May 2000, Vol. 32, No. 5
 
Clinical Research and Methods
Improving Pneumococcal Vaccination Rates: A Three-Step Approach
Juanita R. Redfield, MD; Thomas W. Wang, MD
(Fam Med 2000;32(5):338-41.)
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Essays and Commentarys

Family Practice Residency Training: Can We Make It Better?
Barry D. Weiss, MD

(Fam Med 2000;32(5):346-9.)
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International Family Medicine
Israel Under Threat of Biological Warfare—The Reactions of Our Patients During the 1998 Persian Gulf Crisis
Simon Zalewski, MD; Shlomo Vinker, MD; Shlomo Monnickendam, MD; Orli Cohen, MD; Miriam Disegni, MD; Eliezer Kitai, MD
(Fam Med 2000;32(5):342-5.)
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Medical Student Education
Rejecting Family Practice: Why Medical Students Switch to Other Specialties
Sean Schafer, MD; William Shore, MD; Lloyda French, MS; Jason Tovar; Susan Hughes, MS; Norman Hearst, MD
(Fam Med 2000;32(5):320-5.)
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Responding to Patients’ Emotions: Important for Standardized Patient Satisfaction
Amy V. Blue, PhD; Alexander W. Chessman, MD; Gregory E. Gilbert, MSPH; Arch G. Mainous III, PhD
(Fam Med 2000;32(5):326-30.)
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US Medical Schools and the Rural Family Physician Gender Gap
Kathleen E. Ellsbury, MD, MSPH; Mark P. Doescher, MD, MSPH; L. Gary Hart, PhD
(Fam Med 2000;32(5):331-7.)
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Residency Education
Accuracy of Electrocardiogram Reading by Family Practice Residents
Denise K.C. Sur, MD; Lily Kaye, PharmD; Michael Mikus, MD; Jeffery Goad, PharmD; Anthony Morena, MD
(Fam Med 2000;32(5):315-9.)
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Book Reviews

Differential Diagnosis of Common Complaints, Fourth Edition
Robert Seller, New York, W.B. Saunders, 2000, 456 pp., $29.95, paperback.
Skin Disorders
Eugene J. Barone, Judson C. Jones, and Joann E. Schaefer; Philadelphia; Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins; 2000; 432 pp.; $39.95; paperback.


Sexual Medicine in Primary Care

William L. Maurice, St Louis, Mosby, Inc, 1999, 366 pp., $39.95, paperback.


Mosby’s Family Practice Sourcebook: Evidence-based Emphasis

Kenneth G. Marshall, Philadelphia, Mosby, 1999, 432 pp., $49.95, paperback. (Available through the STFM Bookstore, www.stfm.org or 800-274-2237, ext. 5404.)


Gynecology for the Primary Care Provider

Scott Ransom and S. Gene McNeeley, Jr, Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders Company, 1997, 278 pp., $52, hardcover.

Infectious Disease and Arthropods
Jerome Goddard, Totowa, NJ, Humana Press, 1999, 212 pp., $75, hardcover.

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Dilemmas in Family Medicine Education


Research Training for Residents
John L. Miller, MD; Marcia Smith, PhD
(Fam Med 2000;32(5):305-6.)

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For the Office-based Teacher of Family Medicine


Managing the Difficult Learning Situation
John P. Langlois, MD; Sarah Thach, MPH
(Fam Med 2000;32(5):307-9.)

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Lessons From Learners


Reflections From a Rotation in Cambridge, England
Sean P. David, MD, MS
(Fam Med 2000;32(5):310-2.)

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Letters to the Editor

Host/Environment Medicine and Social Realities
Seiji Yamada, MD, MPH University of Hawaii Research Funding Article Is Discussed
Robert Montgomery, MD Linda N. Meurer, MD, MPH Richard L. Holloway, PhD Medical College of WisconsinMore on Family Medicine Research Funding Article
Philip Sloane, MD, MPH University of North Carolina

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Literature and the Arts in Medical Education


Steelworker Furnaces and Families: From History and Fiction to Medicine
Howard F. Stein, PhD
(Fam Med 2000;32(5):302-4.)

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International Family Medicine Education



Ireland
(The ICGP leaps into new frontiers on the Internet. Journal of the Irish College of General Practitioners 1999;16:14-6.)

New Zealand

(Cunningham W, Dovey S. Being the spouse of a general practitioner. New Zealand Family Physician 1999;26:41-6.) (Dovey S, Tilyard M. RNZCGP computer research network: an update. New Zealand Family Physician 1999;26:36-9.)

Nigeria
(Would you do this to your daughter? Nigerian Journal of General Practice 1999;3:11-4.)
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