Bericht über ein zweiwöchiges Auslandspraktikum im Kosovo
V. Professionalization Course of DEGAM
Report on a Two-Week Internship in KosovoSummary: Since 1999, the DEGAM has organized five professional development courses, which provide family practitioners (FP’s)...
Documentation and Coding in Family Medicine – a Proposal for Solution
Summary: Medical documentation primarily serves the management of clinical care of individual patients. Coding is not categorically necessary for this purpose. In...
Summary: Here we report a worthwhile case of a thyreoiditis de quervain presented as unspecific infection. Only a typical ultrasound image of the thyroid gland lead to...
Systemic and Dynamic Aspects of the Entireness in a Theory of Family Medicine
Summary: Is the postulate of “entireness” and “pluralism” in medicine undermining its scientific aspiration? Or is this possibly a “phase transition” towards a new way...
Referrals from Family Practitioners to Specialists in Ambulatory Care in Baden-Württemberg Before Implementation of Managed Primary Care Contracts
Background: Coordination is a primary role of family practitioners and is required by newly implemented health care models in Germany. Referrals to specialists are the...
