Preventive examinations, detection and diagnosis of diseases, treatment of patients; health education; referral for tests needed for the differential diagnosis of diseases and interpretation of their results; assessment of the urgency and severity of the patient's condition and the need for referral to a specialist or for hospital treatment; monitoring the course of disease and treatment success; the specialist in general medicine works to ensure comprehensive healthcare in collaboration with other doctors, particularly specialists in clinical and other fields, community nurses and nurses in the home care team.
A general practitioner is concerned with prevention, namely preventing disease, detecting and diagnosing disease, treating patients and health education.
His job includes diagnosing illnesses and treating patients who seek help in the clinic and at home.
The general practitioner refers for tests that are necessary for the differential diagnosis of the disease, interprets the obtained findings and diagnoses the disease on that basis.
This involves assessing the urgency and severity of the patient's condition, as well as the need for referral to a specialist or for hospital treatment.
The general practitioner monitors the course of the disease and the success of treatment.
Works on ensuring comprehensive health care by collaborating with other doctors, especially specialists of clinical and other fields, visiting nurses and nurses in the home treatment team.
