Background
: Since July 1989, nationwide medical insurance system and new health care delivery system made the role of family medicine more important, and then Family Medicine Clinics were opened in many university hospitals.

Methods : So this study was conducted to investigate the recognition of the role of family medicine by several apartment inhabitants for a month. December 1990. Study method was questionnaire and personal interview. And the whole subjects were 157 persons excluding 8 persons who responded inadequately.

Results : The medical institute which is chosen when ill was drugstore (49%), private clinic (35%), general or university hospital (13.3%). The reason to choose was near distance 37.6%, simple process 35.7%, be professional 12.1%, be economic 3.8%, good facilities 3.2%, be kind 1.3%. Desirable doctor was credible doctor(40.1%). Only 25.5% of subjects responded they knew family medicine but 77.1% answered that family medicine is necessary. More than ninety five percent said they were willing to register to department of family medicine, and the reason was whole family could consult to a doctor promptly and conveniently. Classifying by APGAR scores, highly functional families were 63.5%, midrange functional families were 30.1%, and dysfunctional families were 6.4%.

Conclusion : In spite of low level of knowledge about family medicine in Pusan area, there were higher willingness to participate in family practice in a group of high family APGAR score.