The gentle radical: Ten reflections on Ian McWhinney, generalism, and family medicine today [Le radical courtois: Dix réflexions sur Ian McWhinney, le généralisme et la médecine familiale contemporaine]

摘要

Ian McWhinney conceptualized and described the philosophical foundation of family medicine in a way that family doctors never fail to recognize. At the core of Dr McWhinney's vision was the belief that the family physician was medicine's consummate generalist. From the opening paragraphs of A Textbook of Family Medicine to early work in the peer-reviewed literature,35 the generalist theme is at the forefront. Dr McWhinney consistently articulates the general practitioner's unique value and skill necessitated by the realities of caring for an unselected patient population.