In 1946, the Bhore Committee suggested boosting up the healthcare delivery in India with a “social physician” as the key player.[1] Emphasis on preventive and social medicine was recommended for shaping up these social physicians. The concept was reiterated in 1983, the year when family medicine was recognized as a specialty in India, by the Medical Education Review Committee (Mehta Committee 1983).
The Mehta Committee suggested a “cadre of suitably trained manpower” to deliver “comprehensive and integrated healthcare at family level.”[2]
