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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
Family medicine was first recognized as specialty in 2015 and currently has approximately 500 certified family doctors. [87] The Japanese government has made a commitment to increase the number of family doctors in an effort to improve the cost-effectiveness and quality of primary care in light of increasing health care costs. [88]
American Family Physician—a journal by the AAFP; Family Practice Management—a journal by the AAFP; Annals of Family Medicine—a collaborative journal of the six family medicine organizations; familydoctor.org—The AAFP's patient education site. Includes handouts, brochures, flowcharts and other resources for patients
Doctors stress the importance of vaccination. Research shows that less than half of eligible Americans actually got the flu shot last year. “Get vaccinated,” Dr. Schaffner says.
With this trick, you'll double the protein in your morning eggs and get more than 20 grams of filling, energizing protein, dietitian Joy Bauer says.
Some HMOs consider gynecologists as PCPs for the care of women and have allowed certain subspecialists to assume PCP responsibilities for selected patient types, such as allergists caring for people with asthma and nephrologists acting as PCPs for patients on kidney dialysis. Emergency physicians are sometimes counted as primary care physicians ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump transition team is considering a former Uber executive and three current or former Republican congressmen - one of whom is now a Fox News host - to lead the U.S ...