I have found an interesting article on how family doctors (aka general practitioners) are still important in supplying health care to the modern society. Although this article is written by an American doctor, the general practitioner in Australia is an important source of advice, medical treatment and a gateway to further health care, if required.
I totally agree with the author’s final paragraph, which I quote,
“Often I describe to patients the family doctor’s role as the hub of a wheel, the spokes of which lead to specialists when needed, returning to the hub for ongoing care. If the family doctor were ever to be unwisely edged out of patient care, that would be one wheel that would need reinvention.”
The full article is found at KevinMD.com , and is written by Dr Pepi Granat, a family doctor for 39 years in the USA.
Dr David Dowling
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