J Am Board Fam Med. 2016 Jul-Aug;29:S15-8. doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2016.S1.150382.

Recharging Family Medicine: A Perspective from the Keystone IV Conference.

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM

Rosemary A Stevens

PMID: 27387158 DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2016.S1.150382

Abstract

A historic perspective of family medicine's development, the work of Gayle Stephens, and prior Keystone conferences constitute an important backdrop for the fourth Keystone Conference. Decisions made in the past constrain what can be done now, but they may also offer opportunities for family medicine. A major challenge for Keystone IV was to discern what is a constraint and what is an opportunity-in particular when it comes to the role of the personal physician. This article provides reflections based on decades of observation and study and confirms that knowing something and doing something are not the same.

© Copyright 2016 by the American Board of Family Medicine.

Keywords: Doctoring; Family Medicine; Family Physician; Health Care Delivery; Personal Physician; Population Health; Primary Care; Professionalism; Social Justice

MeSH terms

• Delivery of Health Care*
• Family Practice / economics
• Family Practice / history
• Family Practice / methods
• Family Practice / trends
• Health Care Costs / trends
• History, 20th Century
• History, 21st Century
• Humans
• Insurance, Health
• Physicians, Family / education
• Primary Health Care / economics
• Primary Health Care / history
• Primary Health Care / methods
• Primary Health Care / trends
• United States

Publication Types

• Historical Article
• Journal Article