Las Lecciones de la Pasada Atención Primaria en Salud

Resumen

Lessons from past primary health CareThe arrival of the new century has seen a resurgence of interest in the debate about Primary Health Care (PHC) within the public health setting, thereby giving it a fresh impetus.This is taking place within an international setting which still pays tribute to ultra-specialization in knowledge and public health practices and continues clinging to promises made by those who led neoliberal sanitarily reforms during the 1990s.PHC have thus been positioned as a legitimate option for overcoming existing problems in the current context of health system fragmentation and, once more, as a viable solution capable of confronting many of the health sector's ongoing problems.