This book analyses the contribution of family medicine to high quality primary healthcare in addressing the challenges faced by the current health system, and provides options for moving forward. It describes the rationale for structuring health systems to be more responsive to the needs of people.
1. Meeting peoples health needs
2. Improving health systems
3. Family
doctors in health systems
4. Education and professional development
5.
Creating a supportive environment for optimal family practice
6. Family
medicine in lower- and upper- middle income countries
7. The African family
physician: development of family medicine in Africa in the twenty- first
century
MICHAEL KIDD President, World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA) Executive Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences, Flinders University, Australia.
