COVER: Family medicine’s in the House and Senate
Time is short for the 80th Legislative Session. Your Academy continues to seek out success where it may … and to will some where it wouldn’t.
By Jonathan Nelson
A post-tort TexasWhere does Texas really stand four years after passing the 2003 Tort Reform legislation?
By Kate McCann
Actually, it takes two villagesThe SWIFT program combines two towns’ strengths to improve health care, education and more.
By Kate McCann
Welcome to sunny Corpus ChristiGet your sneak peek at what’s on deck for the 58th Annual Session and Scientific Assembly, July 25-29.
By Camille Fajardo
Research: Testing the Biopsychosociospiritual Model in primary careSee what a legal expert has to say on life-or-death decisions physicians must make during exigent events like Katrina.
By David Katerndahl, M.D., M.A., and Daniel Oyiriaru, M.D.
DEPARTMENTS
FROM YOUR PRESIDENT: Advice for the benchwarmers RESEARCH NETWORK: Gil Grimes, M.D., explains CenTexNet RESIDENT VIEW: It’s never too early to get involved POST MIDNIGHT: First installment of stories from you TAFP PERSPECTIVE: Are NPs and PAs ruining medicine? IN THE NEWS: Becoming a better coder, part two | The medical home is where the family physician is | Match results: Going steady in Texas | Residency redesign MEMBER NEWS: McAllen life member retires | Interim Session recap | AHA honors Keller physician | TAFP members named to TMA councils
