The Intellectual Basis of Family Practice

The Intellectual Basis of Family Practice is a collection of essays and lectures by G. Gayle Stephens, MD. Dr Stephens is widely recognized as one of the founders of the specialty of family medicine. The essays are edited and arranged into sections aimed at providing a deeper understanding of the idealogical roots of the specialty of family medicine. The text will be of interest to medical students who are deciding their vocational specialty, residents who have already chosen family medicine but are still developing their professional identities, and teachers looking for ways to communicate the heart of the specialty to their learners. Teachers and residents outside family medicine will also gain deeper insight to the specialty through this work that has been hailed by many as one of the most influential works on family medicine ever written. Read more