Family Medicine Journal

October 2000, Vol. 32, No. 9
 
Clinical Research and Methods
Alcohol-free Instant Hand Sanitizer Reduces Elementary School Illness Absenteeism
DL Dyer; A Shinder; F Shinder
(Fam Med 2000;32(9):633-8.)
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Association of Attending Physician Specialty With Cesarean Delivery Rate in the Same Patient Population
AS Coco; TJ Gates; ME Gallagher; MA Horst
(Fam Med 2000;32(9):639-44.)
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International Family Medicine Education
Nigeria
The Facts of Life (Young Persons Fact Sheet. Nigerian Journal of General Practice 2000;4:28-35.)South Africa
Changes in Student Attitudes About Community Service Following a Rural Experience (Cameron D. Community-based education in a South African context: was Socrates right? South African Family Practice 2000;22: 17-20.)How Do Rural GPs Get Their CME? (DeVilliers MR. The availability, utilization, and need for continuing professional development of rural general practitioners. South African Family Practice 2000;22:11-6.)United Kingdom
Not All Things Are Greener on the Other Side of the Pond (Lawrence D. Extended general practice training. Education for General Practice 2000;11:9-13.)Why We Don’t Counsel Everybody About Lifestyle Risks (Lawlor DA, Keen S, Neal RD. Can general practitioners influence the nation’s health through a population approach to provision of lifestyle advice? Br J Gen Pract 2000;50:455-9.)
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Residency Education
Dialogues in the Exam Room: Medical Interviewing by Resident Family Physicians
K Marvel; G Major; K Jones; C Pfaffly
(Fam Med 2000;32(9):628-32.)
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Special Series: The Role of Gender in Family Medicine Education
Symptoms as a Source of Medical Knowledge: Understanding Medically Unexplained Disorders in Women
K Malterud
(Fam Med 2000;32(9):603-11.)
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The Comfort of Family Practice Residents With Health Care of Patients of the Opposite Gender
SA Paluska; FJ D’Amico
(Fam Med 2000;32(9):612-7.)
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Differences in Ambulatory Teaching and Learning by Gender Match of Preceptors and Students
PA Carney; AJ Dietrich; S Eliassen; C Pipas; D Donahue
(Fam Med 2000;32(9):618-23.)
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Listening, Perhaps Without Hearing
J Hepworth
(Fam Med 2000;32(9):624.)
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Gender and Power in Family Medicine Education
SK Burge
(Fam Med 2000;32(9):625-7.)
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Special Article
Responding to a Natural Disaster With Service Learning
B Steiner; R Sands
(Fam Med 2000;32(9):645-9.)
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Book Reviews
Benign Disorders of the Breast: Concepts and Clinical Management
L.E. Hughes, R.E. Mansel, D.J.T. Webster, New York, W.B. Saunders, 2000, 336 pp., $95, hardback.

Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology of Herbal Products, First Edition
Melanie J. Cupp, New York, Humana Press, 2000, 400 pp., $149.59 hardcover.Atlas of Pediatric

Clinical Diagnosis, First Edition
Binita R. Shah, Teresita A. Laude, New York, W.B. Saunders Company, 2000, 485 pp., $79, hardcover.

The Harriet Lane Handbook
George K. Siberry, Robert Iannone, 15th edition, Philadelphia, Mosby, 2000, 1,042 pp., $34.95, paperback.
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For the Office-based Teacher of Family Medicine

Mini-ethnography: Meaningful Exploration Made Easy
Jamie Weinstein, MD; William Ventres, MD
(Fam Med 2000;32(9):600-2.)
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Letters to the Editor

Appreciation Expressed for Article on Cultural Diversity
Ia Zagvazdina, MD University of Tennessee, Memphis Yuri Zagvazdin, PhD Nova Southeastern UniversityWhat Does a Patient’s Outfit Weigh?
Erica Frank, MD, MPH Anne Lang Dunlop, MD, MPH Emory UniversityCan We Make It Better?
Jonathan L. Temte, MD, PhD University of Wisconsin Yasmin Yusuf-Safavi, MD Emory University Peter A. Shult, PhD Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Madison, WisRight on the Mark
Archie W. Bedell, MD, PhD Mercy Health Partners Family Practice Residency Program Toledo, Ohio
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Literature and the Arts in Medical Education
Knowing What a Human Life Really Is: Doctors and Priests
John J. Frey III, MD
Fam Med 2000;32(9):598-9.)
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