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How a Family Care Physician Can Save Your Life

Hitchcock Family Medicine

Comprehensive Care General practitioners provide a wide range of services. This doctor can see patients for common ailments, vaccines, or medical conditions. 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. Patients who know their GP for over 15 years decrease acute hospital admissions by 28%, out-of-hours services by 30%, and even their risk of dying by 25%.