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Strengths and limitations of a family physician
Family physicians (FP) practising in different parts of the world may require different sets of knowledge and skills to satisfy the needs of the communities in which they work as well as the requirements of the professional bodies with which they are registered. This article gives an overview of the...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6060944/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30090765 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_297_17 |
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author | Hellenberg, Derek Williams, Farion R. Kubendra, Mohan Kaimal, Resmi S. |
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description | Family physicians (FP) practising in different parts of the world may require different sets of knowledge and skills to satisfy the needs of the communities in which they work as well as the requirements of the professional bodies with which they are registered. This article gives an overview of the strengths and limitations of the FP globally and more specifically within India, South Africa, and the United States of America. The historical context and evolution of FM as a clinical and academic discipline is discussed in this article. The article recommends suggestions for a better future for Family Medicine as a specialty thereby providing quality primary healthcare to the community, based on the needs of the population of each country. |
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spelling | pubmed-60609442018-08-08 Strengths and limitations of a family physician Hellenberg, Derek Williams, Farion R. Kubendra, Mohan Kaimal, Resmi S. J Family Med Prim Care Commentary Family physicians (FP) practising in different parts of the world may require different sets of knowledge and skills to satisfy the needs of the communities in which they work as well as the requirements of the professional bodies with which they are registered. This article gives an overview of the strengths and limitations of the FP globally and more specifically within India, South Africa, and the United States of America. The historical context and evolution of FM as a clinical and academic discipline is discussed in this article. The article recommends suggestions for a better future for Family Medicine as a specialty thereby providing quality primary healthcare to the community, based on the needs of the population of each country. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC6060944/ /pubmed/30090765 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_297_17 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Commentary Hellenberg, Derek Williams, Farion R. Kubendra, Mohan Kaimal, Resmi S. Strengths and limitations of a family physician |
title | Strengths and limitations of a family physician |
title_full | Strengths and limitations of a family physician |
title_fullStr | Strengths and limitations of a family physician |
title_full_unstemmed | Strengths and limitations of a family physician |
title_short | Strengths and limitations of a family physician |
title_sort | strengths and limitations of a family physician |
topic | Commentary |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6060944/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30090765 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_297_17 |
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