Professor Barbara Starfield died at her California home on Friday, 10 June 2011. In the words of Richard Roberts, M.D., J.D., an AAFP past president and the current president of the World Organization of Family Doctors, or Wonca, "Barbara was a tireless advocate for family medicine and primary care. She reminded us of why we chose to become family doctors -- to help people, improve health and make the world a better and fairer place." More about her and her work on:

http://www.domusmedica.be/domusmedica/nieuws/internationaal-nieuws/3582-sudden-death-of-professor-barbara-starfield.html

http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2011/06/13/remembering-barbara-starfield-a-primary-care-champion/

http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/professional-issues/20090902starfield-q-a.html

http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/annarchives/inmemoriam/20110615starfield-obit.html.

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp0809050