Technician, Friend, Detective, and Healer: Family Physicians’ Responses to Emotional Distress

Acknowledgments

Our study was supported by a grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (R01 HS08776) and a research center grant from the American Academy of Family Physicians. The authors are grateful to the physicians, staff, and patients from the 18 practices, without whose participation this study would not have been possible. We also wish to acknowledge the dedicated work of Connie Gibbs and Jen Rouse, who spent countless hours collecting data; Diane Dodendorf and Jason Lebsack, who coordinated transcription and data management; and Mary McAndrews, who transcribed hundreds of taped interviews and dictated field notes. We would also like to thank Kurt C. Stange, MD, PhD, for reviewing earlier drafts of our manuscript.