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Abstract

The European Journal of General Practice (EJGP) is the scientific journal of WONCA Europe. WONCA is an acronym comprising the first five initials of the World Organisation of National Colleges, Academies and Academic Associations of General Practitioners/Family Physicians. WONCA not only represents the discipline of general practice/family medicine and its professionals – the general practitioners/family physicians – but also academic General Practice. This dual representation translates into a firm mission statement: ‘to improve the quality of life of people through fostering high standards of care in general practice/family medicine’ [1]. One of the means to reach this goal is the EJGP. The Journal tries to support the mission by publishing highquality research – conducted by general practitioners or other researchers in general practice – which could help to improve the quality of life of the people we are serving, i.e. our patients. This goal forms the basis of our editorial policy to publish research that matters to our patients directly or indirectly. We believe that the health and quality of life of our patients is best served by GPs who provide high quality care. To this end, GPs must be not only well trained, organised and equipped but also be critical.