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Should general practice be a specialty in its own right?

Author(s) -

Richard J. McManus,

Richard Hobbs

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

bmj

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.831

H-Index - 429

ISSN - 1756-1833

DOI - 10.1136/bmj.i5097

Subject(s) - specialty , medicine , general practice , global positioning system , family medicine , minor (academic) , nursing , medical emergency , telecommunications , political science , law , computer science

General Practice as known today in the UK, developed in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as it became distinct from medical activities centred on hospitals. General Practitioners (GPs) became gradually separated from physicians and surgeons and took on the role of a personal doctor working in the community. This generalist role was differentiated from “specialists” who consulted patients referred to them from GPs

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