# A Perspective on The Göktaş Definition of Family Medicine/General Practice: A Review of Singapore Quality

## TL;DR

This paper reviews Singapore's family medicine and health system through the Göktaş definition, analyzing its strengths, weaknesses, and future potential.

## Contribution

The paper provides a novel evaluation of Singapore's family medicine using the Göktaş definition as a framework.

## Key findings

- Singapore's health system quality influences the development of family medicine.
- Family medicine both reflects and shapes a country's health quality.
- Human development level is crucial for advancing family medicine.

## Abstract

Family medicine/general practice is a medical field that provides health services within the health systems of countries, and it is affected by the development level and quality of the countries. The Göktaş Definition of Family Medicine/General Practice, which summarizes family medicine in the history of medicine and humanity, forces new perspectives from the past to the future. Countries have focused on family medicine and have been intensive in efforts to improve their health systems for years. With its complex content, family medicine is affected by the quality of health systems on the one hand and determines the health quality of countries on the other. Therefore, the development of family medicine is more possible in a country with a human development level. This narrative review was planned to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of countries and centers that can serve as examples of family medicine in all aspects of the literature. For this purpose, a literature review was conducted in October 2024 from Google Scholar, PubMed, Web of Science, SCOPUS search engines and databases. Two hundred twenty five articles and reports were examined, and 54 English articles, reports, and online and textbook sections that were appropriate to the subject’s essence were taken as source references. This review investigates the current status, possibilities, limitations, and future perspectives of Singapore family medicine and health system in the context of the Göktaş definition.