title: [Need for social medicine competence of ambulatory care physicians in the treatment and management of diseases].
abstract: There is a great demand for sociomedical competence of general practitioners who as "family doctors" must be consulted by the patient first before consulting a specialist (so-called "primärärztliche Versorgung" according to German compulsory statutory sickness insurance legislation). Special and continuing education of general practitioners is sadly neglected within the legislative framework governing medical studies and training. The biopsychic care concept can be translated into reality only by means of high-level sociomedical competence. Increase in competence seems possible only if medical sociology is liberated from its preclinical isolation.
authors.affiliation: Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Helmich
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000523:psychology*; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D004501:Education, Medical; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012803:Sick Role; D012936:Social Medicine / Q000193:education*
vernacular_title: Sozialmedizinischer Kompetenzbedarf der ambulant tätigen Arzte bei der Behandlung und Bewältigung von Erkrankungen.