By Francesco CarelliProfessor Family Medicine, Milan, Rome “The World of Leonardo” Exhibition is one of the most important cultural events in Milan for 2013.

Carelli Francesco , Professor e and elective courses in Family Medicine , University of Milan Censabella  Federica , internship student in FM, University of Milan Colosimo Valentina , internship student  in FM ,  of GP clinic If family doctor and patient develop a good relationship…

Francesco Carelli, Professor of Family  Medicine, University of Milan and Rome Attilio Giotta, internship graduate doctor, University of Milan  Communication between hospital doctors and family doctors is a frequently undervalued  or – worse – not considered aspect of Health Systems.

By Francesco Carelli – Professor FM in Milan and Rome Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948), was  one of the major artists of European Modernism. An  exhibition at Tate Britain focuses  on his British period, from his arrival in Britain as a refugee in 1940 until his death in…

Francesco CarelliProfessor FM in Milan and RomeEURACT Council, Executive Board Although there have been many declarations describing the importance of primary care  accepted through the  world, the reason for the importance of research in primary care is not as well recognised.

Francesco Carelli Professor FM in Milan and Rome EURACT Council, Executive Board The function of primary care in the various countries in Europe differs in as far as the structure of health care is concerned.  

Natalia Zarbailov, MPH, PhD,  Associate Professor, Family Medicine Department, State University of Medicine and Pharmacy”Nicolae Testemitanu”, EURACT Council member, Republic of Moldova Francesco Carelli, MD, MSc, Professor of Clinical Medicine and Elective Courses Family Medicine, University in Milan and in Roma, EURACT Director of Communications,…

Francesco Carelli, Professor of Clinical Medicine and elective courses in GP, University of Milan Giotta Attilio, internship student in GP, University of Milan Donatella Gambera, MD, University of Milan This case shows how the doctor / patient relationship can be optimal: a relationship based on…

Francesco Carelli Professor of Family Medicine Milan and Rome High rates of exhaustion and depersonalization are driving many family doctors to consider leaving practice, and this choice would exacerbate doctor shortages and affect patient care.  

Francesco Carelli  Professor of Family Medicine, Milan, Rome, Cluj It’s generally accepted , as in the European Definition of Family Medicine, family doctors don’t take care only of illness, but also consider patients in holistic way. Because of this, we meet everyday functional patients, i.e….

A 73 years old woman, one of our patients, affected from Alzheimer’s disease since 2001, had an epileptic fit in the morning, a couple of hours after waking up. Her family called us and we went immediately to visit her at home, and while waiting…