Family Medicine

Professor Michael Kidd is a family doctor, primary care researcher and medical educator and dean of the faculty of health sciences based at Flinders University in Australia.He is a past president of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and has been a member of the WONCA world executive since 2004. In 2013 he took on Presidency.

"Don’t miss the advice each contributor would have given to their younger self – there are some gems there that will be of particular use to new starters in general practice who should also find the entire volume a sound introduction to the foundation of their new profession…. Family medicine: The classic papers evocatively details the rich philosophical, scientific and humanistic basis of ourprofession. With its expansive perspective of thought, grab this book, take time out and take stock. Take a journey through the vista of the profession’s wisdom and have a good think. It will make you a better GP." —Dr Ronald McCoy Education Strategy Senior Advisor, RACGP, Australian Family Physician "This book provides an extraordinary view of family medicine around the world and helps emphasize the importance of primary care at a time in medicine when specialty care tends to grab the attention of the media and the public." —100/100, 5 stars, Vincent F Carr, DO, MSA, FACC, FACP(Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences), Doody’s Book Review Service

• 1. Arthur Conan Doyle on Medical humanism and our values as family doctors (1894) 2. Joseph Collings on the transformation of family medicine into a distinct medical discipline (1950) 3. Cees van den Dool on Anticipatory medicine — prevention as part of the consultation in family medicine (1970) 4. Julian Tudor Hart on the Inverse Care Law (1971) 5. Charles Bridges-Webb on How family medicine research can lead to systematic understanding of health and illness within a local community (1973) 6. lan McWhinney on Problem-solving and decision-making in family practice (1979) 7. Gayle Stephens on the intellectual basis of family practice (1982) 8. James W. Mold and colleagues on the shift to goal-oriented medical care (1991) 9. James McCormick on the place of judgement in medicine (1994) 10. Cynthia Haq and colleagues on the development of family medicine around the world (1995) 11. The World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA) on Training the world’s rural family medicine workforce (1995) 12. lan McWhinney on the importance of being different (1996) 13. Alastair McColl, Helen Smith and colleagues on Family doctors and evidence-based medicine (1998) 14. Chris van Weel and Walter Rosser on the contribution of family medicine research to improving global healthcare (2004) 15. Igor Svab and colleagues on Family medicine development in Eastern Europe (2004) 16. John Gabbay and Andrée le May on New perspectives on evidence-based medicine (2004) 17. Barbara Starlield and colleagues on the contribution of primary care to health systems and health (2005) 18. Julio Ceitlin on the development of family medicine in Latin America (2006) 19. Paul Little and colleagues on the importance of research in family medicine (2006) 20. James Macinko and colleagues on Family medicine development in Brazil (2006) 21. Barbara Starfield on Global health, equity and primary care (2007) 22. Harvey Chochinov on Dignity and the essence of medicine (2007) 23. The World Health Organization on Primary care: Putting people first (2008) 24. Kurt Stange and Robert Ferrer on the paradox of primary care (2009) 25. Charles Boelen and Bob Woollard on Social accountability and medical education (2009) 26. Bob Mash and Steve Reid on Family medicine in Africa (2010) 27. Karen Barnett, Stewart Mercer and colleagues on Multimorbidity (2012) 28. Leiyu Shi on the impact of primary care and the importance of indicators (2012) 29. lona Heath on The art of doing nothing (2012) 30. The State Council of the People’s Republic of China on Family medicine development in China (2013) 31. Amogh Basnyat on Family medicine transforming rural primary care in Nepal (2013) 32. The World Health Organization on Family medicine development in the nations of the Middle East (2014) 33. Roger Ruiz Moral and colleagues on The challenge of assisting people in improving adherence to medications (2015)