ArticleBMC primary care2024
Core values of employed general practitioners in Germany - a qualitative study.
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- Evolving core values in family medicine across regions: a global scoping review.BMC primary care · 2025Article
- Core values and principles of general practice and family medicine: perspectives of German GP residents-a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
background"Core values" help to guide practice of health care delivery. The core values of general practice are described in the European definition of general practice by WONCA, e.g. a holistic, comprehensive and continuous care. They may be associated with the idea that the general practitioner is the owner of the practice rather than an employee.
objectivesThe objective was to examine the core values of employed GPs in their professional setting and their practical manifestation.
methodsFrom April to May 2021, we conducted 17 semi-structured telephone-interviews with employed GPs in two districts in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. The data were analysed using qualitative content analysis.
resultsWe identified twelve core values, including values relevant to patient care and values relevant to the lives of employed GPs. Values with high relevance were job satisfaction, the professional distance from patients, collaboration and collegial exchange, comprehensive care, adequate consultation time and availability to patients. Values with heterogeneous relevance were continuity of care, waiting times and medical autonomy. The value "availability" of employed GPs to patients was associated with both patient care and personal life. The limited availability of employed GPs was accompanied by tensions between these two trends and other values.
conclusionThe values of employed GPs are partly consistent with the current WONCA definition of general practice. There were also indications of new values. The increase in the proportion of employed GPs implies a need to reflect on the core values of general practice, taking into account factors on the part of employed GPs, patients, and practice organisation.
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