What Matters in Medicine - Lessons From a Life in Primary Care

Informationen zum Autor David Loxterkamp, MD , has been a family practice physician in Belfast, Maine, for more than 30 years. He is a noted expert on family practice and speaks widely on medical policy and the crisis in primary care delivery. He is the author of A Measure of My Days: The Journal of a Country Doctor (University Press of New England, 1997). Klappentext How much is really known about primary care? What Matters in Medicine: Lessons from a Life in Primary Care is a look at the past! present! and future of general practice! which is not only the predecessor to the modern primary care movement! but its foundation. Through memoir and conversation! Dr. David Loxterkamp reflects on the heroes and role models who drew him to family medicine! and provides a prescription for change in the way that doctors and patients approach their shared contract for good health. Zusammenfassung An honest and insightful reflection on lessons learned about primary care from a life as a small town doctor

Product details

• Authors: David Loxterkamp
• Publisher: University Of Michigan Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.02.2013
• EAN: 9780472118656
• ISBN: 978-0-472-11865-6
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Biographies, autobiographies