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During the period of authorship (2007-2008), numerous regions struggled to attract an adequate number of family physicians to meet the demands of their patient populations. Large requirement in office practice have often decreased both hospital and home visits. And many of practices discontinued home visits completely. And this idea was a disastrous obligation, but it was not lead to a constant termination of home care by family physicians. Even not, home care should become a individual unit, expanding even more the destruction of our profession(McWhinney & Freeman, 2009, p. 136)
Before the establishment of a nationwide network of general practitioners equipped to manage large numbers of patients with infections, our vulnerability during pandemics was starkly apparent. In earlier times, such as during the influenza epidemics of the 1950s and 1960s, our response involved a significant departure from our usual office routines. Patients were instructed to remain at home, and soon our phones would be inundated with calls. Despite the disruption, we endeavored to maintain our office practice to the best of our ability. To address the needs of those unable to come to us, my colleagues and I would divide responsibilities and embark on home visits. Cases requiring hospital care, like pneumonia, were swiftly identified and either transferred to medical facilities or attended to with urgency. It was not uncommon for us to conduct as many as 100 home visits in a single day (McWhinney & Freeman, 2009, p. 366).