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MULTISPECIALTY GROUP PRACTICE: THE INEVITABLE ALTERNATIVE
Author(s) -
Scaife Clyde
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1973.tb129950.x
Subject(s) - unit (ring theory) , plan (archaeology) , medical practice , health care , medical care , key (lock) , medicine , public relations , nursing , political science , medical education , psychology , history , law , computer science , mathematics education , computer security , archaeology
In the foreword to the first report of the Australian Medical Association Study Group on Medical Planning entitled “General Practice and its Future in Australia” it is stated that the group was told to produce ideas which would stimulate discussion and debate. This paper takes up that challenge, describes experience with the development of a multispeciaity group in a small base hospital city and offers a plan for the further evolution of such a practice into a total community health care unit. The view is expressed that specialization is inevitable and that the trend should be welcomed and utilized rather than resisted. The medical record is seen as a key tool in the effective utilization of specialists in the provision of total care to individuals and families.