Storylines of family medicine IV: perspectives on practice-lenses of appreciation

William B Ventres; Leslie A Stone; Radeeb Akhtar; Jeffrey M Ring; Lucy M Candib; Erick Messias; Ronald M Epstein; Marc Tunzi; Amy L Lee; Christopher P Morley; Carina M Brown; David Slawson; Jill Konkin; David G Campbell; Ian Couper; Susan Williams; Robert Brooks; Lucie Walters

doi:10.1136/fmch-2024-002791

Storylines of family medicine IV: perspectives on practice-lenses of appreciation

Fam Med Community Health. 2024 Apr 12;12(Suppl 3):e002791. doi: 10.1136/fmch-2024-002791.

Authors

William B Ventres¹, Leslie A Stone², Radeeb Akhtar³, Jeffrey M Ring⁴, Lucy M Candib⁵, Erick Messias⁶, Ronald M Epstein⁷, Marc Tunzi⁸, Amy L Lee⁹, Christopher P Morley¹⁰, Carina M Brown¹¹, David Slawson¹², Jill Konkin¹³, David G Campbell¹⁴, Ian Couper¹⁵, Susan Williams¹⁶, Robert Brooks¹⁷, Lucie Walters¹⁸

Affiliations

¹ Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA wventres@uams.edu.
² Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.
³ Family Medicine and Community Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.
⁴ Independent Health Psychologist, Los Angeles, California, USA.
⁵ Family Medicine and Community Health, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
⁶ Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.
⁷ Family Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA.
⁸ Family Medicine Residency Program, Natividad Medical Center, Salinas, California, USA.
⁹ Family Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
¹⁰ Public Health and Preventive Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, USA.
¹¹ Cone Health Family Medicine Residency, The University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA.
¹² Family Medicine, Atrium Health, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
¹³ Family Medicine, University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
¹⁴ Cunninghame Arm Medical Centre, Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine, Lakes Entrance, Queensland, Australia.
¹⁵ Ukwanda Centre for Rural Health, Stellenbosch University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
¹⁶ Adelaide Rural Clinical School, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
¹⁷ Department of Rural Health, Broken Hill University, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
¹⁸ Adelaide Rural Clinical School, The University of Adelaide Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia.

Abstract

Storylines of Family Medicine is a 12-part series of thematically linked mini-essays with accompanying illustrations that explore the many dimensions of family medicine, as interpreted by individual family physicians and medical educators in the USA and elsewhere around the world. In 'IV: perspectives on practice-lenses of appreciation', authors address the following themes: 'Relational connections in the doctor-patient partnership', 'Feminism and family medicine', 'Positive family medicine', 'Mindful practice', 'The new, old ethics of family medicine', 'Public health, prevention and populations', 'Information mastery in family medicine' and 'Clinical courage.' May readers nurture their curiosity through these essays.

Keywords: Attitude to Health; Community Medicine; Family Medicine; General Practice; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice.

MeSH terms

Animals
Courage*
Fabaceae*
Family Practice
Humans
Lens, Crystalline*
Lenses*
Physicians, Family
Unionidae*