Family Medicine, Academic Medicine, and the University's Responsibility
1963; American Medical Association; Volume: 185; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1001/jama.1963.03060030050025
ISSN1538-3598
Autores Tópico(s)Primary Care and Health Outcomes
ResumoDISCUSSIONS about the future of family medicine customarily focus on the issue of general practice. They deal with such substantive problems as the future of general practitioners, the role of the general practitioner as a university teacher, the internist as the general physician of the future, or, on a negative note, they are apt to focus on the alleged folly of encouraging excessive early specialization in medical schools or possible dangers of undue emphasis on laboratory procedures in medical education. It may be argued that discussions at this level tend to overlook a number of underlying assumptions and to avoid certain critical issues. One approach to a discussion of family medicine and academic medicine lies in consideration of some historical and social origins of the medical profession's mandate from society. Unwritten Social Contract As physicians, we participate in a social contract governing relationships with our clients or patients —the "consumers."
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