title: The biopsychosocial model and primary care.
abstract: The need for a new medical model, as explicated by Engel in the biopsychosocial model, is reinforced by the emphasis currently being placed on the delivery of primary care. Factors supporting that position are delineated.
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D006801:Humans; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D012931:Social Environment; D014481:United States