The family physician is a skilled clinician.
Family medicine is a community-based discipline.
The family physician is a resource to a defined practice population. The patient-physician relationship is central to the role of the family physician. The family physician is a skilled clinician. Family physicians use their understanding of human development and family and other social systems to develop a comprehensive approach to the management of disease and illness in patients and their families. Family physicians are also adept at working with patients to reach common ground on the definition of problems, goals of treatment, and roles of physician and patient in management.