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8 Reasons Why Family Physicians are the Actual Stars of Medicine

Family Medicine Initiative

Adherence to medical advice improves and unnecessary self-referrals to other doctors decrease. Because chronic diseases are largely managed in primary care and are therefore the GPs’ daily business: Patients with multimorbidity account for 78% of GP appointments (based on 100,000 UK patients). Over time, more trust develops.

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Readers Endorse Doctor Migration and Shun ‘Elderspeak’

Physician's Weekly

We do not have a director of national health preaching against the use of vaccination. After one appointment, the woman who was supposed to schedule me for my next one called me “Sweetie.” They gave me another referral and reported the practice to Medicare. Not vaccinating is playing Russian roulette with your child!