title: Special features of general practice (primary care) and ethical implications.
abstract: In all systems of health care there are certain essential levels of care and service. These take the form of self-care within the family unit; primary professional care by general medical nursing or social practitioners within a local neighbourhood; general specialist care in a district and super-specialist care in a region. Each of these has its own special roles and responsibilities and each is considered in this paper.
mesh_terms: D001071:Appointments and Schedules; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001293:Attitude to Death; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D011320:Primary Health Care; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom