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April 19, 2005 | Journal Article
The complexity of the United States health care delivery system presents specific difficulties for the provision of coordinated care. In 2003, the RWJF Generalist Physician Faculty Scholars program began a review of the state of coordinated care and implications for the future of generalist research, education and practice.
April 13, 2005 | Journal Article
The authors investigated if race was a factor in whether women with a family history of breast or ovarian cancer received counseling concerning availability of genetic testing for BRCA 1/2 mutations. Mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2 confer a significant ...
April 11, 2005 | Story
How do black men suffering from prostate cancer fare in comparison to white men?
April 1, 2005 | Journal Article
The proportion of medical students who choose to enter generalist residency training decreased from 50 percent in 1998 to less than 40 percent in 2004. The continuation of this trend could result in a shortage of primary care physicians in the face ...
April 1, 2005 | Journal Article
The complexity of the United States health care delivery system and medical education programs presents a number of barriers to communication within the primary care setting. Effective communication is necessary for providing care that is both integ ...
April 1, 2005 | Program Result
Investigators found that the number of physicians nationally is not keeping up with population growth, leading to a potential shortage of 20 percent (or 200,000) in the needed workforce of physicians by 2020 or 2025.
March 14, 2005 | Journal Article
This study examines how patient risk perception is affected by communication with a health care provider. Researchers examined patients' risk perception about their breast cancer and BRAC1/2 mutation risks before and after a genetic counseling sessi ...
March 9, 2005 | Journal Article
The current investigation reviewed the efficacy and effectiveness of breast cancer screening techniques used in community practice. An extensive array of databases were examined to obtain English-language articles focusing on randomized controlled t ...
March 1, 2005 | Journal Article
The present study explored amygdala hyperresponsivity for individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).
March 1, 2005 | Journal Article
Physicians can be more confident in their approach to ethical challenges in patient care if they adopt a systematic approach to address the issues. The authors recognize that a problem which initially appears to be ethical in nature may be more rela ...