Family Medicine andthe New Science

Abstract

Family Medicine is a new discipline growing out of the old General Practitioner and the set of assumptions that govern conventional biomedical medicine. Conventional medicine derives its strength and phenomenal rise from the assumptions of Descartes and Newton, that the world and, man function as a mere machine. This view of man and the world has however proven to be inadequate and has left medicine with many anomalies to face. These anomalies are being addressed through the developing principles of Family Medicine. Some of the insights gained from the new science of Einstein, Modem Physics and, systems theory are helping to make medicine more human and holistic.