Annals Journal Club:

Annals Journal Club: Balint Groups and ‘The Joy of Being a Doctor’
Ann Fam Med 2008 6: iii. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Editorials:

Kurt C. Stange

In This Issue: What Patients Value and How to Provide It
Ann Fam Med 2008 6: 98-99. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Original Research:

Dana E. King, Arch G. Mainous, III, Brent M. Egan, Robert F. Woolson, and Mark E. Geesey

Effect of Psyllium Fiber Supplementation on C-Reactive Protein: The Trial to Reduce Inflammatory Markers (TRIM)
Ann Fam Med 2008 6: 100-106. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Figures Only] [In Brief]  

Sudeh Cheraghi-Sohi, Arne Risa Hole, Nicola Mead, Ruth McDonald, Diane Whalley, Peter Bower, and Martin Roland

What Patients Want From Primary Care Consultations: A Discrete Choice Experiment to Identify Patients’ Priorities
Ann Fam Med 2008 6: 107-115. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Figures Only] [Supplemental data: Appendixes 1-3][In Brief]  

Jeannie L. Haggerty, Raynald Pineault, Marie-Dominique Beaulieu, Yvon Brunelle, Josée Gauthier, François Goulet, and Jean Rodrigue

Practice Features Associated With Patient-Reported Accessibility, Continuity, and Coordination of Primary Health Care
Ann Fam Med 2008 6: 116-123. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [In Brief]  

Jiexin (Jason) Liu, Gail Bellamy, Beth Barnet, and Shuhe Weng

Bypass of Local Primary Care in Rural Counties: Effect of Patient and Community Characteristics
Ann Fam Med 2008 6: 124-130. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [In Brief]  

Arch G. Mainous, III, Vanessa A. Diaz, and Mark E. Geesey

Acculturation and Healthy Lifestyle Among Latinos With Diabetes
Ann Fam Med 2008 6: 131-137. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [In Brief]  

Dorte Kjeldmand and Inger Holmström

Balint Groups as a Means to Increase Job Satisfaction and Prevent Burnout Among General Practitioners Ann Fam Med 2008 6: 138-145. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [In Brief][Journal Club]

 

Grant Russell, Patricia Thille, William Hogg, and Jacques Lemelin

Beyond Fighting Fires and Chasing Tails? Chronic Illness Care Plans in Ontario, Canada
Ann Fam Med 2008 6: 146-153. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Figures Only] [Supplemental data: Appendix][In Brief]  

Methodology:

James M. Galliher, Thomas V. Stewart, Paramod K. Pathak, James J. Werner, L. Miriam Dickinson, and John M. Hickner

Data Collection Outcomes Comparing Paper Forms With PDA Forms in an Office-Based Patient Survey
Ann Fam Med 2008 6: 154-160. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [In Brief]  

Kevin Pottie, Susan Haydt, Barbara Farrell, Lisa Dolovich, Connie Sellors, and William Hogg

Narrative Reports to Monitor and Evaluate the Integration of Pharmacists Into Family Practice Settings
Ann Fam Med 2008 6: 161-165. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental data: Appendix][In Brief]  

Systematic Reviews:

Screening for Phenylketonuria (PKU): US Preventive Services Task Force Reaffirmation Recommendation: US Preventive Services Task Force
Ann Fam Med 2008 6: 166. [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental data][In Brief]  

Screening for Congenital Hypothyroidism: US Preventive Services Task Force Reaffirmation Recommendation: US Preventive Services Task Force
Ann Fam Med 2008 6: 166. [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental data][In Brief]  

Reflections:

David Loxterkamp and Louis A. Kazal, Jr

Changing Horses Midstream: The Promise and Prudence of Practice Redesign
Ann Fam Med 2008 6: 167-170. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [In Brief]  

Joseph A. Carrese and Michel A. Ibrahim

Success, Regret, and the Struggle for Balance
Ann Fam Med 2008 6: 171-172. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [In Brief]  

Mary P. Guerrera

Healing With the Needles
Ann Fam Med 2008 6: 173-174. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [In Brief]  

On TRACK:

Kurt C. Stange

Clinical Discoveries: A New Feature of the Annals
Ann Fam Med 2008 6: 175-176. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Family Medicine Updates:

From the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine

ASSEMBLING PATIENT-CENTERED MEDICAL HOMES—THE CLERKSHIP INITIATIVE
Ann Fam Med 2008 6: 178-179. [Full Text] [PDF]  

From the Association of Departments of Family Medicine

YOU HAVE TO BE IN TO WIN: PRESENTING FAMILY MEDICINE’S PERSPECTIVE IN NIH SCIENTIFIC REVIEWS
Ann Fam Med 2008 6: 179-180. [Full Text] [PDF]  

From the Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors

TITLE VII: REVISITING AN OPPORTUNITY
Ann Fam Med 2008 6: 180-181. [Full Text] [PDF]  

From the North American Primary Care Research Group

CTSAS AND FAMILY MEDICINE RESEARCH – TIME TO GET CONNECTED
Ann Fam Med 2008 6: 181-182. [Full Text] [PDF]  

From the American Academy of Family Physicians

AAFP CONTINUES TO FIGHT FOR PAYMENT REFORM
Ann Fam Med 2008 6: 182-183. [Full Text] [PDF]  

From the American Board of Family Medicine

A NEW FOCUS ON RESEARCH
Ann Fam Med 2008 6: 183-184. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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