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American Family Physician December 15, 2001 Gregg K. VandeKieft	Breaking Bad News This article presents an overview of issues pertaining to breaking bad news and practical recommendations for clinicians wishing to improve their clinical skills in this area...
American Family Physician February 15, 2001 Michael P. McGrail	Disability Prevention Principles in the Primary Care Office Assessment of impairment and subsequent disability is best made on the basis of objective data by use of a biopsychosocial model to ensure that the expression of disability does not mask other unaddressed psychologic or social issues...
American Family Physician December 1, 2000	Curbside Consultation A Daughter Estranged from Her Dying Father...
American Journal of Nursing April 2010 Mary Curry Narayan	Culture's Effects on Pain Assessment and Management When patients belong to a culture or speak a language that's different from that of their health care provider, the provider faces additional challenges in successfully assessing and managing the patients' pain.
American Family Physician July 15, 2001 Marc Tunzi	Can the Patient Decide? Evaluating Patient Capacity in Practice
Nurse Practitioner March 2012 Baumann & Dang	Helping Patients with Chronic Conditions Overcome Barriers to Self-Care Here are approaches nurse practitioners can use to reduce or eliminate barriers to self-care in adults with chronic conditions.
American Family Physician October 1, 2000 Richard J. Ackermann	End-of-life Care Withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining therapies is ethical and medically appropriate in some circumstances. This article summarizes the American Medical Association's Education for Physicians on End-of-life Care curriculum module on withholding or withdrawing therapy...
Salon.com April 26, 2001 Ivan Oransky	In bad faith A researcher offers evidence that religion is good for your health. Too bad so much of it is bunk...
American Family Physician February 1, 2005 Searight & Gafford	Cultural Diversity at the End of Life: Issues and Guidelines for Family Physicians When considering therapeutic options, physicians should consider that members of many cultural groups prefer that family members, rather than patients, make treatment decisions.
American Family Physician October 1, 2006 Kavan et al.	A Practical Guide to Crisis Management Physicians often are required to assist patients in crisis. An estimated 4% of visits to primary care physicians involve psychiatric or social crises.
American Family Physician October 1, 2000	AAFP Core Educational Guidelines Recommended Core Educational Guidelines For Family Practice Residents...
American Family Physician April 1, 2002 Forrest Lang	Interviewing When Family Members Are Present The presence of family members at an office visit creates unique opportunities and challenges for the physician while interviewing the patient. The physician must address issues of confidentiality, privacy, and agency...
American Journal of Nursing January 2010	Life-Support Interventions at the End of Life: Unintended Consequences Nurses need to be knowledgeable life-support interventions at the end of life and able to communicate what they know about those consequences to patients, family members, and others on the health care team, leading to better decision making at this difficult time.
Salon.com October 9, 1999 Holly J. Lebowitz	Lost and found Why America's 80 million-strong Generation X may be losing its religion but finding its soul.
American Family Physician November 15, 2005 Haas et al.	Management of the Difficult Patient All physicians must care for some patients who are perceived as difficult because of behavioral or emotional aspects that affect their care. Specific communication techniques and greater patient involvement in the process of care may enhance the relationship.
American Family Physician December 1, 2005 Gregory Juckett	Cross-Cultural Medicine Cultural competency is an essential skill for family physicians because of increasing ethnic diversity among patient populations.
American Family Physician November 1, 2000 Allen L. Hixon & Ronald W. Chapman	Medicine and Society Healthy People 2010: The Role of Family Physicians in Addressing Health Disparities...
AskMen.com Vatche Bartekian	Men's Spirituality In this stressful world we live in, spirituality plays an important role for those who want solutions to their problems and answers to their questions. Here are some suggestions on how to gain a higher level of spirituality.
American Family Physician July 15, 2000	AFP 50 Years Ago This feature, titled "Emotional Problems of the Chronically Ill," is reproduced from the December 1950 issue of GP.
American Family Physician July 1, 2000	Letters to the Editor On whether physicians should be 'Bending the Rules to Get a Medication'...
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2013 Al Topin	The Doctor-Patient Disconnect Doctor-patient conversations aren't always what we think; this basic interaction represents both a problem and an opportunity for today's drug marketers, says the author.
Managed Care June 2005 Martin Sipkoff	The Re-Emergence of the Primary Care Physician A new model of care developed by the American Academy of Family Physicians places primary care physicians back at the center of care delivery.
Salon.com August 4, 2000 Katharine Mieszkowski	Higher being Can legalizing drugs bring us closer to God?
Managed Care September 1999 Ed Rabinowitz	Is There a Doctor in the House? The per-visit cost of a house call is high, but used judiciously, this practice can lower overall medical costs -- not to mention provide better care.
