May 2008
AAFP President Jim King, M.D., of Selmer, Tenn., and FP Melissa Gerdes, M.D., of Whitehouse, Texas, teamed up during an interactive press conference to interpret survey results and discuss what the poll findings mean for family physicians.
AAFP Releases Harris Poll Results
Improved Health Care Access Tops Women's Wish List
(5/30/2008, 4:25 p.m.)
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"If we want to know what patients want from us as family physicians, we need to ask them" and then address their concerns, AAFP President Jim King, M.D., of Selmer, Tenn., told AAFP News Now shortly before an interactive press conference in Washington, D.C., on May 29. He was referring to the results of a Harris Poll survey commissioned by the AAFP that indicate a whopping 90 percent of women shoulder health care responsibilities for themselves and their families.
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