Primary Health Care and Family Medicine at the Core of Health Care: Challenges and Priorities in How to Further Strengthen Their Potential

Frontiers in Medicine

Chris van Weel¹ 

关键词: primary care;    family medicine;    health care;    challenges;    community setting;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fmed.2014.00037

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Many countries in the world live through a transition of their health care systems toward primary health care. In this, the care of patients is to be led from the community rather than the hospital, by a generalist rather than a specialist. This is in itself a fundamental change – a change in the structure of the health care system, in the conditions and facilities under which it operates and professionals and patients engage.

【 授权许可】

CC BY