title: [The Geneva experience: the Department of Community Medicine].
abstract: The mission of the Department of Community Medicine at the Geneva University Hospitals is to offer the underserved and marginalised populations guaranteed access to the health system and to promote education and research in general and internal medicine (primary care). The activity with a two-fold focus--medical-social and academic--demonstrated by the type of care offered to homeless people and other clandestine groups allows for the achievement of a number of objectives of the Towards Unity for Health programme. However, evidence to date emphasises that such a structure remains fragile.
authors.affiliation: Département de Médecine Communautaire, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève 1211 Genève 14 Suisse.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Stalder
mesh_terms: D003153:Community Health Services; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D005180:Faculty, Medical; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D011320:Primary Health Care; D013557:Switzerland