Health.Zone Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the Health.Zone Content Network
  2. Types of Doctors: PCP vs. Family Doctor vs. Internist

    www.healthline.com/find-care/articles/primary...

    A family medicine doctor can treat people of all ages, but an internist only treats older adolescents and adults. Like a family medicine doctor, an internist treats most common medical issues ...

  3. What a General Practitioner Is and When to See One - WebMD

    www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/what-is-a-general...

    Primary care providers. The term "primary care provider" covers doctors, like general practitioners, internists, geriatricians, and pediatricians who provide first-line health care – primary ...

  4. Tips for Choosing Your PCP as an Older Adult - WebMD

    www.webmd.com/healthy-aging/ss/slideshow-older...

    Whether you need a primary care physician (PCP) for yourself or a loved one, choose one who you’re comfortable with. A trusting relationship between you and your doctor is key to ensuring open ...

  5. What's a Primary Care Physician (PCP)? - Healthline

    www.healthline.com/find-care/articles/primary...

    A primary care physician (PCP) is a medical doctor trained to prevent, diagnose, and treat a wide range of illnesses and injuries in the general population. They may refer you to specialists for ...

  6. What Is Primary Care? Healthcare Services, Procedures, Doctors

    www.healthline.com/find-care/articles/primary...

    Primary care is meant to be your main source for healthcare, one in which you have an ongoing partnership with your healthcare provider in the larger context of your community. Primary care is ...

  7. What Is a Physician? What Do They Do and When to See One - WebMD

    www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/what-is-physician

    Physicians work to maintain, promote, and restore health by studying, diagnosing, and treating injuries and diseases. Physicians generally have six core skills: Patient care. Physicians have to ...

  8. Health care provider - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_provider

    Health care provider. A health care provider is an individual health professional or a health facility organization licensed to provide health care diagnosis and treatment services including medication, surgery and medical devices. Health care providers often receive payments for their services rendered from health insurance providers.

  9. Primary care physician - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_care_physician

    Primary care physician. A primary care physician (PCP) is a physician who provides both the first contact for a person with an undiagnosed health concern as well as continuing care of varied medical conditions, not limited by cause, organ system, or diagnosis. The term is primarily used in the United States.