title: Specialization in general practice.
abstract: Ideas about general practitioner specialism may have been hampered in the past because of the three models of general practitioner specialism - in the hospital service, the fee-earning specialoid or the general practitioner obstetrician - none of which is satisfactory.However, general practitioner specialism can be justified in guaranteeing standards by concentrating groups of patients, accepting responsibility, and planning care. Medico-political changes may be needed to achieve improvement in clinical standards.
mesh_terms: D005194:Family Practice; D005251:Fees, Medical; D013038:Specialization; D006113:United Kingdom