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Family physicians perform high-quality colonoscopies, but access is an issue

Common Sense Family Doctor

JANUARY 19, 2025

Most patients who choose colonoscopy as a screening test for colorectal cancer are referred from primary care to a gastroenterologist or other specialist who performs endoscopy. But that wasn’t the case for the estimated 1 in 15 US patients whose screening colonoscopies were performed by family physicians in 2021.

Family Physician

Family Physician Family Families Board-Certified

End-of-Life Doulas: A Podcast with Jane Euler, Beth Klint, and John Loughnane

GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

Whenever I take care of a patient, I see myself as a family practice doctor, but I’ve been a hospitalist, I’ve been a primary care doctor, and I’ve done palliative. At what point were you engaged with the patients either as a geriatrician, primary care, or a palliative care or hospice?

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Provider Illness IT Healthcare

Family physicians perform high-quality colonoscopies, but access is an issue

End-of-Life Doulas: A Podcast with Jane Euler, Beth Klint, and John Loughnane

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