The Paradox of Plenty: Challenges and Opportunities Handout by Elliott Fisher, MD, MPH

Future of General Internal Medicine Report & Recommendations Draft position paper submitted by the SGIM Task Force on defining and promoting the field of general internal medicine.

Time Capsule Thinking: The Health Care Workforce, Past and Future. Fitzhugh Mullan. Health Affairs October 2002;21(5):112-122

Changes in the Scope of Care Provided by Primary Care Physicians. Robert F. St. Peter, Marie C. Reed, Peter Kemper, David Blumenthal. NEJM December 1999;341(26):1980-1985

Physician Career Satisfaction Across Specialties. J. Paul Leigh, Richard L Kravitz, Mike Schembri, et al. Arch Intern Med July 2002;162:1577-1584

There's a shortage of specialist. Is anyone listening? Richard A. Cooper. Academic Medicine August 2002;77 (8):761-766

Primary care at a crossroads. Steven A. Schroeder. Academic Medicine August 2002;77(8):767-773

Lessons not learned from the generalist initiatives. Janet H. Senf, Doug Campos-Outcalt, Randa M. Kutob. Academic Medicine August 2002;77(8):774-775

Family practice in the United States: Position and prospects. Larry A. Green, George E. Fryer. Academic Medicine August 2002;77(8):781-789

The roles of nature and nurture in the recruitment and retention of primary care physicians in rural areas: A review of the literature. Robert G Brooks, Michael Walsh, Russell E. Mardon, et al. Academic Medicine August 2002;77(8):790-798

Is Primary-care Research a Lost Cause? Editorial. The Lancet March 2003;361:997

A Proposal for Electronic Medical Records in U.S. Primary Care. David W. Bates , Mark Ebell, Edward Gotlieb, John Zapp, and H.C. Mullins. J. Am. Med. Inform. Assoc. 2003;10(1):1-10.

Mixed messages about primary care in the culture of U.S. medical Schools. Block SD, Clark-Chiarelli N, Singer JD. Acad Med. 1998;73:1087-94.

Academia's Chilly Climate for primary care. Block SD, Clark-Chiarelli N, Peters AS, Singer JD. JAMA 1996; 276:677-82.

Changes in the culture for primary care. Peters AS, Simon SR, Sullivan AM, Zotov NA, Connelly MT, Block SD. J Gen Intern Med 14(Suppl 1),24. 2001

What can primary care in the United States learn from the United Kingdom? Thomas Bodenheimer, Azeem Majeed, and Andrew B Bindman BMJ 2003;326 796-799

The Future of Primary Care. Sox HC. Ann Intern Med, 2003;138(3):230-231

Payment and the Future of Primary Care. Ginsburg PB. Ann Intern Med, 2003;138(3):233-234

Primary Care at a Crossroads. Showstack J, Anderson Rothman A, and Hassmiller S. Ann Intern Med, 2003;138(3):242-E244

Primary Care Medicine in Crisis: Toward Reconstruction and Renewal. Moore G and Showstack J. Ann Intern Med, 2003;138(3):244-E248

Defining the Future of Primary Care: What Can We Learn from Patients? Safran DG. Ann Intern Med, 2003;138(3):248-255

Chronic Illness Management: What Is the Role of Primary Care? Anderson Rothman A and Wagner EH. Ann Intern Med, 2003;138(3):256-E262

Primary Care in a New Era: Disillusion and Dissolution? Sandy LG and Schroeder SA. Ann Intern Med, 2003;138(3):262-E268

Primary Care: The Next Renaissance. Showstack J, Lurie N, Larson EB, Anderson Rothman A, and Hassmiller S. Ann Intern Med, 2003;138(3):268-E273

Homeostasis without reserve - the risk of health systems collapse. Sandy LG. NEJM, 2002;347(24):1971-1975

Homeostasis without reserve - the risk of health systems collapse.(comentary) Sandroni S, Sandy LG. NEJM, 2003;348(14):1410

What Do Doctors Find Meaningful about Their Work? C.R. Horowitz, A.L. Suchman, W.T. Branch Jr., and R.M. Frankel Ann Intern Med, 2003;138(9):772-E-776

Central Challenges Facing the National Clinical Research Enterprise Nancy S. Sung; William F. Crowley, Jr; Myron Genel; Patricia Salber; Lewis Sandy; Louis M. Sherwood; Stephen B. Johnson; Veronica Catanese; Hugh Tilson; Kenneth Getz; Elaine L. Larson; David Scheinberg; E. Albert Reece; Harold Slavkin; Adrian Dobs; Jack Grebb; Rick A. Martinez; Allan Korn; David Rimoin JAMA. 2003;289:1278-1287.

Setting standards based on patients' views on access and continuity: secondary analysis of data from the general practice assessment survey Peter Bower, Martin Roland, John Campbell, and Nicola Mead BMJ 2003; 326: 258.

Chronic Illness, Comorbidities, and the Need for Medical Generalism Kevin Grumbach Ann Fam Med 2003;1:4-7

Changes in Career Satisfaction Among Primary Care and Specialist Physicians, 1997-2001 Bruce E. Landon; James Reschovsky; David Blumenthal JAMA 2003;289:442-449

Primary care in the United States Organisation of primary care in the United States Andrew B Bindman, Azeem Majeed. BMJ 2003;326:631-34

A Primary Care Home for Americans Putting the House in Order Grumbach K, Bodenheimer T. JAMA 2002;288:889-893