Abstract
The present state and historical background of general practice in the United Kingdom, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, France, Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia are examined in this paper. It is noted that morale and recruitment vary considerably in different countries and in different parts of the same country, and attention is drawn to experiments, trends, and developments which seem likely to make general practice more viable. The essential need is to attract young physicians into this branch of medicine; the central role of education, before entry to medical school as well as at the undergraduate and vocational or specialist level, is emphasized. Other important factors are conditions of work and status within the profession.
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