title: Principles of family practitioners and nephrologists collaboration.
abstract: There is a need to establish clear standards of cooperation family doctors with specialists and arrange specialist service for family practitioners to improve a care for patients with urinary system diseases. Our paper presents attempt on the estimation of medical care system reform and state of general practitioners with specialists cooperation level as well as draw conclusions regarding possibilities of specialist and primary care contacts improvement and by this--increasing of comprehensive patients care quality. Family doctor never tried to replace with a specialist. Only constructive and professional cooperation specialists with family doctors can secure proper care for patients.
authors.affiliation: Family Medicine Department, Medical University of Wrocław, Poland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Steciwko
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kurpas
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005194:Family Practice; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D009398:Nephrology