Primary Care, Primary Care Provider

What Exactly Can A Primary Care
Doctor Do For You?

Although opinions vary about the full scope of Primary Care health services, the widely accepted definition of a Primary Care Provider* is a traditionally trained Family Doctor, OB/GYN, Pediatrician, Internist, Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant capable of performing the following functions:

• Diagnosis and treatment of uncomplicated, minor health issues.
• Management of long-term chronic illness.
• Giving physical examinations.
• Giving immunizations/inoculations.
• Repairing lacerations requiring stitches.
• Preventive health care education.
• Determining if and when a patient should be referred to a Specialist or other Provider for continued care.
• Fostering a good relationship with patients and family to ensure current and intended treatment /therapy is psychologically and emotionally acceptable to patient and loved ones. 

Besides delivering babies, performing diagnostic tests, prescribing drugs and performing surgery, there is little else that is to be expected of a Primary Care Provider.

That being the case, an obvious question comes to mind...

If the great majority of Primary Care cases seen are of a simple, uncomplicated nature, why can’t these patients be seen by properly trained Practitioners of different health care modalities - such as Alternative Medicine Practitioners - who are trained to handle many of these same kinds of Primary Care health issues?

*IMPORTANT NOTICE: To keep this simple, straight forward and understandable for you and for the purposes of this entire website, bear in mind that the terms Primary Care Doctor, Primary Care Provider and Primary Care Family Doctor assume a logical reference to traditionally trained Primary Care Physicians, Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants.
 

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