District physician and family planning
Dolberg, G.; Geissler, A.; Jänke, D.; Kiene, I.; Mehlan, K.H.; Rayner, H.
Das Deutsche Gesundheitswesen 30(24): 1141-1143
1975
ISSN/ISBN: 0012-0219 PMID: 1140080 Document Number: 89843
The marriage and family planning counseling duties of the Bereichsarzt (area physician) in the German Democratic Republic are described. He works closely with the marriage and family counseling services of his area as a medical specialist concerned with the physiological and psychological aspects of marriage and family life. He refers patients to the appropriate specialized agencies as a part of his general duties in preventive medicine. In addition, the area physician helps to train counseling personnel in sexual physiology and psychology, equip the counseling center, and coordinate the work of several specialists on a single case.