Searching for the Family Doctor : Primary Care on the Brink.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Searching for the Family Doctor -- 2 Poor Soil for Growing Generalists: Family Doctors versus the Health System -- 3 Altruists and Accidental Doctors: Why They Become (Family) Doctors -- 4 Saying Goodbye to the General Doctor -- 5 Saying Hello to the New and Improved Family Doctor -- 6 The Struggle to Be a True Believer as a Family Doctor -- 7 The Realists: Family Doctors Charting Their Own Course -- 8 The Bill Comes Due: Family Doctors' Struggle for Relevancy -- 9 A Top-Ten List for Saving Family Doctors -- Appendix. A Note on the Research -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.

Exploring how to save primary care by giving family doctors a fighting chance to become the generalists we need in our lives, Searching for the Family Doctor is required reading for anyone interested in the troubled state of modern medicine.

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