The importance of Family Physicians as providers of a comprehensive primary care is a significant progress essential for India's progress towards Universal Health Care. The increasing demand for specialists and super specialists has marginalized the policy directions in the National Health Policy 2002 to strengthen the Family Medicine program in India. The development of a comprehensive Family Medicine program for India is a key intervention required for its success.
Thus, this article talks about the significant benefits of family medicine. India, a country of 1.2 billion people is struggling to achieve the quality of primary care as compared to Western countries. According to a planning commission, India needs to produce a minimum of 15000 family doctors per year by 2030.This is primarily due to the government’s realization of its urgent need to pervade specialized generalists into…
