Developing family practice to respond to global health challenges: The Besrour Papers: a series on the state of family medicine in the world

Neil Arya; Bruce Dahlman; Christine Gibson; David Ponka; Cynthia Haq; Katherine Rouleau; Stephanie Hansel

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Developing family practice to respond to global health challenges

The Besrour Papers: a series on the state of family medicine in the world

Neil Arya, Bruce Dahlman, Christine Gibson, David Ponka, Cynthia Haq, Katherine Rouleau and Stephanie Hansel

Canadian Family Physician August 2017; 63 (8) 602-606;

Neil Arya

Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont, and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Western University in London, Ont.

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Bruce Dahlman

Head of the Department of Family Medicine and Community Care in the School of Medicine and Health Sciences at Kabarak University in Kenya at the time of the review.

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Christine Gibson

Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine of the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary in Alberta and Executive Director of the Global Familymed Foundation.

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David Ponka

Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Ottawa in Ontario and Lead of the Besrour Papers Working Group.

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For correspondence: dponka{at}bruyere.org

Cynthia Haq

Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health in the School of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

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Katherine Rouleau

Associate Professor and Director of the Global Health Program in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at St Michael’s Hospital and the University of Toronto in Ontario, and Director of the Besrour Centre at the College of Family Physicians of Canada.

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Stephanie Hansel

Senior Manager at Juzoor, a health and social development non-governmental organization in Ramallah, Palestine, at the time of the review.

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