Physicians, Family - Psychology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Association of an educational program in mindful communication with burnout, empathy, and attitudes among primary care physicians.

21 Sep 2009 CONTEXT: Primary care physicians report high levels of distress, which is linked to burnout, attrition, and poorer quality of care. Programs to reduce burnout before it results in impairment are rare; data on these programs are scarce. OBJECTIVE: To ... Read more...

A review of significant events analysed in general practice: implications for the quality and safety of patient care.

30 Aug 2009 : BACKGROUND: Significant event analysis (SEA) is promoted as a team-based approach to enhancing patient safety through reflective learning. Evidence of SEA participation is required for appraisal and contractual purposes in UK general practice. A ... Read more...

Attitudes, norms and controls influencing lifestyle risk factor management in general practice.

24 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: With increasing rates of chronic disease associated with lifestyle behavioural risk factors, there is urgent need for intervention strategies in primary health care. Currently there is a gap in the knowledge of factors that influence the ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Physicians, Family - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [More about the right to acute death without resuscitation attempts] 17 Oct 2009
• Association of an educational program in mindful communication with burnout, empathy, and attitudes among primary care physicians. 21 Sep 2009
• Buchbinder R, Staples M, Jolley D. Doctors with a special interest in back pain have poorer knowledge about how to treat back pain. Spine. In press. 13 Sep 2009
• Are you thinking right? 30 Aug 2009
• Cell phone communication with patients: love it or hate it? 30 Aug 2009
• A review of significant events analysed in general practice: implications for the quality and safety of patient care. 30 Aug 2009
• Attitudes, norms and controls influencing lifestyle risk factor management in general practice. 24 Aug 2009
• [Computer-based diagnosis of functional and mental disorders in general practice] 8 Aug 2009
• Mindful medical practice: just another fad? 30 Jul 2009
• What does it mean to be a family physician?: Exploratory study with family medicine residents from 3 countries. 30 Jul 2009
• [To have or to experience--that is the question. The difference between believing one is ill and being ill] 30 Jul 2009
• GPs' reasons for referral of patients with chest pain: a qualitative study. 29 Jul 2009
• Recognition of depression in people of different cultures: a qualitative study. 25 Jul 2009
• Barriers in recognising, diagnosing and managing depressive and anxiety disorders as experienced by Family Physicians; a focus group study. 18 Jul 2009
• Depression during pregnancy: views on antidepressant use and information sources of general practitioners and pharmacists. 15 Jul 2009
• High workload and job stress are associated with lower practice performance in general practice: an observational study in 239 general practices in the Netherlands. 13 Jul 2009
• The uncertain future of primary medical care. 5 Jul 2009
• Working conditions in primary care: physician reactions and care quality. 5 Jul 2009
• Marlene Kong: one of Australia's few Indigenous doctors. Interview by Priya Shetty. 2 Jul 2009
• [Male physicians and female physicians, different medical styles: different users' satisfaction?] 29 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Physicians, Family'

Definition: Those physicians who have completed the education requirements specified by the American Academy of Family Physicians.

Descriptor UI: D010821

Alternative terms: Physicians, Family; Family Physician; Family Physicians; Physician, Family; Generalists; Generalist; General Practitioners; General Practitioner; Practitioner, General; Practitioners, General; Primary Care Physicians; Physician, Primary Care; Physicians, Primary Care; Primary Care Physician;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics; education; psychology;

Tree Number: M01.526.485.810.770; N02.360.810.770;

History Note: 74(72)

Technical Notes: /educ permitted: coord with specific type of educ