Cancer Risk Assessment by Rural and Appalachian Family Medicine Physicians

Assessment of information about evidence base medicine in specialist and family physicians of yasooj university of medical sciences

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The conceptualization and communication of risk among rural appalachian adolescents.

This study uses a meta-theoretical perspective for examining risk perceptions and behavior in the rural Appalachian cultural context, an area that remains largely unexplored. The authors conducted in-depth interviews with 113 rural adolescents to describe how youth conceptualize risk and how risk is communicated in the rural environment. Analyses revealed adolescents viewed behavior as risky wh...

For family physicians, by family physicians?

A 2002 discussion paper 1 clearly outlined the difference between simple, complicated, and complex problems and provided analogies that have become part of our everyday language. The authors1 characterized simple tasks as being like following a recipe: recipes are essential; they are tested to assure easy replication; no expertise is required, but having some increases success; recipes produce ...

Anesthesia skills for rural family physicians.

A fast track for rural family physicians.

There is currently a major shortage of rural physicians in the United States. Rural US citizens should receive the same quality of care and the same access to health care as are available in urban and suburban settings for the middle and upper classes. Yet, at present, substantial and increasing differences exist in access to health care for our rural citizens. The overall supply of physicians ...