Medicine: Textbook Of Family

Another seminal version, McWhinney's Textbook of Family Medicine , tells a story of intellectual rebellion.

: Robert Rakel saw a critical gap in medical education. While specialists had massive volumes dedicated to their specific organs or systems, the "generalist" lacked a formal roadmap to "specialize in the whole person and family". Textbook of Family Medicine

: Unlike other texts that were essentially "watered-down internal medicine" books, Ian McWhinney aimed to define family medicine as a separate field of practice . Another seminal version

The most prominent version of this text, the Textbook of Family Medicine , was founded in 1971 by . McWhinney's Textbook of Family Medicine