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Heath Care

Building the Future of Health Care on the Foundations of Family Practice is an excellent article that individuals in the health care profession should read. Although, this article is geared towards Family Practice the concept within this article can be applied to any scope of practice. After reading this article, I will be discussing the following three points: my reaction to the concept of the article, what positive out comes could be obtained by incorporating this concept into the health care profession, and how it could be implemented into the health care profession.Reaction I thoroughly enjoyed reading this article. After I finished reading this article, my initial reaction was there is still hope for the medical profession despite all the forecasting and predicting of changes that the new millennium has to offer the health care industry. This article made me reflect back to two years ago when my grandmother was diagnosed with Lymphoma and given an estimated six months to a year to live. The physician whom my grandmother was seeing at that time-shared many of the same valves that Dr. Phillips believes in. For example in the article he states, Family medicine is much more than primary care. Be more than a provider. Deliver more than a service. Take the time. Hold the hand. Care for the patient. This is the very concept that enabled my grandmother to find the courage and the strength to fight for her life. Her physician took the time, held her hand in the time of needed and stayed Page 2beside throughout the disease. Just by this one physician, giving my grandmother comfort, confidence, and continual communication her overall condition improved. It is now two years later and my grandmother is still alive and in remission. If you were to ask my grandmother about her Family physician, she would tell you that he is the reason that she is alive today. In the article Dr. Phillips states, health is more than the a...

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