Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

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• Family Medicine and Obstetrics: Let's Stop Pretending
  Is delivering babies still one of the core activities of family medicine--and should it be? This editorial comments on the changing role of family physicians in providing maternity care.

  July 19, 2018

• Missed Opportunities for Depression Screening and Treatment in the United States
  Are patients in the US being adequately assessed for depression? Are some populations more likely to receive screening than others?

  July 05, 2018

• Measuring and Managing Blood Pressure in a Primary Care Setting
  Can automated office blood pressure measurement detect white-coat BP elevation, reduce unnecessary antihypertensive therapy, and improve hypertension control in a primary care clinic?

  June 20, 2018

• Strategies for Addressing the Challenges of Patient-Centered Medical Home Implementation
  This article describes the approaches used to overcome the challenges of implementing a series of successful patient-centered medical homes in Oregon.

  June 06, 2018

• Barriers and Facilitators to Expanding Roles of Medical Assistants in Patient-Centered Medical Homes (PCMHs)
  With the growth of patient-centered medical homes, the roles and responsibilities of medical assistants have expanded. How have they evolved and what are barriers and facilitators to these changes?

  May 23, 2018

Table of Contents

2018 - 31 (2)

• Already 19: Further Reflections on Parenting, Aniridia, and Being a Doctor. 

  March 01, 2018

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• Revisiting Primary Care's Critical Role in Achieving Health Equity: Pisacano Scholars' Reflections from Starfield Summit II. 

  March 01, 2018

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• Moral Distress with Obstacles to Hepatitis C Treatment: A Council of Academic Family Medicine Educational Research Alliance (CERA) Study of Family Medicine Program Directors. 

  March 01, 2018

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• Plantar Fascia Rupture: Ultrasound to Facilitate Recognition. 

  March 01, 2018

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• Evaluation of an Ongoing Diabetes Group Medical Visit in a Family Medicine Practice. 

  March 01, 2018

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• Humor During Clinical Practice: Analysis of Recorded Clinical Encounters. 

  March 01, 2018

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• Physician Multisite Practicing: Impact on Access to Care. 

  March 01, 2018

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• A Model for Measuring Ambulatory Access to Care Recovery after Disasters. 

  March 01, 2018

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• Moving Away from the Tip of the Pyramid: Screening and Brief Intervention for Risky Alcohol and Opioid Use in Underserved Patients. 

  March 01, 2018

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• Critical Factors to Practicing Medical Acupuncture in Family Medicine: Patient and Physician Perspectives. 

  March 01, 2018

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• Barriers and Facilitators to Expanding Roles of Medical Assistants in Patient-Centered Medical Homes (PCMHs). 

  March 01, 2018

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• Retrospective Comparison of Cardiac Testing and Results on Inpatients with Low Pretest Probability Compared with Moderate/High Pretest Probability for Coronary Artery Disease. 

  March 01, 2018

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• Greater Occipital Nerve Block for Acute Treatment of Migraine Headache: A Large Retrospective Cohort Study. 

  March 01, 2018

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• Delivering Interconception Care During Well-Child Visits: An IMPLICIT Network Study. 

  March 01, 2018

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• Patient-Centered Guidelines for Geriatric Diabetes Care: Potential Missed Opportunities to Avoid Harm. 

  March 01, 2018

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• Menthol Cough Drops: Cause for Concern? 

  March 01, 2018

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• Wide Gap between Preparation and Scope of Practice of Early Career Family Physicians. 

  March 01, 2018

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• Potentially Alarming Trends in the Scope of Practice for Family Physicians. 

  March 01, 2018

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• Real-Life Observational Studies Provide Actionable Data for Family Medicine. 

  March 01, 2018

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