Family Medicine

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxxix

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2. The Family Physician

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-2

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   2. The Family Physician

      1. The Family Physician

         • Lawrence L. Hirsch

         Pages 3-6

      2. The History of Family Practice

         • R. Neil Chisholm

         Pages 7-12

      3. What It’s Like To Be a Family Physician

         • Ross L. Egger

         Pages 13-16

      4. The Family Physician’s Responsibilities

         • Hiram B. Curry

         Pages 17-28

   3. Family Medicine Education

      1. Family Medicine Education

         • Robert B. Taylor

         Pages 29-30

      2. The Biomedical Sciences

         • C. M. G. Buttery, Robert L. Cassidy

         Pages 31-39

      3. The Clinical Sciences

         • L. H. Amundson, Leo M. Harvill, Cecilia M. Roberts

         Pages 40-57

      4. The Family Practice Residency

         • Gerald R. Gehringer

         Pages 58-72

      5. Continuing Education

         • L. Thomas Wolff

         Pages 73-80

      6. The Family Practice Library

         • David N. Sundwall

         Pages 81-87

      7. The American Board of Family Practice

         • Nicholas J. Pisacano

         Pages 88-91

      8. Patient Education

         • H. Winter Griffith, Peter Attarian, William T. Harrison

         Pages 92-96

   4. Health Care Delivery

      1. Longitudinal Care

         • Tennyson Williams, George H. Bonnell, Leonard G. Paul, Douglas A. Rund, Larry vande Creek

         Pages 97-111

      2. Home Care

         • Robert B. Taylor

         Pages 112-116

      3. Hospital Care

         • A. William Bedell

         Pages 117-122

      4. Nursing Home and Extended Care

         • Theodore Reiff

         Pages 123-127

      5. The Health Care Team

         • Len Hughes Andrus, Mary O’hara-Devereaux, Ronald Singler, Ferd H. Mitchell

         Pages 128-139

3. The Patient, The Family

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-142

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JOHN S. MILLIS In 1966 the Citizens Commission on Graduate Medical Education observed that the explosive growth in biomedical science and the consequent increase in medical skill and technology of the twentieth century had made it possible for physicians to respond to the episodes of illness of patients with an ever-increasing effectiveness, but that the increase in knowledge and technology had forced most physicians to concentrate upon a disease entity, an organ or organ system, or a particular mode of diagnosis or therapy. As a result there had been a growing lack of continuing and comprehensive patient care. The Commission expressed the opinion that "Now, in order to bring medicine's enhanced diagnostic and therapeutic powers fully to the benefit of society, it is necessary to have many physicians who can put medicine together again. "! The Commission proceeded to recommend the education and training of sub­ stantial numbers of Primary Physicians who would, by assuming primary responsi­ bility for the patient's welfare in sickness and in health, provide continuing and comprehensive health care to the citizens of the United States. In 1978 it is clear that the recommendation has been accepted by the public, the medical profession, and medical education. There has been a vigorous response in the development of family medicine and in the fields of internal medicine, pediatrics, and obstetrics. One is particularly impressed by the wide acceptance on the part of medical students of the concept of the primary physician. Dr. John S.

• Allgemeinmedizin
• Arzt
• Familie
• Family medicine
• General medicine
• Medizin
• care
• diagnosis
• medical education
• medicine
• praktische Medizin
• therapy

• Department of Family and Community Medicine Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, USA

  Robert B. Taylor

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