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It is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. [5] ACOFP was founded as the American College of General Practitioners in Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery. The organization quickly assumed the unofficial name of American College of Osteopathic General Practitioners.
A general practitioner (GP) or family physician is a doctor who is a consultant in general practice. GPs provide personal, family, and community-orientated comprehensive primary care that includes diagnosis, continues over time and is anticipatory as well as responsive
A primary care physician is usually the first medical practitioner contacted by a patient because of factors such as ease of communication, accessible location, familiarity, and increasingly issues of cost and managed care requirements. In many countries residents are registered as patients of a (local) family doctor and must contact that ...
General practice is the term used in many other nations, such as the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. Such services are provided by general practitioners. The term primary care in the UK may also include services provided by community pharmacy, optometrist, dental surgery and community hearing care providers. The ...
This category is for general practitioners (GPs) or medical practitioners who treat acute and chronic illnesses and provide preventive care and health education for all ages and both sexes. In America they are called family doctors .
Academy of General Dentistry: AHA: American Heart Association: AIEOP: Associazione Italiana Ematologia Oncologia Pediatrica (Italian association to study pediatric oncology) AMA: American Medical Association: AMIA: American Medical Informatics Association: AMA: Australian Medical Association: AMSA: American Medical Student Association: AMT ...
A general practitioner (GP) is a medical practitioner who treats acute and chronic illnesses and provides preventive care and health education for all ages and both sexes. In America they are known as family doctors .
A medical specialty is a branch of medical practice that is focused on a defined group of patients, diseases, skills, or philosophy.Examples include those branches of medicine that deal exclusively with children (), cancer (), laboratory medicine (), or primary care (family medicine).