Identifies factors that contribute to the trend away from primary care practice among medical students and possible correctives to the trend.

Reasons for the shortage of primary care physicians in regions designated as Health Professional Shortage Areas and steps that medical schools and state and federal policymakers can take to alleviate the shortage.

Two of today’s health care distribution problems—geographic areas without enough physicians and decrease in numbers of primary care physicians overall—can be remedied by increasing pay for resident and fully trained physicians.

Learn about a reflective decision-making approach to selecting a practice setting and culture.

Caregivers often think that so-called “frequent-flyer” patients are at fault for their poor medical outcomes. In many such cases, though, unaddressed psychosocial issues are the root of the patients’ repeat visits to the emergency department.

Review of a book that reflects on a doctor’s journey back to medical practice after performing a difficult delivery that may have contributed to the newborn’s cerebral palsy.

Physicians can maintain a balance between professional and personal obligations by having a well-organized practice and honest communication with patients.

An argument that physicians who refuse to respond to emergency department calls are acting unprofessionally by declaring, in effect, that their needs are more important than those of their colleagues.

A group of physicians offer commentary about the importance of maintaining an appropriate work-life balance.

A physician presents ten rules for maintaining the art of healing in daily medical practice.