Doctors, Types, GPs & Others
For your primary care doctor, you might want a general or family practitioner, an internist, or a geriatrician.
$ General practitioners provide health care for a wide range of medical problems. They do not focus on any one area of medicine.
$ Family practitioners are similar to general practitioners, with extra training to focus on health care for all family members, regardless of age.
$ An internist is a doctor for adults. Some internists take additional training to become specialists. For example, cardiologists are internists who specialize in diseases of the heart.
$ Geriatricians specialize in the care of older adults. A geriatrician is trained in family practice or internal medicine, but has additional training in caring for older people.
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