Meaning of general practice in English

(Definition of general practice from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of general practice from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of general practice

general practice
This study also raised questions about the effectiveness of the general practice consultation in educating young women about the pill.
There was also a decision to consider practice organization and trends in general practice for the future.
We have therefore carried out a survey of use and knowledge about aspirin in different groups of general practice patients.
Advertising by word of mouth was frequently suggested (19%), and promotion through the general practice (13%).
The new contract for general practice could provide similar opportunities.
Improving management of bereavement in general practice based on a survey of recently bereaved subjects in a single general practice.
In the final chapter we are presented with the main challenges that general practice faces during industrialisation.
The demand for eating disorder care : an epidemiological study using the general practice data base.
Nevertheless, for most physicians in general practice opium-based medications remained a standby.
Socioeconomic determinants of rates of consultation in general practice based on fourth national morbidity survey of general practices.
Evaluating the benefits of general practice based counseling services.
But it cannot make a general practice of this, on pain of again becoming a laughingstock.
Frequently, adoptive parents take their children to a general practice pediatrician shortly after their arrival in the country.
A review of the costs and effectiveness of assessing the elderly in general practice.
Even at the local level, the decisions of one purchaser, such as a general practice fundholder, do not determine service delivery for the whole community.
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Translations of general practice

in Chinese (Traditional)
(醫院以外的)綜合醫療,全科診療…
in Chinese (Simplified)
(医院以外的)综合医疗,全科诊疗…
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