"Family doctors are also people": a qualitative analysis of how family physicians managed competing personal and professional responsibilities during the COVID-19 pandemic

• Main Authors: Sarah Spencer (Author), Julia Lukewich (Author), Emily Gard Marshall (Author), Maria Mathews (Author), Shabnam Asghari (Author), Judith B. Brown (Author), Thomas R. Freeman (Author), Paul Gill (Author), Samina Idrees (Author), Rita K. McCracken (Author), Sudit Ranade (Author), Steve Slade (Author), Amanda L. Terry (Author), Jamie Wickett (Author), Eric Wong (Author), Richard Buote (Author), Leslie Meredith (Author), Lauren Moritz (Author), Dana Ryan (Author), Lindsay Hedden (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Family physicians (FPs) fill an essential role in public health emergencies yet have frequently been neglected in pandemic response plans. This exclusion harms FPs in their clinical roles and has unintended consequences in the management of concurrent personal responsibilities, m...