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2. General practitioner - Wikipedia

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   General practitioner. 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. GPs have distinct expertise and experience in ...

3. Primary care physician - Wikipedia

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   A patient having his blood pressure measured. A primary care physician(PCP) is a physicianwho provides both the first contact for a person with an undiagnosed health concern as well as continuing care of varied medical conditions, not limited by cause, organ system, or diagnosis. The term is primarily used in the United States.

4. Family medicine - Wikipedia

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   Hospitals, clinics, emergency departments, long-term care. 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 ...

5. Medical specialty - Wikipedia

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   Medical specialty. 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 (paediatrics), cancer (oncology), laboratory medicine (pathology), or primary care (family medicine).

6. Physician - Wikipedia

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   Contents. Physician. Not to be confused with physicist. A physician, medical practitioner (British English), medical doctor, or simply doctor is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through the study, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease, injury, and other ...

7. Family nurse practitioner - Wikipedia

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   A family nurse practitioner (FNP) provides continuing and comprehensive healthcare for the individual and family across all ages, genders, diseases, and body systems. Primary care emphasizes the holistic nature of health and it is based on knowledge of the patient in the context of the family and the community, emphasizing disease prevention ...