Family doctors provide primary care that is by definition continuous, comprehensive, coordinated, accountable, affordable and accessible. This approach to ââ¬Ådis-easeââ¬Â and the patient in the context of the family and the community does not limit the patientââ¬â¢s or familyââ¬â¢s access to the physician by predetermined barriers such as age, sex or disease. The goal of the family doctor is to help maintain an individual in harmony with his/her environment, help him/her regain this harmony if lost and help him/her minimize the disharmony. Although the basis of medical care is biologic science, the approach includes a great deal of art and a willingness to handle a healthy disease of uncertainty. The mainspring of family practice is peopleââ¬âwell people, babies, adolescence, sick people, adults and the elderly. Most of these individuals are well known to the family physician; many are life-long friends. The needs of these patients fill the day of the family doctor Birrer RB et al. The Complete Practitioner: The Role of a Family Physician.
The journal content of general practice is multi-disciplinary and thus includes articles on public health, health issues, epidemiology, health care delivery, health promotion and medical sociology of interest to a primary health care provider audience.
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