Table of contents (9/2018 - selection)

• Journal Clubs for Family Physicians – How Family Physicians Stay Up to Date

  Background: Information overload due to an increasing number of scientific publications and limited time due to a high workload in daily practice can make it difficult...

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• The Relation Between Place of Birth, Place of Medical School, and Subsequent Work as Family Physician

  Background: The career choice “family physician” (FP) and the geographical decision for a certain place to open a practice depend on numerous factors of which we...

  Merle Schäfer, Ewan Donnachie, Antonius Schneider

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• Voluntary Stopping of Eating and Drinking to Hasten Death

  Background: Terminally ill patients’ fear of prolonged dying and suffering can lead to voluntary stopping of eating and drinking (VSED), aiming to accelerate the dying...

  Angelika Feichtner, Dietmar Weixler, Alois Birklbauer

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• Doctors’ Solidarity and Family Medicine in Health Care Centers

  Summary: The author partcipated in the DEGAM professionalization class. In this context, she had the opportunity to complete an internship in Spain. This report is a...

  Petra Jung

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• The Results of Six Years Postgraduate Vocational Training for Primary Medical Care in Germany – Part 1

  Background: On the background of the imminent shortage of family physicians in Germany, this multicenter longitudinal cohort study of medical graduates of the class of...

  Hendrik van den Bussche, Stephanie Siegert, Sarah Nehls, Sigrid Boczor, Rüya-Daniela Kocalevent, Martin Scherer

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