Associate Professor
MD. 1980
Residency: Family Medicine
Division Head
family medicine, qualitative research, psychiatry, geriatrics, diabetes, medical education, domestic violence |
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- Doctor-patient relations
- Psychiatry
- Family in medicine.
- Psychiatry in Family medicine
- Primary care Geriatrics
- Utilization of health services by older adults
- Diabetes in Primary Care
- Doctor-patient relations
- Medical education
- Domestic violence
Major expertise and techniques in the lab
- The family in Medicine
- Qualitative research methodology
Publications and funding summary / representative publications and grants
- Iecovich , E. & Biderman, A. (2012). Do Adult day care centers offset utilization of Health services. The Gerontologist (In press ).
- Iecovich, E. & Biderman, A. (2012). Quality of life among frail older adults and to attendance in day care centers. Ageing and Society. (In Press).
- Biderman,A , Galinsky , D. Preventive geriatric medicine: reality or fiction? Isr Med Assoc J. 2001 Aug; 3(8):615-7.
- Perry, ZV. Boussiba , Z. Rosenbblatt , Biderman,A . Meiri G . Teaching crisis intervention to medical students--when is the best timing? Med Teach. 2010; 32(2):184.
- 2009-2011 - Israel National Institute for Health Policy and Health Services Research – Iecovich, E. (PI) & Biderman, A. A grant for a study on "Adult daycare centers in Israel: An integral component in caring for frail elderly patients", two years, NIS 202,896.
- Esther Iecovich - Adult day care centers
- Zvi Perry – Teaching students and residents
Suggested multi-disciplinary research project / research focus topics
- Barriers to Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment Adherence