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Storylines of family medicine II: foundational building blocks-context, community and health

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Storylines of Family Medicine is a 12-part series of thematically linked mini-essays with accompanying illustrations that explore the many dimensions of family medicine, as interpreted by individual family physicians and medical educators in the USA and elsewhere around the world. In 'II: foundational building blocks-context, community and health', authors address the following themes: 'Context-grounding family medicine in time, place and being', 'Recentring community', 'Community-oriented primary care', 'Embeddedness in practice', 'The meaning of health', 'Disease, illness and sickness-core concepts', 'The biopsychosocial model', 'The biopsychosocial approach' and 'Family medicine as social medicine.' May readers grasp new implications for medical education and practice in these essays.

Source: Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

DOI: 10.17615/sdb6-ga10

Authors: Catinella A.P., Stone L.A, Prasad S., Nguyen B.-M, Ventres W.B, Zoppi K., Yamada S., Like R.C., Rachelson J.V., Scott M.A., Schiff-Elfalan T.L., Frankel R.M., Shah R, Carter T, Gusoff G.M, Liaw W

Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Language: English

Topic: Primary Care and Health Outcomes

Subfield: General Health Professions

Field: Health Professions

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4414586589

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