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by Wilfred Snodgrass, 634 pp, 438 illus, $35, Philadelphia, Davis, 1975.

Lawrence L. Hirsch, MD, Reviewer
Chicago Medical School Downey, III

JAMA. 1975;232(11):1170.

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New disciplines emerge almost imperceptibly and may become manifest before formal recognition. Over the last decade or so, family practice has been slowly acknowledged as an entity and finally admitted into the pantheon of specialties. Those physicians in the van of the movement have been perceptive, enthusiastic, and convincing. But evangelical gervor is not enough in the world of modern science; to establish a specialty it is necessary to identify a cogent segment of knowledge and to document the contents and limitations. The multifocal genesis of family practice has caused serious confusion in traditional circles and has resulted in some maligning of the concept. Much has been written about family practice, little has been published describing family practice. The overwhelming problem is to differentiate between the process and the content of this field.

Dr. Snodgrass attempts to present what a family physician should know about all of medicine in 13 . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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