The specialties that provide first-contact, continuing and comprehensive care across the life span rather than a single organ system or procedure. Belongs here: Family Medicine, Internal Medicine as general practice, and Pediatrics. Does not belong here: an internal medicine subspecialty practiced only after subspecialty training, such as cardiology, which is grouped under internal medicine subspecialties, or a specialty defined by a single organ, procedure or setting.
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1. Primary Care (Wikipedia)
WikipediaPrimary care, scope, organ system
involves the widest scope of healthcare, including all ages of patients, patients of all socioeconomic and geographic origins, patients seeking to maintain optimal health, and patients with all manner of acute and chronic physical, mental and social health issues.
Primary care, scope, patient population
involves the widest scope of healthcare, including all ages of patients, patients of all socioeconomic and geographic origins, patients seeking to maintain optimal health, and patients with all manner of acute and chronic physical, mental and social health issues.
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