The family as a social unit

NB Epstein, S Levin, DS Bishop - Canadian Family Physician, 1976 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Family medicine, in common with most other medical specialties, is passing through a
period of lively debate concerning its course and development. This paper discusses that …

Psychosomatic illness in a solo family practice

JA Collyer - Psychosomatics, 1979 - Elsevier
A review covering several years of a solo family practice found that 28% of patient contacts
involved emotional illness, and that these consultations took 48% of the physician's time. A …

Research in general practice.

WA Falk - Canadian Medical Association Journal, 1979 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In recent years there has been an increasing awareness in Canada of the need for research
in general practice. General practitioners can provide valid information about patients and …

The Problem of the Population at Risk

JZ Garson - Canadian Family Physician, 1976 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Population at Risk in Primary Care Page 1 The Problem ofRthe Population at Risk in Primary
Care JOHN Z. GARSON, FRCGP "In science, as in love, a concentration on technique is quite …

Home care

RB Taylor - Family medicine: Principles and practice, 1978 - Springer
Fewer home visits are made today than in years gone by. An American Medical Association
report (1) revealed that American physicians now make 17 million house calls each year …

[PDF][PDF] An analysis of returning patients in family practice

RM Boyle, FW Rockhold - J Fam Pract, 1979 - cdn.mdedge.com
Methods The Virginia Family Practice Data System, con taining daily morbidity recording
experiences of participating physicians, is used in this analysis. Described more completely …

Management of “psychosomatic” problems in clinical practice

F Mai - Canadian Medical Association Journal, 1976 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Skilled interviewing and investigation are essential in the diagnosis and treatment of
“psychosomatic” illness, the term “psychosomatic” being used in its more colloquial sense to …

Family Practice—What's The Difference?

DC Brown - Canadian Family Physician, 1979 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
,., 1,,- -1-.--'1,`.Ir -i.,.'. . --1,-, Page 1 D. C. Brown .S.:Family Practice- - What's the Difference?
SUMMARY t Twelve significant differences of family practice are presented with supporting S …

The house call: a descriptive study

P Loftus, JZ Garson, G Oliver - Canadian Family Physician, 1976 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
An analysis was made of the visits paid to patients' homes, to hospital emergency
departments and nursing homes, by a group of family physicians throughout one year. There …

Measure of a family doctor's work.

DP O'Connor - Canadian Medical Association Journal, 1975 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Some general impressions. First, the high dialectic standard of the speeches made by
members of General Council when discussing the business agendaand there were some …