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In all systems of medical care all over the world there is a doctor-of-first-contact, a primary physician, who exercises similar roles and functions. The ways in which this first-contact care is organised will differ in each system but the broad principles are the same.
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Fry, J. (1969). First Contact Care. In: Medicine in Three Societies. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6109-1_4
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