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A Mixed Studies Literature Review on Mental Health Perceived Needs of Family Physicians in Infectious Catastrophes [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

’s (2006) framework. Population studied: This review includes English and Persian articles (1806-2023) focusing on the impacts of infectious crises on family physicians' mental health in diverse primary care settings (e.g. long-term nursing homes, clinics), highlighting their perceived needs.

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Hospice in Prison Part 1: An interview with Michele DiTomas and Keith Knauf

GeriPal

Through a series of events, I started working as a consultant to the Department of Corrections in around 2006, and I was assigned to the California Medical Facility. So they can be referred by their primary care doctor or to us. You can choose comfort-focused care or you can choose to continue chemotherapy. Michele: Yep.

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HIV, Aging, and Palliative Care: Peter Selwyn and Meredith Greene

GeriPal

Our second guest, Meredith Greene, is a geriatrician and researcher who focuses on care of older adults living with HIV, in the US and Africa. Funding for research and clinical care is at risk, as USAID and PEPFAR (which is under USAID), are shuttered. In San Francisco, HIV care was more specialized in that.

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Once again, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is in the line of fire

Common Sense Family Doctor

Despite this deliberately circumscribed mandate (I lost count of the number of times during my tenure as an AHRQ medical officer from 2006-2010 that I was told, "We don't make guidelines. You need not be ill enough to be hospitalized or care about practice guidelines to suffer if AHRQ is eliminated for good.