This prospective cohort study compared women participating in CenteringPregnancy®
group prenatal care (N = 120) with those in standard individual care (N = 221) to determine if …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Postpartum depression screening is widely advocated
to identify and treat affected individuals given the significant impact of this disorder on …

Objective: This study’s objective was to determine whether attendance at lectures in a block
conference format improves residents’ knowledge. Methods: Seventeen family medicine …

Impairment of physicians' ability to practice medicine safely and effectively is relatively
common. Chemical dependency, the leading cause of physician impairment, has a lifetime …

170 March 2006 Family Medicine ous, idealized scenes. We show one of Rockwell’s
medical paintings,“Norman Rockwell Visits a Family Doctor”(1947). 5 In it, the family doctor …

Background:The government is encouraging the adoption of electronic medical records (EMRs).
There is little information about using EMRs in the obstetric literature and none about …

No one knows for sure how long it takes to train a competent family physician. Family medicine,
internal medicine, and pediatrics all require a 3-year residency before board certification …

630 October 2003 Family Medicine third segment focuses on the distinction between preserving
a meaningful life versus prolonging life in the face of inevitable death. We explore this …

Family Medicine residency programs in the United States are required to promote resident
well-being. This article describes how one residency does this by teaching the concepts of …

BACKGROUND. More generalists are needed for the American health care system. Will
training these practitioners add to hospital costs? Although graduate medical education has …