%0 Journal Article
%T Family Medicine: A profession for the worldĄŻs upper and middle class?
%A Raymond Downing
%J African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine
%D 2010
%I 
%R 10.4102/phcfm.v2i1.247
%X Family medicine is a medical speciality, or at least an approach to medical care, that was developed and thrives in high-income countries. Some of the key principles of family medicine were developed in response to the disease pattern prevalent in those high-income countries ¨C that is, the predominance of chronic, non-communicable diseases. Yet, the burden of disease in low-income countries, such as in much of sub-Saharan Africa, involves substantially more communicable disease and trauma than that in high-income countries. Consequently, the design of family medicine as developed in high-income countries may not be applicable in sub-Saharan Africa. How to cite this article:Downing R. Family Medicine: A profession for the worldĄŻs upper and middle class?. Afr J Prm Health Care Fam Med. 2010;2(1), Art. #247,3 pages. DOI: 10.4102/ phcfm.v2i1.247
%U http://www.phcfm.org/index.php/phcfm/article/view/247