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7 Tips for Choosing a Primary Doctor

Hitchcock Family Medicine

Make a List of Qualities You Require in a Doctor The most important thing to remember is that your primary doctor will be responsible for all of your routine checkups and tests. Look at their background, education, qualifications, and any other relevant information that might be available.

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Time to stop driving? Podcast with Emmy Betz and Terri Cassidy

GeriPal

Emmy: That, to me, is the ideal checkup-type situation. When you think about getting your groceries, going to doctor’s appointments, going to religious services, if that’s important to you. And then found out at the appointment; the wife was there, too: and no, it turns out he was still driving. ” Eric: Oh.

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How to Make an Alzheimer’s Diagnosis in Primary Care: A Podcast with Nathaniel Chin

GeriPal

And then the family tells me they can’t keep an appointment, they can’t manage their finances. Eric 18:39 Yeah, I do worry a little bit because I recently had a primary care appointment. So when I turned 40, I went in to get my checkup. Well, there’s my complaint. What is that screening test gonna do for me?