The Contribution of Family Medicine to Improving Health Systems: A Guidebook from the World Organization of Family Doctors

by Michael Kidd

Overview

This book analyses the contribution of family medicine to high quality primary healthcare in addressing the challenges faced by the current health system, and provides options for moving forward. It describes the rationale for structuring health systems to be more responsive to the needs of people.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138447318
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/27/2017
Series:	WONCA Family Medicine
Pages:	322
Product dimensions:	6.75(w) x 9.62(h) x (d)

About the Author

MICHAEL KIDD President, World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA) Executive Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences, Flinders University, Australia.

Table of Contents

1. Meeting people’s health needs 2. Improving health systems 3. Family doctors in health systems 4. Education and professional development 5. Creating a supportive environment for optimal family practice 6. Family medicine in lower- and upper- middle income countries 7. “The African family physician”: development of family medicine in Africa in the twenty- first century