Difficulties in the delivery of high quality family medicine

Abstract

Many young people find medicine fascinating and a challenging career due to the attraction of dealing with a subject relating to life and death and major life incidents, as well as having the opportunity to get to know people over a long period through the ups and downs of life. In this article the author describes two particular problems in the delivery of health care. The first is the difference between doctors’ agendas and patients’ agendas and the second is communication between said parties.