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Retrieving Family Medicine's Lost Literature: The Journal of Family Practice 1974-1999 Archive
Larry A Green1, James C Puffer2
1From the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora (LAG); David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles. Larry.green@cuanschutz.edu.
Abstract:
The first repository of research in family medicine in the United States was the Journal of Family Practice (JFP) (https://www.mdedge.com/familymedicine). Much of the original development, debates about family medicine and primary care, and subsequent discoveries reside in JFP issues from 1974 to 1999. An archive of these issues is now available online after being somewhat lost for several years. It is a treasure-trove of information that reveals the evolution of family medicine as a discipline and remains pertinent to the current challenges and aspiration of family medicine and primary care. Investigators can benefit from checking this archive to build from prior work and avoid unnecessarily starting over.
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