TY - JOUR T1 - Editor’s Briefing JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 707 LP - 707 DO - 10.3399/bjgp11X606564 VL - 61 IS - 593 AU - Roger Jones Y1 - 2011/12/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/61/593/707.abstract N2 - Generalism, an approach to patients and to medical care that goes far beyond primary care and general practice, is a theme that runs throughout this edition of the BJGP, from the first editorial to the end of The Review. The recently-published report of The Commission on Generalism,1 instigated by the RCGP but carried out and written independently, is scrutinised from a trans-Atlantic perspective by Larry Green and Benjamin Miller in their leading article. Green and Miller recognise the importance of the report but also see the difficulties of getting the message into the thinking of governments, policy makers, and medical colleagues in order to implement its recommendations. These include major changes in the ways that primary care and public health, physical and psychological health care, and medical education and postgraduate training are conceived and delivered. At … ER -