Family Medicine Quartet

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Published: Jun 1, 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26443/ijwpc.v2i2.103
Keywords:
narrative Medicine, Family Medicine, Patient Centred Medicine

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Maureen Estelle Rappaport
McGill university St Mary's hospital

Abstract

Family medicine is a unique medical discipline centred on the patient and the doctor patient relationship.  In this essay I use an arts based inquiry juxtaposing clinical narratives to illustrate the clinical philosophy of Ian McWhinney.

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Rappaport, M. E. (2015). Family Medicine Quartet. The International Journal of Whole Person Care, 2(2). https://doi.org/10.26443/ijwpc.v2i2.103
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Vol. 2 No. 2 (2015): WHOLE PERSON CARE AND FAMILY MEDICINE
Section
Case Studies/Narratives

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Author Biography

Maureen Estelle Rappaport, McGill university St Mary's hospital

Assistant professor of medicine

dept of family medicine

mcgill university,and St Mary's hospital centre

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