The tasks of general practice. A new kind of GP?
BACKGROUND
The Department of Health and Aging is driving a reform of general practice to encompass primary care and population health. Although these new ideas are quite old they have rarely been comprehensively applied.


OBJECTIVE
To develop an up-to-date conceptual framework of the comprehensive tasks of general practice.


CONCLUSIONS
This framework can help the 'new kind of general practitioner' (and those in training) in deciding which elements of the 'new primary health care' they can, or will, encompass.
Kamien
Max
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School of Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care, University of Western Australia. mkamien@cyllene.uwa.edu.au
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001315:Australia; D005194:Family Practice / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010821:Physicians, Family / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis