The World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA) is a not-for-profit organization and was founded in 1972 by member organizations in 18 countries. It now has 118 Member Organizations in 131 countries and territories with membership of about 500,000 family doctors and more than 90 per cent of the world’s population. The Mission of WONCA is to improve the quality of life of the peoples of the world through defining and promoting its values, including respect for universal human rights and gender equity, and by fostering high standards of care in general practice/family medicine.
Taylor & Francis is proud to partner with WONCA in the publication of the journals The European Journal of General Practice and Education for Primary Care and the series WONCA Family Medicine, a collection of books written by world-wide experts and practitioners of family medicine to help support and develop research, education and practice in primary care globally.
By Michael Kidd
June 01, 2013
"This guidebook systematically analyses the contribution of family medicine to highquality primary health care in addressing the challenges faced by current health systems, and provides options for moving forward. It serves as a pragmatic guide to potential strategies for putting in place family ...