Primary care : America's health in a new era / Molla S. Donaldson ... [et al.], editors ; Committee on the Future of Primary Care, Division of Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine.

Summary
Introduction
Defining primary care
The value of primary care
The nature of primary care
The delivery of primary care
The primary care workforce
Education and training for primary care
Research and evaluation in primary care
Implementation strategy
Appendixes
A. Site visits
B. Public hearing
C. Workshops
D. Mental health care in the primary care setting
E. Life in the kaleidoscope: the impact of managed care on the U.S. Health Care Workforce and a new model for the delivery of primary care
F. Integrating our primary care and public health systems: a formula for improving community and population health
G. Committee biographies
Index.