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Definition of Family medicine
1. Noun. Medical practice that provides health care regardless of age or sex while placing emphasis on the family unit.
Definition of Family medicine
1. Noun. A particular specialty in the field of medicine, one that deals with only general conditions, but of all persons. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Family medicine
1. The medical specialty concerned with providing continuous, comprehensive care to all age groups, from first patient contact to terminal care, with special emphasis on care of the family as a unit. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Medicine
Literary usage of Family medicine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"Overall, the results suggest that, regardless of physician specialty, obstetric
and family medicine patients ..."
2. Fraser's Magazine (1878)
"IMPORTANT family medicine. TRADE MARK. CAMOMILE PILL THE MOST CERTAIN PRESERVER
OF HEALTH, A MILD, YET SPEEDY, SAFE, ..."
3. Modern Achievement edited by Edward Everett Hale (1902)
"SICKNESS IN THE HOME The family medicine Chest By MARION HARLAND ONE of the ...
In that millennium, the family medicine Chest will be utterly abolished. ..."
4. Otitis Media with Effusion in Young Children: Clinical Practice Guideline by Sylvan E. Stool (1998)
"... MPH, Co-Chair Professor and Associate Chair Department of family medicine
University of Washington Seattle, Washington Family Physician Stephen Berman, ..."
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