BACKGROUND Frail elders often have chronic illnesses, such as osteoarthritis, hypertension,
diabetes, and peripheral vascular disease, for which exercise is a proven means of …

This book is a" how-to" manual for incorporating psychotherapy into the daily practice of
primary care medicine. In the universe of primary care patients, many, if not all, have a …

Physicians today are required to do more than ever before; skills that were unnecessary in
the past are now “givens.” In order for physicians to keep patients well, help them manage …

By incorporating therapeutic talk into daily practice, family doctors can solve and often prevent
many psychological and behavioural problems. The approaches described in this text are …

Accurate self-evaluation is central to a family physician's professional growth both during
and after the residency training period. Self-evaluations of residents' interviewing skills, as …

To address the demand for training preceptors, a community hospital-based residency program
is using a part-time precep tor in a consultative capacity as a faculty facilitator to model, …

Using the model of "person plus stress yields reaction," the authors discuss the differences
between crisis intervention and short-term treatment, including psychiatric emergencies. In …

An important aspect of general health is subjective well‐being (SWB), which is defined as
happiness and overall satisfaction with life. Herein we examined the reliability and validity of …

Treating each patient as a unique human being, having an individual history, educational
level, behavioral style, cultural heritage, associated health belief system, membership in a …

This article presents the functional health status results of 49 nursing home residents who
were involuntarily relocated from one institution to another. The purpose of the study was to …