Wonca News is a newsletter about the activities of Wonca. It is circulated by post six times yearly and also published on Global Family Doctor.

Also published periodically are the European Journal of General Practice and Asia Pacific Family Medicine.

Education for Primary Care published by Radcliffe Medical Press, deals with issues of education in family medicine.

Books and monographs

Many of the publications below are available on Global Family Doctor- they are hyperlinked. Some are in PDF format and can be read only with Adobe Acrobat Reader. Those not available on Global Family Doctor are obtainable from the Wonca Secretariat admin@wonca.com.sg.

Improving Health Systems: The Contribution of Family Medicine A Guidebook, Wonca 2002

By air mail: US$15 per book for Wonca Members and US20 per book for non members (takes one week approximately)
By surface mail: US$10 per book for Wonca Members and US$15 per book for non members (takes 5-9 weeks depending on destination).
Payment may be made by Visa or Mastercard by forwarding your credit card number, expiry date and name on the card, or by bank draft drawn on a US bank for the appropriate US$ amount, made payable to "WONCA INTERNATIONAL INC". Please send your order(s), including payment, to:
Ms Yvonne Chung, Administrative Manager
World Organization of Family Doctors (Wonca)
College of Medicine Building
16 College Road #01-02
Singapore 169854
Tel: +65 6224 2886
Fax: +65 6324 2029
Email: admin@wonca.com.sg

Rural Publications

To view Rural Publications, click here.

Training for Rural General Practice, Wonca 1995

Rural Practice and Rural Health, Wonca 1999

Other Publications

The Role of the General Practitioner/Family Physician in Health Care Systems, Wonca 1991

Core Curriculum for Residency/Vocational Training and Core Content for Specialty Qualifying Examinations, Wonca 1993

Measuring functional health status with the COOP/Wonca Charts, Wonca, ERGHO, NCH, 1995

Clinical Teaching, Wonca 1995

Distance Education, Wonca 1995

A Relative Value Study of Health Care in Countries affiliated with Wonca, Wonca 1995

International Classification of Primary Care ICPC-2, 2nd edition, Oxford Medical Publications 1998, a standard reference used by doctors the world over for classifying health problems. Further details can be found on the Wonca International Classification Committee (WICC) website. The WICC has also published Wonca Dictionary of General/Family Practice.

The European Definition of General Practice/Family Medicine, Wonca 2002. A new definition developed by Wonca Europe available for downloading in PDF or HTML format.

Medical Education and the Development of General Practice/Family Medicine in China December 20, 1992 - January 9, 1993, Wonca 1993

Making Medical Practice and Education More Relevant to People's Needs: The Contribution of the Family Doctor, WHO/Wonca Joint Publication 1995

Making Medical Practice and Education More Relevant to People's Needs: The Contribution of the Family Doctor - Progress Report, WHO/Wonca Joint Publication 1999

Towards Unity for Health and Family Medicine, Wonca/WHO, 2001

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