Family Medicine (General Medicine): What academic and professional specificities?
Tunis Med
; 99(1): 29-37, 2021 Jan.
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ABSTRACT
Family Medicine, a true scientific and academic discipline, has been defined by the World Organization of National Colleges, Academies and academic associations of general practitioners / family physicians (WONCA) since 2002, as being a "clinical specialty oriented towards primary care". This paper details the specificities of Family Medicine a horizontal specialty, primary care, providing comprehensive and continuous care, patient-centered and community-oriented. The promotion of Family Medicine in the Maghreb countries requires a multi-axial strategy based on the social marketing of Family Medicine, the recognition of Family Medicine as a medical specialty and of Family Medicine as a gateway to national health system, the establishment of a quality approach in basic health centers and free practice offices (centers of health centers) and regular validation of the Family Medicine diploma.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Medicina General
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Médicos Generales
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Tunis Med
Año:
2021
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Article