Editorials:

Kurt C. Stange

In This Issue: New Model Finances, Systematic Reviews, Patients and Health Care
Ann Fam Med 2004 2: 530-531. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Louise S. Acheson and Benjamin F. Crabtree

How Do People Interpret Their Family Histories of Diabetes, Coronary Disease, or Cancer?
Ann Fam Med 2004 2: 532-533. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Original Research:

Michael Peltenburg, Joachim E. Fischer, Ottomar Bahrs, Sandra van Dulmen, Atie van den Brink-Muinen for the investigators of the Euro-Communication Study

The Unexpected in Primary Care: A Multicenter Study on the Emergence of Unvoiced Patient Agenda
Ann Fam Med 2004 2: 534-540. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental data: Appendix and Table][In Brief]  

Naomi L. Lacy, Audrey Paulman, Matthew D. Reuter, and Bruce Lovejoy

Why We Don’t Come: Patient Perceptions on No-Shows
Ann Fam Med 2004 2: 541-545. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [In Brief]  

David E. Hildebrandt, John M. Westfall, Richard A. Nicholas, Peter C. Smith, and Jacqueline Stern

Are Frequent Callers to Family Physicians High Utilizers?
Ann Fam Med 2004 2: 546-548. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [In Brief]  

M. Diane McKee, Alison Karasz, and Catherine M. Weber

Health Care Seeking Among Urban Minority Adolescent Girls: The Crisis at Sexual Debut
Ann Fam Med 2004 2: 549-554. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Figures Only] [Supplemental data: Appendixes][In Brief]  

Polly Hitchcock Noël, John W. Williams, Jr, Jürgen Unützer, Jason Worchel, Shuko Lee, John Cornell, Wayne Katon, Linda H. Harpole, and Enid Hunkeler

Depression and Comorbid Illness in Elderly Primary Care Patients: Impact on Multiple Domains of Health Status and Well-being
Ann Fam Med 2004 2: 555-562. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Figures Only] [In Brief]  

Arch G. Mainous, III, Dana E. King, David R. Garr, and William S. Pearson

Race, Rural Residence, and Control of Diabetes and Hypertension
Ann Fam Med 2004 2: 563-568. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [In Brief]  

Wim H. J. M. Verstappen, Trudy van der Weijden, Willy I. Dubois, Ivo Smeele, Jan Hermsen, Frans E. S. Tan, and Richard P. T. M. Grol

Improving Test Ordering in Primary Care: The Added Value of a Small-Group Quality Improvement Strategy Compared With Classic Feedback Only
Ann Fam Med 2004 2: 569-575. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Figures Only] [Supplemental data: Appendix and Figure][In Brief]  

Theory:

Francesc Borrell-Carrió, Anthony L. Suchman, and Ronald M. Epstein

The Biopsychosocial Model 25 Years Later: Principles, Practice, and Scientific Inquiry
Ann Fam Med 2004 2: 576-582. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental data: Appendix][In Brief]  

Systematic Reviews:

Fiona M. Walter, Jon Emery, Dejana Braithwaite, and Theresa M. Marteau

Lay Understanding of Familial Risk of Common Chronic Diseases: A Systematic Review and Synthesis of Qualitative Research
Ann Fam Med 2004 2: 583-594. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Figures Only] [In Brief]  

Simon J. Griffin, Ann-Louise Kinmonth, Marijcke W. M. Veltman, Susan Gillard, Julie Grant, and Moira Stewart

Effect on Health-Related Outcomes of Interventions to Alter the Interaction Between Patients and Practitioners: A Systematic Review of Trials
Ann Fam Med 2004 2: 595-608. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Figures Only] [Supplemental data: Tables][In Brief]  

Reflections:

James L. Glazer

Bag of Worms
Ann Fam Med 2004 2: 609-610. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [In Brief]  

On TRACK:

Kurt C. Stange

How to Use the Annals Online Discussion
Ann Fam Med 2004 2: 611-612. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Family Medicine Updates:

From the Association of Departments of Family Medicine

New Models of Care in Family Medicine
Ann Fam Med 2004 2: 613. [Full Text] [PDF]  

From the Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors

Frontline: Diabetes and Frontline: Better Bones—Implementing the Core Competencies through Education and Research
Ann Fam Med 2004 2: 614. [Full Text] [PDF]  

From the North American Primary Care Research Group

NAPCRG Action Plan for the Future of Family Medicine
Ann Fam Med 2004 2: 614-615. [Full Text] [PDF]  

From the American Academy of Family Physicians

Metric: New AAFP Performance Measurement Program Will Meet Multiple Goals
Ann Fam Med 2004 2: 615-617. [Full Text] [PDF]  

From the American Board of Family Practice

ABFP’s 2005 Computer-Based Examinations
Ann Fam Med 2004 2: 617-618. [Full Text] [PDF]  

From the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine

STFM and the Implementation of the Future of Family Medicine Project
Ann Fam Med 2004 2: 619-620. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reviewers' Acknowledgment:

Reviewers for the Annals of Family Medicine through September 2004
Ann Fam Med 2004 2: 621. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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