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Título: | The case for and against subspecialization in family medicine |
Autor(es): | Yaphe, John |
Data: | 2016 |
Editora: | Associação Portuguesa de Medicina Geral e Familiar (APMGF) |
Revista: | Revista Portuguesa de Medicina Geral e Familiar |
Resumo(s): | [Excerpt] Family doctors take pride in delivering a broad range of services to varied populations; however there are challenges to this strongly held view. Robert Heinlen argued in favour of generalism, saying that that a competent person should be able to (among other skills) “change a diaper, balance accounts, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, and analyze a new problem”. His punch line is that: “Specialization is for insects.”1 Heinlen’s list could well apply to some of the skills we need daily in family practice [...] |
Tipo: | Artigo |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/1822/46241 |
ISSN: | 2182-5173 |
Versão da editora: | http://www.rpmgf.pt/ojs/index.php/rpmgf |
Arbitragem científica: | yes |
Acesso: | Acesso aberto |
Aparece nas coleções: | ICVS - Artigos em revistas internacionais / Papers in international journals |
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