From the Editor

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May/June 2021 Issue
Integrating Behavioral Health Into Primary Care

Integrating behavioral health improves patient outcomes and makes medical practice more satisfying. Here’s one way to do it.

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March/April 2021 Issue
Care Management and the Quadruple Aim

Care management not only addresses the Triple Aim. It could also help improve our work life.

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January/February 2021 Issue
Systemic Racism and Health Disparities:​ A Statement from Editors of Family Medicine Journals

Today there is a renewed call to action for family medicine to both confront systemic racism and eliminate health disparities.

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January/February 2021 Issue
Thank You, FPM Peer Reviewers (2020)

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November/December 2020 Issue
Patient Advocacy: Family Medicine's Founding Principle, and Still Its North Star

The pandemic and protests have underscored family physicians’ enduring role as a voice for patients in and out of the clinic.

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September/October 2020 Issue
Racism in Health Care: Creating a More Equitable Health Care Experience

Imagine how it would feel to walk into a doctor’s office and see that everyone else looks different from you.

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July/August 2020 Issue
Maintaining Patient Relationships in the Age of Hospitalists, Urgent Care, and a Pandemic

It was already difficult to get enough face-to-face time with patients before COVID-19 hit. Bonding with them now takes even more effort.

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May/June 2020 Issue
Managing a Telephone Encounter: Five Tips for Effective Communication

Doctoring by phone is a skill I never thought I’d have to learn.

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March/April 2020 Issue
On Baby Pictures and Empty Nests

Sharing life transitions is both a challenge and a joy of long-standing patient relationships.

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January/February 2020 Issue
Goal-Setting Theory for the New Year

Research points to four factors that will help make your goals more effective.

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