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This comprehensive resource illuminates the past, present, and future of generalist medicine. Generalist Medicine and the U.S. Health System contains new contributions from preeminent authorities and a selection of groundbreaking articles and reports from the past forty years. Generalist Medicine and the U.S. Health System covers a broad range of topics. Generalist Medicine and the U.S. Health System: Examines the current challenges of primary care and generalist medicine Offers a chronological history of the growth of generalist medicine since the 1950s Reviews the models of care on which generalist medicine is based Analyzes the growth of three disciplines-general internists, family physicians, and pediatricians Looks at the supply and distribution of generalist physicians Discusses the education and training of generalist physicians Reports on the cost and quality of the care provided by generalists versus specialists This is the first volume in The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Series on Health Policy. Each of the volumes will offer a comprehensive examination of an area of crucial importance to the health and health care of all Americans, ideal for use by faculty, students, researchers, and policymakers working in the public health sphere.Isaacs, Stephen L. is the author of 'Generalist Medicine and the U.S. Health System ', published 2004 under ISBN 9780787972455 and ISBN 0787972452.
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