Authors
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Department of Family Medicine, American University of Beirut.
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Department of Family and Community medicine/ Al-Kindy College of Medicine, University of Baghdad,
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Iraqi Board for Medical Specializations, Scientific Council for Family &Community Medicine, Baghdad, Iraq.
Abstract
ABSTRACT:
Family medicine, recognized as a specialty in its own right, is a cornerstone for developing a community-based healthcare system, with primary care as its milestone. Training family physicians is more important than ever. The most significant regional barrier to the development of primary care systems is the insufficient number of family physicians and other primary care providers.
This paper will review the status of family medicine in Iraq and Lebanon as examples of health systems in the Middle East.
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