General & Family Medicine

General medicine is the medical specialty that follows the patient as a whole and continuously. The general practitioner or family doctor is the health contact for the whole family.

The GP receives patients of all ages and is often the doctor to whom the patient first turns. They are involved in health promotion, disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.

Because they generally know their patients well, GPs can perceive small physical or psychological changes, the first signs of a disorder or disease.