2016•PubMedOpen access

Supporting primary care public health functions.

John A. Queenan, Richard Birtwhistle, Neil Drummond

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Disease prevention is a key goal of primary care. Primary care providers are in an ideal position to undertake this because most people will visit their primary care practitioner in any 2-year period, creating opportunities to identify and manage the risk of serious disease by screening for

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Disease prevention is a key goal of primary care. Primary care providers are in an ideal position to undertake this because most people will visit their primary care practitioner in any 2-year period, creating opportunities to identify and manage the risk of serious disease by screening for

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Disease prevention is a key goal of primary care. Primary care providers are in an ideal position to undertake this because most people will visit their primary care practitioner in any 2-year period, creating opportunities to identify and manage the risk of serious disease by screening for

Key concepts: Primary care, Primary health care, Medicine, Primary prevention, Ideal (ethics), Public health, Disease, Position (finance)

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