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How a Family Care Physician Can Save Your Life

Hitchcock Family Medicine

They'll also have an accurate health record to ensure you are always cared for. Comprehensive Care General practitioners provide a wide range of services. You may see your general practitioner for a referral to someone else, such as a psychologist, for a mental illness.

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8 Reasons Why Family Physicians are the Actual Stars of Medicine

Family Medicine Initiative

As a general practitioner and primary care researcher, it was always fascinating for me to delve into the scientific literature to investigate this issue. Family medicine is neither the most prestigious nor the highest paid medical profession. Is that appropriate, or should it be the opposite? Here are the key results.