Family Medicine

Family medicine is the medical specialty which offers individuals and the family consistent, comprehensive health care. Formerly family medicine is known as family practice. It is a broad discipline that includes the biological, clinical, and behavioral sciences. Every age, every gender, every organ system and every disease entity are protected by family medicine. Community physicians are also primary care physicians. This focuses on family and community patient understanding, with a emphasis on preventing illness and improving wellness. The aim of family medicine, according to the World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA), is to provide personal, comprehensive, and ongoing care for the individual within the family and community context. The principles that underlie this custom are generally referred to as primary care ethics. Family medicine is a specific specialization that allows for a range of career opportunities including education, emergency medicine or emergency care, inpatient medicine, foreign or forest medicine, public health, sports medicine, that science.