A Family Medicine Renaissance in South Africa

Abstract

Anyone even remotely involved in academic, organised or medico-political family practice will know that the proverbial "potjie" is cooking, transforming the firewood. Ingredients, and spices into a new, hopefully very enjoyable, feast of a "family medicine" meal. The firewood fuelling the ire of change and transformation comes from many sources. There were divisions In the past, some based on disagreements over monetary matters in the early eighties and some along political and/or racial lines. The meal ingredients were the many organisations in family practice, such as the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care (SAAFP), the College of Pamily Practitioners (CFP), the National General Practitioners Group (NCPG), the Family Practitioners Association (FPA), and some others.