What is Family Medicine?
•Family physicians care for patients of all ages, from newborns to the elderly, men and women, and all medical problems. The specialty integrates biological, clinical and behavioral sciences. Some family physicians provide maternity care.
•Diagnosis and treatment of general medical concerns for children, adolescents and adults.
•Family practice: medical practice that provides health care regardless of age or sex while placing emphasis on the family unit
•A general practitioner (GP) or family physician (FP) is a physician who provides primary care. A GP/FP treats acute and chronic illnesses, provides preventive care and health education for all ages and both sexes. Some also care for hospitalized patients, do minor surgery and/or obstetrics. The term family doctor is also common in the United Kingdom, since there the word "physician" implies subspecialty practice.
•In medicine, primary care is a term used for a health provider who acts as a first point of consultation for all patients. Generally, primary care physicians are based in the community, as opposed to the hospital. Alternative names for the field are general practice and family medicine, although the terms are not synonymous. General practitioners are physicians who have completed one year of post-medical school training in what has been traditionally described as an "internship.
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