title: [Trends and traditions in Scandinavian general medicine].
abstract: Recent decades have witnessed radical changes both in the workload and in the job description of general practitioners (GPs) in the Nordic countries, and the trend continues. Owing to social changes, particularly the deterioration in health care economy, the GPs will in the future be required to deal with increasing numbers of patients as well as increasingly severe categories of diseases, previously treated at hospital departments and clinics. This will entail increased demands in terms both of the further education of GPs and of the equipment available to them. It will also entail improved and extended cooperation between GPs and consultants, both in matters of overall policy and in the management of individual cases.
authors.affiliation: Vårdcentralen Teleborg, Växjö.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Håkansson
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kvamme
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Magnússon
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Norén
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Olesgaard
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Winell
mesh_terms: D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education / Q000639:trends*; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007587:Job Description; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010821:Physicians, Family; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012537:Scandinavian and Nordic Countries; D012922:Social Change
vernacular_title: Trender och traditioner i nordisk allmänmedicin.