| Descriptor English: | Family Practice | ||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Medicina de Família e Comunidade | ||||
| Descriptor French: | Médecine de famille | ||||
| Entry term(s): |
Family Practices Practice, Family Practices, Family |
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| Tree number(s): |
H02.403.340.500 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005194 | ||||
| Scope note: | A medical specialty concerned with the provision of continuing, comprehensive primary health care for the entire family. |
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| Allowable Qualifiers: |
CL classification EC economics ED education ES ethics HI history IS instrumentation LJ legislation & jurisprudence MT methods OG organization & administration SN statistics & numerical data ST standards TD trends |
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| Public MeSH Note: | 78; was indexed under GENERAL PRACTICE 1969-77; GENERAL PRACTICE was heading 1963-77 |
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| History Note: | 78; was see under GENERAL PRACTICE 1975-77, was see GENERAL PRACTICE 1969-74; GENERAL PRACTICE was heading 1963-77 |
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| Related: |
Comprehensive Health Care
MeSH Physicians, Family MeSH | ||||
| DeCS ID: | 5298 | ||||
| Unique ID: | D005194 | ||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||
| Date Established: | 1978/01/01 | ||||
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||
| Revision Date: | 2010/06/25 |
Family Practice
- Preferred
| Concept UI |
M0008220 |
| Scope note | A medical specialty concerned with the provision of continuing, comprehensive primary health care for the entire family. |
| Preferred term | Family Practice |
| Entry term(s) |
Family Practices Practice, Family Practices, Family |
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