title: Acknowledgment of difference.
abstract: The practice profile of the family physician in 25 years will include far more chronic care, rehabilitation, prevention, education and measurement than at present. Medical schools and continuing medical education programs will have to respond to the challenge of teaching the necessary skills; there will be a necessary move by the College of Family Physicians of Canada to change its stance to one of primary care, encompassing emergency care, occupational health, geriatrics etc. in addition to the core of family physicians. These changes are contingent upon acknowlegement of differences in skills as they exist at present, and the willingness of society to reward prevention and adjustment to disease.
authors.forename: I N
authors.initials: IN
authors.lastname: Grant