Medical family therapy represents the maturity of the family therapy’s field emphasizing the collaboration between family therapists and medical providers. This theoretical study describes the evolution of this new discipline from its conception in the biopsychosocial model, to our days, starting with biopsychosocial oriented family theories, family centered medical care and culminating with th...

BACKGROUND Efforts to improve the quality of healthcare for patients with chronic conditions have resulted in growing evidence supporting the inclusion of patient empowerment as a key ingredient of care. In 2002, WONCA Europe issued the European Definition of General Practice/Family Medicine, which is currently considered the point of reference for European health institutions and general medic...

There are errors in the author affiliations. The affiliations should appear as shown here: Margaret Addabbo, Elena Longhi, Nadia Bolognini, Irene Senna, Paolo Tagliabue, Viola Macchi Cassia, Chiara Turati 1 Department of Psychology and NeuroMi, Milan Center for Neuroscience, University of Milan-Bicocca, Piazza Ateneo Nuovo 1 (U6), 20126, Milano, Italy, 2 Research Department of Clinical, Educati...

this article deals with the engineering education of mechatronic in the different universities of canada, while every educational aspect of their curriculum is described in detail. this study shows that the desing of any educational program to some extend depends on the department where the program is carried out and the cooperation and help of the other departments. it seems that gradually thi...

OBJECTIVES The discipline of family medicine seeks to build its research enterprise. To assess the state of family medicine research in the United States, this study identifies and describes research articles published by family medicine researchers from the United States in 2003 and assesses the growth in articles, authors, and publishing journals since 2000. METHODS We searched for all rese...