term preparation and life-altering
decisions. Would-be hikers leverage institutional knowledge from literature and online …