The general practitioner as family doctor.
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چکیده
THE problem of finding and defining the ethos of general practice is not solved by l giving a new name to the discipline. The search for a new name is rather a symptom of the uneasiness that general practitioners experience when they come to look for what is special or separate in their department of medical practice. One name in particular has gained currency-'the family doctor'. The purpose of this paper is to report some measurbtnents of the extent of family relationships within his practice which the writer was able to make, and to explore some of the layers of ambiguity contained in the term 'family doctor'. The family and the doctor
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
دوره 17 81 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1969