Family medicine[note 1] is a medical specialty within primary care that provides continuing and comprehensive health care for the individual and family across all ages, genders, diseases, and parts of the body. [2][3] The specialist, who is usually a primary care physician, is named a family physician. [note 2] It is often referred to as general...

The American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) is a non-profit, independent medical association of American physicians who practice in family medicine and its sub-specialties.

The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) was founded in 1947 to promote and maintain high-quality standards for family medicine, an offshoot of the classical general practitioner. It is headquartered in Leawood, Kansas.

Family medicine is the medical specialty that provides first contact as well as continuous, comprehensive health care for individuals, families and communities across their entire lifespan,...

What is Family Medicine? Unlike other specialties that are limited to a particular organ or disease, family physicians are the only specialists qualified to treat most ailments and provide comprehensive health care for people of all ages — from newborns to seniors. This looks like:

With a focus on longitudinal physician-patient relationships caring for a range of conditions across multiple settings, family medicine is a medical specialty uniquely positioned to impact the core functions of primary care: First Contact, Comprehensiveness, Continuity and Coordination. 1 As a patient’s primary point of contact in the medical ...

Considered the most versatile of all physician specialties, family medicine provides comprehensive medical care to patients of all genders and all ages. This wide range of diversity is not only...

Jun 25, 2016 · "Family medicine is the medical specialty which provides continuing, comprehensive health care for the individual and family. It is a specialty in breadth that integrates the biological, clinical and behavioral sciences.

Family Medicine is the largest primary care discipline and the physician specialty with the widest distribution and broadest scope of practice in America, and yet poorly understood in an increasingly fragmented and subspecialized health system.

Founded in 1969, the American Board of Family Medicine is one of 24 medical specialty boards that make up the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS).