The Expert Committee has been convened to examine the role and functions of the general practitioner in present-day medical care and to consider what improvements might be effected to keep general practice abreast of modern knowledge in medicine. WHO Expert Committees have studied the role of hospital and their relations with the community and the training of the physician for family practice; to complete the picture the role of the general practitioner and his relations with the community and other branches of the health services also require study...