Caring for the poor: A Family physician's experience

  • Marietjie R de Villiers University of Stellenbosch
Keywords: Primary Health Care, Poverty, Case Report.

Abstract

Poverty is the most fundamental assault on the ability of people to remain healthy. It is one of the supreme ironies of the 1990s that the most needy people are denied access to basic health care at a time when health technology is more advanced than at any other time in history.

Author Biography

Marietjie R de Villiers, University of Stellenbosch
Dept of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine
Published
2012-01-12
Section
Original Research