Family Medicine

World Book of Family Medicine – European Edition 2015
Acknowledgements
Writing this acknowledgement is like describing your first honeymoon night. Almost everybody knows how it goes, so
it is futile to try it. Those who don't have had the experience, well, let's not spoil it for them.
We owe a lot to a lot of people, all over the world.
Those who want to compile and edit a book like this, will enter into the same unknown territory as we did. And will
refer to friends and colleagues and secretaries all over the globe. We thank all of them.
The list would be endless, suffice it to be acknowledged that we didn't do this alone.
Just two persons cannot be dismissed.
Leo Bormans, the compiler and editor of the World Books on Happiness, Love and Hope, gave us a tremendous
example on how to do this. And Janko Kersnik acted as a hidden power behind the scene. Thank you both.
The WONCA Europe Executive Board, presided by Job Metsemakers, decided that this book would be an excellent gift
to all the general practitioners and family doctors all over the world. Free of charge. Let's thank them.
As mentioned in the Prologue, some of the authors weren't the original submitters of the abstracts that were chosen
by the independent jury. They acted as stand-in or, if you like, body double. They did great.
Thanks!
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