What is primary care anyway?

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M A Scheinberg

چکیده

Primary care is a favourite within certain circles in today's practice of medicine. In particular Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) look at it as one of the major strengths against the growth of technology driven increase in medicaI care. It is aIso seen at certain political leveIs as one way to provide medicaI care to everyone in the community irrespective of income or social leveI. My personal view is that the promotion of primary care by politicians should be met with ambivalence, since they would like to explore this avenue as a soIution to health care problems. I believe also that primary care as amedicaI discipline must exert control over its own future and mistakes. What is primary care anyway? My understanding is that effective primary care refers to the extent to which the needs of the population are mel. One can see variations from certain norms in clinicaI procedures but never should intervention be encouraged with the aim of satisfying patients demands rather than the real needs. The main thrust is that primary care must be directed at the .needs rather than the demands of the patients. It is aIso my understanding that the current leveI of training of primary

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