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2. Family medicine - Wikipedia

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   Family medicine [note 1] is a medical specialty within primary care that provides continuing and comprehensive health care for the individual and family across all ages, genders, diseases, and parts of the body. [2] [3] The specialist, who is usually a primary care physician, is named a family physician. [note 2] It is often referred to as ...

3. What Is a Family Practice Doctor? - WebMD

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   Family medicine doctors perform various routine exams, including annual physicals, newborn and well-child checkups, sports physicals, men’s health screenings including prostate exams, and female ...

4. Types of Doctors: PCP vs. Family Doctor vs. Internist

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   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 ...

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

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   Family medicine practitioners. Family medicine practitioners, or family doctors, are general practitioners. They can care for all members of a family, from birth to end of life. They are certified ...

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

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   Family doctors: These physicians treat patients of all ages. They are trained in adult medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics, geriatric medicine, and musculoskeletal care.

7. What Is the Difference Between an MD and a DO? - WebMD

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   MDs focus on looking at your symptoms and making a diagnosis based on those symptoms. They tend to take a more targeted approach to treatment. ‌. DOs, on the other hand, see the body as an ...

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

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   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 ...

9. American Academy of Family Physicians - Wikipedia

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   Formerly called. American Academy of General Practice. The American Academy of Family Physicians ( AAFP) was founded in 1947 to promote and maintain high-quality standards for family medicine, an offshoot of the classical general practitioner. It is headquartered in Leawood, Kansas .