Rehabilitation has often been incorrectly perceived as an expensive and specialised clinical service required only by a selected few, suffering from disability. Whenever one hears the word “Rehabilitation”, the image created in one’s mind is of an institutional setup with state-of-the-art equipments and highly trained manpower located in an urban setting. As per the […]
Category: Primary Health Care
Primary care physicians and clinical courage – stories from tribal Rajasthan, India
A physician practising in a remote and resource constrained setting is frequently faced with clinical situations which fall in the grey zone at the fringe of her/his competence and comfort level. In such situations, most doctors choose to refer patients to next level of care citing the poor infrastructure, and absence of the needed […]
Planetary health care and Barbara Starfield´s legacy
Barbara Starfield advanced academic scholarship on the role of primary care in health systems and universal health coverage. Her research on equity contributed to evidence-informed health policymaking1. On June 10th 2021, we commemorate her 10th death anniversary. Starfield described four attributes of primary care- first contact, continuity of care, comprehensiveness, and coordination – and […]