Primary Medical Care for Families — Organization and Evaluation
- 19 October 1967
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 277 (16) , 847-852
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm196710192771604
Abstract
THE recent spate of reports on family medicine and family physicians documents the extent of public and professional concern with the problem of providing primary medical care for communities.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Most of these reports discuss the work of family physicians and the form and content of education and training for family medicine.1 2 3 4 5 6 Only 2 provide much in the way of quantitative data7 , 8; 3 deal with the organizational problems,6 , 7 , 9 and none with evaluation of the care provided.Much of the current debate about the distribution of medical care has consisted largely of repetitious recitals of alleged inadequacies in contemporary medical education . . .Keywords
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