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What is primary care? Part 2

Noreta Family Medicine

Therefore, family physicians are trained to do minor surgical procedures in the office, care for kids and adults, provide various GYN services, among many other comprehensive services for patients. I love family medicine because as family physicians, we can be trained to provide care for patients in many different settings.

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Exploring the Nature of Chronic Pain with Haider Warraich

GeriPal

I was helped into a wheelchair kind of rushed to the emergency room, which was not far away because I was on the medical school campus. So Eric Cassell, for folks who don’t know, was a primary care physician. But really was a seminal pioneering figure in the field of bioethics, palliative care, et cetera.