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The new building brought together in one location the 150 physicians, scientists, and staff of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology's renowned division of reproductive medicine. This center is best known for production of America's first "test-tube baby" and also is the location of CONRAD (Contraceptive Research and Development ...
The Norfolk and Norwich Hospital stood on a site in St Stephen's Road, Norwich, Norfolk, England. [1] Founded in 1771, it closed in 2003 after its services had been transferred to the new Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital. Many of the buildings were then demolished and replaced by housing.
A page from Robert James's A Medicinal Dictionary; London, 1743-45 An illustration from Appleton's Medical Dictionary; edited by S. E. Jelliffe (1916). The earliest known glossaries of medical terms were discovered on Egyptian papyrus authored around 1600 B.C. [1] Other precursors to modern medical dictionaries include lists of terms compiled from the Hippocratic Corpus in the first century AD.
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
In 1896, a group of Christian women formed the Norfolk City Union of The King's Daughters to provide medical care for indigent mothers and their children. They established a free clinic and visiting nurse service and in 1961 built The King's Daughters' Children's Hospital, with 88 beds and a variety of services.
The American Board of Family Medicine is the second largest medical specialty board in the United States. Its purposes include: Improving the quality of medical care available to the public; Establishing and maintaining standards in the specialty of family medicine; Improving the standards of medical education for training in family medicine
The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) is a large National Health Service (NHS) academic teaching hospital in the Norwich Research Park on the western outskirts of Norwich, England. The university hospital replaced the former Norfolk and Norwich Hospital , which was founded in 1771, and the West Norwich Hospital .
A physician who specializes in "family medicine" must now complete a residency in family medicine and must be eligible for board certification, which is required by many hospitals and health plans for hospital privileges and remuneration, respectively. It was not until the 1970s that family medicine was recognized as a specialty in the US. [41]