[On pioneers in general practice and family medicine].
Each medical discipline has its pioneers. Therefore, the young academic medical discipline of general practice has many founding fathers. Their approach to and their activities in their profession of primary care were quite different. In the present article, we look back at some of the most outstanding colleagues and their achievements. Our hypothesis is that the knowledge of their common ground could help us to establish a generally accepted approach to further advance primary health care.
Fink
Waltraud
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Abteilung Allgemeinmedizin, Zentrum für Public Health, Medizinische Universität Wien, Wien, Osterreich.
Kamenski
Gustav
G
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