Description
The Future of Primary Care explores the organization and delivery of primary care to address the needs of our future population. Expert contributors include Barbara Starfield, Dana Gelb Safran, Bernard Lo, and Gordon Moore. They explore topics such as - Current dilemmas and threats to primary care from both the clinician’s and patient’s point of view
- The impact of the self-care and alternative care movements
- The importance of improved information technologies
- Individual elements of primary care and the relative value of each element
- Primary care’s contribution to the overall health of our population
- Assessing alternative sites and circumstances where primary care may be provided
- The specialist and nurse as primary care providers
- The role of primary care in chronic illness management, care for the elderly, long-term and home care
- Exploring recommendations for the future
The Future of Primary Care offers a self-critical and constructive analysis of primary care that is perfect for scholars, faculty, and students who are interested in public health services and policy.
About the Author
Jonathan Showstack is professor of medicine and health policy in the Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, and the Institute for Health Policy Studies, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
Arlyss Anderson Rothman is assistant professor in the School of Nursing, Department of Family Health Care Nursing, and researcher in the Institute for Health Policy Studies at the University of California, San Francisco.
Susan B. Hassmiller is a senior program officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
