Md Aris, Mohd Aznan and Azmi, Nurul Husna (2022) Introduction to family medicine. In: Family Medicine Handbook. IIUM Press, pp. 20-33.
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Abstract
Primary care (also known as family medicine as a medical speciality in primary care) is the first point of contact that an individual has with health care provision. Primary care doctors are known as family doctors, general practitioners or family physicians. Family medicine is a medical speciality that provides comprehensive and continuous health care for the individual and the whole family. The practise encompasses the biological, clinical aspect and behavioural sciences, whereas the scope covers all ages from womb to tomb, all sexes, all aspects of the organ system and all diseases.
| Item Type: | Book Chapter |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
| Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button): | Kulliyyah of Medicine > Department of Family Medicine (Effective: 1st January 2011) |
| Depositing User: | SR NUR FARHANA LATFI |
| Date Deposited: | 09 May 2022 10:32 |
| Last Modified: | 09 May 2022 10:32 |
| URI: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/97748 |
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