“There are 57 different specialists to diagnose and treat 57 different
varieties of diseases, but no physician to take care of the patient” –
so very aptly said by one physician, when asked to comment on the
decline in the number of family doctors. Changing trend towards
specialization has fragmented the patient care today so much that it has
weakened the patient-physician relationship and thereupon the public
outcry over the fragmented medical care gave re-birth to the dying
speciality of ‘Family Medicine’. Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of
the World Health Organization endorses Primary care as our best hope for
the future. Family doctors are our “Rising stars for the future”.
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