[Current problems of dispensary care in the work of therapists]

The author provides an analysis and prospects of the problems of prophylactic medical examination in physicians' activities with due account of tasks put forward at the 27th CPSU Congress. Experience of physicians of the Estonian SSR is considered. Particular attention has been drawn to the quality of prophylactic medical examination, the detection of diseases at early stages, the continuity of health care and the role of the population and social organizations in prophylactic medical examination.