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Primary
Care: Family Practice
Family practice physicians provide continuing comprehensive
primary care to the whole family. They see patients
of all ages--elderly patients, adults, children and
even newborns. As a specialty, it is broad in scope
and integrates the biological, clinical and behavioral
sciences. Family practice physicians evaluate the total
healthcare needs of their patients and maintain continuity
of care.
Primary
Care: Internal Medicine
Internal medicine physicians (commonly referred to as
"internists") specialize in the study, diagnosis
and treatment of non-surgical diseases in adult patients.
Board-certified general internists complete a three-year
residency program that encompasses a wide range of medical
subspecialties. They diagnose and treat diseases and
injuries of the internal organ systems. An internist
is trained to diagnose and treat complex illnesses,
as well as manage the prevention of illness. Many internists
specialize in the health care needs of the elderly.
Primary
Care: Internal Medicine/Pediatrics
(Med/Peds)
Physicians who specialize in internal medicine and pediatrics
have completed a combined residency program in internal
medicine and pediatrics. They are able to care for the
complex medical problems of adults and children.
Primary
Care: Obstetrics and Gynecology
Obstetrics and Gynecology (abbreviated OB/GYN) are two
disciplines combined to provide health care to women.
Obstetricians care for the woman before, during and
after a pregnancy. Gynecologists deal with disorders
and diseases of the female reproductive tract. Obstetrics
and Gynecology encompasses a number of subspecialties
as well, including Gynecologic Oncology, Maternal Fetal
Medicine, and Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility.
Primary
Care: Pediatrics
Pediatricians specialize in the treatment of newborns,
infants, children and adolescents. They are concerned
with the physical, mental and emotional health of young
people. It is their role to plan and carry out a medical
care program for children--from birth through adolescence.
They provide preventive health care as well as care
for acute and chronic illness.
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