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Why do doctors become internists / general practitioners rather than specialists?
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Variety: Most doctors, including myself, who practice internal medicine enjoy the variety of patients and diagnoses. Family physicians expand even further including pediatrics and sometimes gynecology.
Answered 11/26/2013
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Variety: Family medicine is recognized as a boarded medical specialty with the american board of medical specialties (abms).
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