Good medical practice in a time of chronic disease: time to retrace our steps?

Abstract

In contemporary society, a wide range of non–communicable diseases, drug resistance and infectious ailments flourish. Yet the ability of doctors to tackle the multiple morbidities of patients is increasingly limited. This is part due to the ill–defined role of doctors in tackling population health issues such as the structural determinants of health which shape the social conditions in which disease thrives.

Keywords

• Medical practice
• chronic disease
• population health