The Göktaş Definition of Family Medicine/General Practice: A Global Health Project for Acting for more Liberty, Equity and Fraternity
Olgun GÖKTAŞ
There are some differences between countries in the practice of family medicine, which is the basis of countries' health systems and has a complex structure. These different characteristics make it difficult to develop family medicine standards globally. Family medicine practice is a medical discipline and has core values. Today, different practices of family medicine among countries lead to deviations from the core principles.It is important to clarify the standards in terms of the application of the basic principles of family medicine for acting for more liberty, equity, and fraternity. The Göktaş definition of family medicine/general practice raises awareness in the literature for this purpose.The Göktaş Definition in 2018 in the literature added the rights, freedoms, spiritual power, and personal agenda of the family physician to the definition made by WONCA Europe (World Organization of Family Doctors) in 2011. Prepared in this direction, the Global Health Project puts WONCA, the World Health Organization (WHO), and the United Nations (UN) in an important position regarding family medicine.These institutions are invited to cooperate in this project. For this purpose, information on family medicine standards applied by the Family Physicians’ Associations of the countries is collected and shared with www.fmgpglobal.world. Finally, the global revision and integration of these standards is aimed.With the global horizon project of the Göktaş Definition, a global healthcare model acting for more liberty, equity, and fraternity will be developed on the basis of family medicine. The cooperation of WONCA, WHO and the UN is important.The Göktaş Definition of family medicine/general practice is the pioneer of the Global Health Project for acting for more liberty, equity, and fraternity.
