title: [Epidemiological surveillance: family doctors' responsibility].
abstract: Epidemiological surveillance systems are essential and require efficient collaborations between family doctors and public health services. Such a system has to take into account the increase in the number of health problems to be studied. Information gathered at an individual level should imply decisions at a population level which in turn should impact on the individual patient. Epidemiological surveillance requires a well organized, representative and constantly revised system led by motivated, adequately trained doctors.
authors.affiliation: Institut universitaire de médecine générale, 1011 Lausanne. Lilli.Herzig@hin.ch
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Herzig
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dvorák
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Bovier
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010819:Physician's Role; D010821:Physicians, Family; D011159:Population Surveillance