title: A portrait of the discipline of general practice/family medicine.
abstract: General practice/family medicine is the essential basis of health systems that are both clinically-effective and cost-effective. This paper describes the nature of General Practice and its role within health systems internationally, providing some comparisons between the UK National Health Service and other health systems worldwide. It has particular regard to current organisation and practice, education and training.
authors.affiliation: The Guildhall Surgery, Suffolk IP33 1ET, UK. nx44@dial.pipex.com
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Evans
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D010819:Physician's Role; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom