“Family practice”

Us Family Practice Edition

EDITOR Dr. Rosen graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School, then trained in internal medicine at the University of Alabama, and in dermatology at Baylor College of Medicine. He currently serves as Professor of Dermatology at Baylor and Chief of Dermatology at the Houston Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He is active in the American Academy of Dermatology, having served on the Boa...

Developing family practice in Kuwait.

ROBIN C FRASER of oil, some 50 years ago, it has undergone phenomenal change. Its population has expanded rapidly, mainly through immigration (Table 1);' only 40% are Kuwaiti, with the remainder mostly from other Arab countries. Its age structure differs markedly from the UK:2 compared with the UK it has double the proportion of those aged under 15 years and only one 10th the proportion of thos...

Preparing Students for Family Practice

This paper highlights the content of a course designed to prepare students for family practice, with emphasis on mothers as primary caregivers. A model is presented of relatively healthy family interactions characterized by co-parenting and equitable division of labor in the home. The strengths perspective is applied to family practice with mother-headed families where noncustodial fathers shar...

Psychological Medicine in Family Practice

Chronic headaches in family practice.

BACKGROUND More than 11 million people in the United States have moderate or severe migraine resulting in much suffering and millions of lost work days annually. Staying abreast of current advances in headache management is important for family physicians, who care for most headache patients. METHODS MEDLINE files were searched from 1982 to the present using the key words "headache," "migrain...