WONCA Europe Congress 2016 – Family Doctors with heads and hearts

GPs always work in the border-land between medical science and humanity. We must keep our balance and work with our heads and hearts. Preliminary themes are: The aging Europe We get older, demand high quality of life and develop multimorbidity. – Will primary care be the new geriatric department? Making health care affordable Less people to pay for more – Increasing demands. – Will primary care make health care in Europe more efficient? Future consultations 24/7 online culture – new technology – job satisfaction. – Will primary care be all head and no hearts? Diagnosing – a vital task for family medicine Access to investigations – overdiagnosing and overtreatment. – Will primary care take on this enormous …
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