American Family Physician January 15, 2001 Scott C. Conley	Deep Waters A physician can actually achieve significant therapeutic benefit for a patient by addressing the manifestations of an illness that no stethoscope or laboratory test can detect. Simply put, there is healing power in words.
Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2014 Ben Comer	Take as Directed: From Force to Finesse in Promoting Adherence Healthcare players tout patient education and engagement as the keys to better drug adherence rates. Patients agree, as long as that translates to convenient and affordable access to therapy.
Pharmaceutical Executive July 1, 2011 Cabacungan & Clark	New Ways to Gain New Brand Insights If you can learn to understand patient and physician behavior, you are well on your way to strengthening the position of your product.
Pharmaceutical Executive March 1, 2013 Al Topin	Less Selling, More Time What can happen when pharmaceutical reps focus on the physician-patient conversation?
Salon.com February 1, 2001 Michael Joseph Gross	Hard-wired for God? A Christian takes issue with a book claiming that religion is merely a trick of evolution...
Pharmaceutical Executive August 1, 2011 Jennifer Ringler	The Adherence Fight: A TKO? Why does the match against medicines compliance always seem to end in an easy knockout?
Pharmaceutical Executive September 1, 2012 Robin Hertz	The Endless Treadmill of End-of-Life Care Bending the cost curve back to valuing the cycle of life.
Pharmaceutical Executive September 1, 2012 Al Topin	Doctors' Words No Longer Gospel In the digital age, physicians don't call the shots when it comes to healthcare guidance. Marketers must appeal to multiple sources in seeking ways to garner patient adherence and loyalty.
American Family Physician August 15, 2000 James Hallenbeck	Curbside Consultation When should a physician disclose personal information to a patient, and what do we do when a particular case touches on our own suffering? At a deeper level, how do we deal with our own mortality in caring for the seriously ill and dying?
Pharmaceutical Executive April 1, 2011	Bridging the HCP-Patient Gap Here's what's necessary to bridge the gap between the patient revolution and healthcare provider in the 21st century.
Pharmaceutical Executive April 1, 2012	Ad Stars The campaigns chosen as this year's Pharm Exec Ad Stars include a diverse mix of clients, health conditions, and media channels.
Pharmaceutical Executive March 1, 2011 Jerry Coamey	Engage the Physician! New research shows that gauging the mind of the clinician is crucial to timely uptake of the new diagnostic tools offered by the genomic revolution
Pharmaceutical Executive March 1, 2012 Paolo De Marino	Registering Value: Always in the Eye of the Beholder The organizational disconnect between marketing and market access is curable if both groups focus on what counts: who's making the final purchase.
CIO September 27, 2013	How IT Can Produce Better Patient Care For Dr. Bob Laskowski, president and CEO of Christiana Care Health System, technology means empowering physicians and patients.
Managed Care January 2002 Ed Rabinowitz	When Physicians' Skills Fail, Collaboration Beats Punishment New programs hold promise for rehabilitating sound physicians who have, for any number of reasons, lost some of the skills they started with...
Managed Care August 2001	Four Views of Managed Care Ethics The evolution of managed care has posed ethical problems for physicians, plan administrators, and even patients. Four ethicists find that questions are many, while satisfactory answers are in short supply...
Pharmaceutical Executive November 1, 2012 Sue Barrowcliffe	Real World Insights Commercial teams as well as patients can benefit from managed access programs, which are designed to provide access to medicines outside of the clinical and commercial setting, for patients who have no other available treatment options.
Scientific American October 2006	Let There Be Light Science and faith can coexist happily as long as neither tries to take on the functions of the other.
American Family Physician November 1, 2000 Forrest Lang	Curbside Consultation A Doctor Who Is Blamed for a Patient's Condition...
Reason June 2007 Jacob Sullum	Looking for God in All the Wrong Places It seems clear that many independent psychedelic users are seeking experiences that are fundamentally similar to those of legally privileged peyote and ayahuasca users.
Psychology Today Jan/Feb 2008 Bruce Grierson	An Atheist in the Pulpit Public identity and private belief are never more at odds than when a preacher loses his faith.
Managed Care February 2002 Alan M. Muney	Evidence-Based Medicine Needs To Be Promoted More Vigorously This means using a carrot-and-stick approach with physicians. Those who respect the evidence should be rewarded; others should face penalties...
Managed Care June 2001 Frank Diamond	HMO/Physician Strain Creates Invisible Costs Perhaps goodwill is too much to ask for. However, peaceful coexistence can certainly help all players reach their mutual goal -- a smooth relationship that helps to get the job done...
Pharmaceutical Executive April 1, 2009 Marcee Nelson	Ten Minutes to Connect What women are looking for in their physician's office is less consultation and more conversation.