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general practitioner

a physician who does not specialize but has a medical practice (general practice) in which he deals with all illnesses
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When asked by the Shura Council members about medical college graduates seeking jobs as General Practitioners in Oman, the Shura Council reported: "The Minister of Health indicated that there is not a single Omani general practitioner graduate that has not been absorbed or trained.
The scope of the general practitioner clinical practice is very crucial, important, and challenging.
Expert on family medicine in the UK, Dr Janet Haley said that the family medicine sector in the UK was stabilised and the number of general practitioner was high as compared to Pakistan.
A study now suggests that talk therapy with a general practitioner early in the grief process can reduce this risk.
For daily ward visits, the reimbursement rate is P400 per day for general practitioner and P600 for specialist.
The new reimbursement rate for daily ward visit is P400 per day for the general practitioner and P600 for specialist while maximum per confinement is P1,600 for the general practitioner and P2,400 for the specialist.
"As a result, serious infections tend to stay off the general practitioner's radar for too long.
Moulton, a freelance general practitioner, general practitioner appraiser, and lecturer in the UK, provides primary care physicians and nurses in the UK with a guide to consultation skills.
Music Law for the General Practitioner. Chicago: American Bar Association, 2013.
Dubai: A general practitioner at a well-known hospital in Dubai has been cleared of ending the life of a female patient when he refused to resuscitate her and she died of shortage of oxygen.
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