Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ418558
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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First Contact, Simplified Technology, or Risk Anticipation? Defining Primary Health Care.
Frenk, Julio; And Others
Academic Medicine, v65 n11 p676-81 Nov 1990
The article proposes a change in medical paradigm from that of curative practice to one emphasizing primary health care (PHC). Discussed are origins and dilemmas of PHC; conflicting PHC values and practices; organizational changes and PHC; health care reform examples from Latin America; and implications for medical education. (DB)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Services, Higher Education, Medical Education, Preventive Medicine
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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