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family medicine; family practice (includes rural medicine)
Primary care medical specialty provides comprehensive health care for the individual & family. The scope of family medicine includes all ages, both sexes, each organ system, & every disease. [1] Family medicine emphasizes disease prevention & health promotion. [2] Family medicine doctors in the United States may hold either an M.D. or a D.O. degree & must complete 3-year family medicine residency in addition to their medical degree, as well as board certification required by most hospitals & health plans.
Management:
- geriatric consultation for elderly patients in rural community without internet best done by asynchronous electronic consultation (e-consult) [3]
General
medical specialty
References
- Wikipedia: Family Medicine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_medicine
- Coutinho AJ et al
Comparison of Intended Scope of Practice for Family Medicine
Residents With Reported Scope of Practice Among Practicing
Family Physicians.
JAMA. 2015;314(22):2364-2372
PMID: 26647258
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2474423
- Geriatric Review Syllabus, 11th edition (GRS11)
Harper GM, Lyons WL, Potter JF (eds)
American Geriatrics Society, 2022
- American Academy of Family Physicians
http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home.html