Trust as the foundation: thoughts on the Starfield principles in Canada and Brazil

Chief Family Medicine Resident at Credit Valley Hospital in Mississauga, Ont, and a member of the College of Family Physicians of Canada’s Section of Residents Council and the Resident Doctors of Canada Board of Directors.

Dr Martin is a family physician and Vice President for Medical Affairs and Health System Solutions at Women’s College Hospital in Toronto, Ont, and Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine and the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto.

Director of Ambulatory Services in the United Health Group in Brazil.

Adjunct Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.

Adjunct Professor in the Department of Clinical Medicine at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte in Natal, Brazil.

Family physician in the municipality of Florianópolis in Santa Catarina, Brazil.