PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - N Mathers
AU  - S Rowland
TI  - General practice--a post-modern specialty?
DP  - 1997 Mar 01
TA  - British Journal of General Practice
PG  - 177--179
VI  - 47
IP  - 416
4099  - http://bjgp.org/content/47/416/177.short
4100  - http://bjgp.org/content/47/416/177.full
SO  - Br J Gen Pract1997 Mar 01; 47
AB  - The &#039;modern&#039; view of the world is based on the premise that we can discover the essential truth of the world using scientific method. The assumption is made that knowledge so acquired has been &#039;uncontaminated&#039; by the mind of the investigator. Post-modern theory, however, is concerned with the process of knowing and how our minds are part of the process, i.e. our perceptions of reality and the relationships between different concepts are important influences on our ways of knowing. The values of post-modern theory are those of uncertainty, many different voices and experiences of reality and multifaceted descriptions of truth. These values are closer to our experience of general practice than the &#039;modern&#039; values of scientific rationalism and should be reflected in a new curriculum for general practice.