Primary Care Physician Overview

Encyclopedia: Primary Care Physician

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A primary care physician, or PCP, is a physician who provides both the first contact for a person with an undiagnosed health concern as well as continuing care of varied medical conditions, not limited by cause, organ system, or diagnosis. A PCP generally does not specialize in any medical specialty, such as neurology, cardiology, or pulmonology, nor perform surgery. The term "PCP" is most commonly used in the United States....


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Call as soon as possible for an appointment. If your doctor doesn't have one available in the next 5 weeks explain to the nurse what your situation is. ...

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When having a consultation with a potential primary care physician, can I address my current...
I'm 80-90lbs. overweight (like some Americans) and I lost about 20-30 lbs. so far. I now...

Yes. Tell he/she everything that you are doing. What medicines (if any) you are taking. They need to know EVERYTHING about your health

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    Who should be the one to write prescriptions. The specialist, or the primary care physician? Thx the primary care physician can be easily be left out of the loop. Especially...

    Jul 16, 2008

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    My husband and I have just moved to Frisco and he is looking for a suggestion on a good Primary Care Physician in the Frisco area (or even North Plano). Anyone have one you would recommend?

    May 07, 2008

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    of primary care physicians. The current healthcare debate about accessibility and affordability finding a primary care physician will seem like a minor inconvenience. To underscore the general lack

    Jul 08, 2008

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