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2. Internal medicine - Wikipedia

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   Internal medicine, also known as general internal medicine in Commonwealth nations, is a medical specialty for medical doctors focused on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of internal diseases in adults. Medical practitioners of internal medicine are referred to as internists, or physicians in Commonwealth nations. [1]

3. Primary care physician - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

4. General practitioner - Wikipedia

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   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

5. Family medicine - Wikipedia

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   A medical graduate who has successfully completed the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), course and has been registered with Indian Medical Council or any state medical council is considered a general practitioner. A family physician, however, is a primary care physician who has completed specialist training in the discipline of ...

6. Physician - Wikipedia

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   Around the world, the combined term "physician and surgeon" is used to describe either a general practitioner or any medical practitioner irrespective of specialty. [4] [5] This usage still shows the original meaning of physician and preserves the old difference between a physician, as a practitioner of physic, and a surgeon. The term may be ...

7. Medical specialty - Wikipedia

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   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).

8. Comparison of MD and DO in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The percentage of physicians that hold a DO degree varies by specialty, with the greatest representation in Family Medicine/General Practice (16.5% of general practitioners), Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (13.8%), and Emergency Medicine (11.2%) [2016 data]. [15]

9. Physicians in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Doctors may work independently, as part of a larger group practice, or for a hospital or healthcare organization. Independent practices are defined as one in which the physician owns a majority of his or her practice and has decision making rights. In 2000, 57% of doctors were independent, but this decreased to 33% by 2016.