title: Recent trans-European initiatives in general practice.
abstract: Recently, several initiatives have addressed the situation of general practice in Europe. These trans-European developments in medicine have paralleled the continuing emergence of geopolitical Europe. Most of these initiatives have emanated from 2 events in that occurred in 1995: the mandatory implementation of the European Union's directive governing the duration of postgraduate training in general practice and the founding of the European Society of General Practice/Family Practice.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, Md., USA.
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Barker
mesh_terms: D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000592:standards*; D005060:Europe; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D012955:Societies, Medical