Osteopath Aims Approach At Filling Primary Care Gap

Dr. Valerie Goodman, an osteopathic doctor, explains osteopathic medicine and how it influences how she delivers patient-centered care at her practice in rural Centreville, Md.

Video Produced by Shefali S. Kulkarni

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<h1>Osteopath Aims Approach At Filling Primary Care Gap</h1>
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			March 11, 2013		</time>
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<p>Dr. Valerie Goodman, an osteopathic doctor, explains osteopathic medicine and how it influences how she delivers patient-centered care at her practice in rural Centreville, Md.</p><p>Video Produced by Shefali S. Kulkarni</p><p>Related Story: <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/legacy/22FC8A26-401F-4B22-8C31-820B69E40AEB">Osteopathic Physicians: An Answer To Rural Health Care Needs?</a></p><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/osteopath-approach-to-primary-care/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/osteopath-approach-to-primary-care/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/osteopath-approach-to-primary-care/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Osteopath%20Aims%20Approach%20At%20Filling%20Primary%20Care%20Gap&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2Fnews%2Fosteopath-approach-to-primary-care%2F&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/osteopath-approach-to-primary-care/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/osteopath-approach-to-primary-care/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/osteopath-approach-to-primary-care/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=9757&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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