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June 1978 (Volume 56)
Quarterly Article
Chris Holmes
Robert L. Kane
Marilyn Ford
Jess Fowler
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The renaissance of rhetoric about primary care-“continuous, coordinated, comprehensive, family-centered”-has paralleled the growth of entrants into formal training programs. The extent to which primary care is actually practiced this way has not been examined, nor have the routes to preparing for it. A preliminary set of measurements is suggested.
Author(s): Chris Holmes; Robert L. Kane; Marilyn Ford; Jess Fowler
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Volume 56, Issue 2 (pages 231–252) Published in 1978
