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The Role of Internal Medicine in Preventive Health Care

Mesa Family Physician

Internist : Specializes in adult medicine. Family doctor (GP) : Trained to care for patients of all ages—children, adults, and elderly—often including some women’s health and minor procedures. So, internist vs GP , or internist vs family doctor , boils down to scope: internists typically do not see children, whereas family doctors do.

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Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson

GeriPal

And so certainly from a family’s perspective, a family caregiver perspective, the last thing we want to have when it comes to good dementia care is a diagnose and audio scenario, or in this case, some type of screening result, and then we’ll see you again in six months. It can’t be diagnosed and adios.

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