Compiled by Robert C. Bowman, M.D. - updated 3/17/2004
Geyman, John; Norris, Tom; and Hart, L. Gary. (eds.). Textbook of Rural Medicine. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001.(ISBN 0-07-13450-X) Can get it at STFM Bookstore
Improving Rural Health - Tom Bruce
Academic Medicine Journal February 1990 Rural America: A
Challenge for Medical Education
San Antonio Texas a review of this at
Rural America or
http://www.unmc.edu/Community/ruralmeded/san_antonioRME.htm
Investigating the health of rural communities: toward framework development about Rural Canada http://rrh.deakin.edu.au/articles/subviewnew.asp?ArticleID=244
Building Communities from the Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community's Assets (1993) by John McKnight
The Careless Society (1995) by John McKnight
Rural Adaptations of the above by John Allen
Community Tools Presentation on web site page http://www.unmc.edu/Community/ruralmeded/member.htm
Working with Hospitals, Boards - see works at WWAMI research site www.fammed.washington.edu/wamirhrc or a summary at http://www.unmc.edu/Community/ruralmeded/fedstloc/commrole/implemen.htm
Contributions by Mary Williams of Oklahoma:
Families in Rural America: Stress, Adaptation and Revitalization. Edited by Ramona Marotz-Baden, Charles B. Hennon and Timothy Brubaker. March 1988. This is a compilation of several articles published by the journal, Family Relations. The paperback can be purchased from the National Council on Family Relations, Minneapolis, (612) 781-9331.
The sense of Oklahomaness: Contributions of psychogeography to the study of American culture, by Howard Stein and Gary Thompson. J. Cultural Geography 11 (2), pp. 63-91.
Mental Health - Improving Communication Between Clinical Psychologists and Primary Care Physicians http://web.marshall.edu/jrcp/VolE21/e21Zvolensky2.html
Other resources and publications about integrating mental health, rural managed care and mental health at http://www.muskie.usm.maine.edu/research/ruralheal/
The Bible, esp Psalms, Proverbs and other writings of Solomon, major prophets, Letters of Paul
The Road Less Traveled, Scott Peck
Margin, Richard Swenson http://www.cmds.org/index.cgi and search for Margin to access this paperback and workbook – would be an excellent resource for medical students
Christian Medical and Dental Association materials, esp tapes and conferences
Family Life Today materials on marriage, raising kids
Utmost for His Highest, Charles Spurgeon's works by daily log or email or other daily devotion keeping doc humble and open
Adjusting to Rural Practice or http://www.unmc.edu/Community/ruralmeded/fedstloc/RecrRet/adjusyng.htm
Additions I would like – send suggestions
Canadian Experiences of Rural Docs gathering for CME, Balint
Get a good consultant to help you and also have them teach you, not just your staff
Building a Rural Practice or http://www.unmc.edu/Community/ruralmeded/fedstloc/RecrRet/build.htm
Rural Managed Care - a success story http://www.unmc.edu/Community/ruralmeded/fedstloc/rurmanag.htm
Bill Rodney’s Procedural Newsletter http://www.psot.com
STFM Perinatal Page See Groups at STFM
This web page is located at http://www.unmc.edu/Community/ruralmeded/rural_texts.htm
