title: House calls: current status and rationale.
abstract: House calls play a limited but important role in modern family practice. Family physicians make an average of two to six home visits a week for various reasons, including acute illness, terminal care, death pronouncement and hospital follow-up. The rationale for house calls includes enhancing the doctor/patient relationship, providing medical therapy, evaluating and reinforcing the patient's support system, and making an ecologic or family assessment.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Siwek
mesh_terms: D000359:Aftercare; D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003643:Death; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services; D006792:House Calls / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008427:Maternal Health Services; D008875:Middle Aged; D009515:New Jersey; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D010821:Physicians, Family; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D013727:Terminal Care; D014481:United States