Business of Medicine
Q&A
Can a clinical rule accurately predict whether a patient has strep throat?
McIsaac WJ, Goel V, To T, Low DE. The validity of a sore throat score in family practice. CMAJ 2000; 163:811-15.
Original Research
Becoming an Information Master: Using “Medical Poetry” to Remove the Inequities in Health Care Delivery
In response to the spiraling costs, the US populace, for now, has chosen to ration health care by choosing who can receive it rather than what...
Original Research
Will Patients Use a Computer to Give a Medical History?
Original Research
The Placebo Response: Recent Research and Implications for Family Medicine
The placebo response is commonly invoked as a factor in the therapeutic relationship between the family physician and the patient, but important...
Original Research
Can Addressing Family Relationships Improve Outcomes in Chronic Disease?
Report of the National Working Group on Family-Based Interventions in Chronic Disease
Original Research
Strategies for Changing Clinicians’ Practice Patterns: A New Perspective
How can we persuade clinicians to adopt proven practices? Education, incentives, feedback, social marketing, and various other change strategies...
Original Research
What to Do Until the POEMs Arrive
An Endothelial Example
Commentary
Which Medicines Do Our Patients Want From Us?
Q&A
Culture Confirmation of Negative Rapid Strep Test Results
Webb KH, Needham CA, Kurtz SR. Use of a high-sensitivity rapid strep test without culture confirmation of negative results. J Fam Pract 2000; 49:...
Original Research
Information in the Palm of Your Hand
Physicians need a way to access and organize personal, patient-related, and medical reference information. Hand-held computers are a practical...
Original Research
Becoming an Information Master
Using POEMs to Change Practice with Confidence