" Pro Family" To the Editor: I think both family practice educators and residents are confused
about what we mean when we talk about the" family" in family practice. The practitioner is …

" Pro Family" To the Editor: I think both family practice educators and residents are confused
about what we mean when we talk about the" family" in family practice. The practitioner is …

What does it mean to be" pro family" in family practice? 1 take it as self-evident that all family
physicians are, want to be, and imagine themselves to be uniquely interested in and …

The name of our discipline—family practice—implies that “family” is the focus of care. 1 The
definition of family varies with the clinical situation and has important clinical implications …

Meeting the Challenge of Family Prac tice, and controversy over the meaning and definition
of the terms “family physician,”“family practice,” and “family medicine” continues. 1 believe …

To the Editor: The recent article by Dr. James Jones (The changing role of the family
physician-nirvana or Waterloo? J Am Board Fam Pract 1996; 9: 442-7) represents about as …

We are at a crossroads in family practice where we must look critically at our specialty to find
out whether our goals for shaping the specialty as we know it and our goals for increasing …

In this issue of The Journal of Family Practice, a wellwritten paper describes an instrument
that evaluates the level of physician involvement (LPI) with patients and their families …

I would like to tell you how disappointed I was with the Editorial by John Lee Clowe, MD, that
opened the first issue of the ARCHIVES. 1 Clowe's comments promulgate many myths about …

To the Editor: It appears that family medicine is now at that generative stage of maturity when
many of the battles have been fought and won and the time for sophistication remains. In the …