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General practitioners
General practitioners are medical professionals that do not provide specialist care. In certain countries this term may have more specific meanings.
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A 36-year old asked:
Do general practitioners know about mccradle's disease?
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How many hours a week do most general practitioners work?
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A 23-year old asked:
What can general practitioners do for pneumonia?
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A 25-year old asked:
Will general practitioners help in healing mccradle's disease?
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A 42-year old asked:
Are general practitioners a dying breed of specialists?
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A 32-year old asked:
Could a general practitioner observe papilledema?
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A 32-year old asked:
Can a general practitioner observe add?
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A 38-year old asked:
Can general practitioners help with gum recession?
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A 39-year old asked:
What medical privileges does a general practitioner have?
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A 36-year old asked:
What does it take to become a family vs general practitioner?
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A 43-year old asked:
Is it okay for a female general practitioner to check a teen boy?
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A 35-year old male asked:
I would like to enquire for an infant 3 months old coughing should I go to a paedetrician or general practitioners should be able to help?
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A 33-year old asked:
What will a general practitioner do if I have harmed my self?
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A 43-year old asked:
Is it okay for a male general practitioner to check a teen girl?
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A 48-year old asked:
How do a general practitioner, family practice, and internal medicine differ?
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A 21-year old female asked:
What happens at a physical exam for a female, age 22, with a general practitioner?
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A 32-year old asked:
Can I make any appointment to see specialist without seeing a general practitioner first?
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A 48-year old female asked:
Who is better able to treat me--a general practitioner who knows me and my situation and family or a specialist far away?
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A 24-year old female asked:
Can a general practitioner insert an IUD? Are IUDs expensive?
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A 42-year old asked:
How do physician assistants and general practitioners collaborate?
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A 39-year old male asked:
I think I have a hydrocele. should I see a general practitioner or a specialist?
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A 40-year old asked:
Go to a general practitioner or a psychologist for family issue?
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A 20-year old asked:
My friend has a strange foul smell(almost smells like a potato thats gone off as she explains) with her discharge. It has a milky consistency and sometimes can be a thick white colour. Should she see a general practitioner or a gynaecologist?
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A 34-year old asked:
Can general practitioners run drug tests for marijuana?
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A 44-year old asked:
How much does a general practitioner know about head trauma?
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A 36-year old asked:
How many years of college is required to become a general practitioner?
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A 39-year old asked:
How is possible that general practitioners are allowed to prescribe psychiatric drugs?
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A 28-year old male asked:
Just want to know if a general practitioners can help with infection during pregnancy?
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A 29-year old male asked:
Estimated: How often does a General Practitioner see or work with Penis related problems?
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A 23-year old female asked:
Do I need to see a general practitioner or go directly to a Gastroenterologist? Thank you.
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