title: What people want from their family physician.
abstract: The public wants and is satisfied by care provided within a patient-physician relationship based on understanding, honesty, and trust. If the U.S. health care system is ever to become patient-centered, it must be designed to support these values and sustain, rather than fracture, the relationships people have with their primary physician.
authors.affiliation: Robert Graham Center: Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care, 1350 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 201, Washington, DC 20036, USA. policy@aafp.org
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Stock Keister
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: N B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Kahn
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McCann
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Fryer
mesh_terms: D005194:Family Practice / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D005791:Patient Care / Q000379:methods; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D014481:United States