Neither medical educators nor the medical profession in general have accepted that family
practice should be the key point of entry into the health care delivery system nor, perhaps …

In order for any discipline to remain current, and therefore to grow, it must constantly be
aware of its own definition. From this definition will come the need for constant revision …

In this paper, adapted from the Keynote address to the 30th Annual Scientific Assembly of
the College of Family Physicians of Canada, May 1988, in Montréal, Quebec, it is pointed …

Although there have been many noteworthy attempts to inte grate a family focus into family
medicine, there is little evi dence that this integration has occurred in either residency …

" The discipline of general medical practice is not uniformly viewed either from within or
without."'\ore than 10 years ago, the IVlCollege of Family Physicians of Canada identified …

Although progress is being made toward defining the family physician and the specialty of
family practice, there remains a need to describe more clearly a conceptual base for family …

The relatively new specialty, family practice, has stimulated a renewed interest in personal,
comprehensive care of the entire family. This approach to patient care is derived from the …

The growing shortage of providers of primary care, with an overabundance of specialists
and high costs, owing to emphasis in medical education upon serious illness in the medical …

THE AD HOC Committee on Education for Family Practice was established by the American
Medical Association Council on Medical Education in September 1964, with representatives …

Although progress is being made toward defining the family physician and the specialty of
family practice, there remains a need to describe more clearly a conceptual base for family …