Family Medicine, Healthcare & Society, essays by Dr MK Rajakumar

Family Medicine, healthcare & societyThe articles in this collection were written by Dr MK Rajakumar between 1974 and 2003. Even though some of these were published almost three decades ago, the issues discussed are still highly relevant today. The articles are chosen from
an extensive list of lectures and publications that Dr Rajakumar had delivered or written over the years. It took me and two other colleagues about two years to source for the full text of these papers and put them together in this volume.

All professional bodies and journals holding the copyright of these articles had graciously given permission to us to reproduce them (see Acknowledgement). A list of Dr Rajakumar’s presentations and publications is given in the Appendix.

This list is unfortunately incomplete at the time of print – Dr Rajakumar had been too engrossed in lecturing and writing, in the midst of his busy clinical practice, to keep a complete list of his scholarly works!

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgements
Contents
Foreword by Professor Chris van Weel
Foreword by Datuk Dr DM Thuraiappah

SECTION 1. FAMILY MEDICINE

Synopsis. By Professor Dr EM Khoo

  1. Put Not New Wine Into Old Bottles.
  2. The Importance Of Primary Care.
  3. Primary Health For All The People.
  4. First William Pickles Lecture. The Evolution Of General Practice.
  5. Future Of Family Medicine In Developing Countries.
  6. A Proposal For The Training Of Physicians In Primary Care
    For The Rural Areas Of Malaysia    .
  7. Family Practice: Uniting Across Frontiers.
  8. The Family Physician In Asia: Looking To The 21st Century.
  9. The Emergence Of Family Practice.
  10. Quality In Family Practice.
  11. Preventing Diabetes: The Task Of The Family Doctor.

SECTION 2: HEALTHCARE & SOCIETY

Synopsis. By Associate Professor Dr CJ Ng

  1. Ethical Consequences Of Technological Change.
  2. Dr. Sun Yat Sen Oration. Between Faith And Reason.
  3. Ethics, Professionalism And The “Trade”.
  4. Looking Back, Looking Forward.
  5. Towards A Nation Of Cultured People.
  6. Rural Health And Global Equity: Am I My Brother’s Keeper?
  7. Achieving Equity Through A Primary Care-Led Health System.

Appendix: Dr MK Rajakumar: A Brief Curriculum Vitae.