What Is a General Practitioner? A general practitioner focuses on your overall physical and mental health. They're often also called family doctors or internists, but there is a slight difference ...

Martin and colleagues’ article on how general practice is sacrificing patient care for prevention saddened me.1 I recently reread Julian Tudor Hart’s book A New Kind of Doctor , in which he dismantles ...

Now in its third edition and aimed at the general practitioner, Smith’s book is a considerable achievement, packing so much into just under 600 pages.

General practitioners are a big part of Britain’s health-care crisis Public dissatisfaction with GPs is growing fast. ... For this, they are paid a fixed sum for each patient on their books.