Connections in the Clinic: Relational Narratives from Team-Based Primary Care

This book assembles many of the foremost writers and clinicians in the field of team-based primary care to share their own relational reflections. It features narratives from fields such as integrated behavioral health, integrated primary care, primary care behavioral health, medical family therapy, health psychology, primary care psychology, and clinical social work. The key focus of the chapters are the relationships that are formed during primary care delivery. The book is organized into six core chapters: Family of Origin, Teachers and Mentors, Our Patients and Ourselves, Colleagues and Collaborators, Clinician as Patient, and Death and Loss. Each chapter contains a variety of styles and formats of narrative medicine, including personal reflections, story-telling, and poetry.

Connections in the Clinic will be of interest to a wide audience of clinicians and educators dedicated to a reflective or story-telling approach to healing.

Randall Reitz, PhD, LMFT, is the Director of Behavioral Medicine at the St. Mary’s Family Medicine Residency in Grand Junction, Colorado.  He completed his doctoral studies at Brigham Young University.  Outside of work he enjoys trail running with his wife, mountain biking with his children, and baking with his thoughts.

Laura E. Sudano, PhD, LMFT, is the Associate Director for Integrated Behavioral Health and behavioral science faculty at the University of California San Diego. She completed a doctorate in Human Development with emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in 2015. Outside of work she enjoys being active with her family and friends.

Mark P. Knudson, MD, is Vice Chair in the Department of Family and Community Medicine of Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.  He completed his medical degree at University of Virginia, andhis Family Medicine Residency and Fellowship at University of Missouri-Columbia.   Outside of work he enjoys biking, hiking and spending time with his wife and 3 children.