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What is primary care? Part 2

Noreta Family Medicine

Don’t worry; HIPAA laws protect your privacy and medical information. Is a General Physician (GP) the same as a Family Physician (FP)? A general physician (GP) is not the same as a family physician (FP). A physician also may consider themselves a GP if they began practicing before Family Medicine became a specialty (in 1969).

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Over The Top

Adventures of a Sick Doctor

I have consumed so much information in the past two weeks that whatever comes out of my head now is simply a mish-mash of other people's words, advice and opinions. We know that those who work closely with sick patients are more likely to get severe illness than those who work more peripherally in the hospital.