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title: Family Medicine
description: Family medicine provides comprehensive, continuous healthcare for individuals of all ages. Learners will understand preventive care, chronic disease management, and how to address diverse physical, mental, and behavioral health issues within a community context.
category: health-medicine
subcategory: medicine-and-health-sciences
difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced
url: /subject/family-medicine
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# Family Medicine

Family medicine provides comprehensive, continuous healthcare for individuals of all ages. Learners will understand preventive care, chronic disease management, and how to address diverse physical, mental, and behavioral health issues within a community context.

## Available Resources

2 Books • 5 Websites

## Websites

### 1. Patient.info

UK clinical reference with two layers: plain-language leaflets on conditions and treatments, and evidence-based professional articles written by its clinical team. Useful for checking presentation, management, and referral thresholds for common primary-care complaints.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://patient.info/

**Tags:** primary-care, clinical-reference, family-medicine, patient-education

### 2. FP Notebook

Family Practice Notebook condenses primary-care topics into terse outline pages covering presentation, workup, and management across every organ system. Built for looking something up mid-clinic rather than reading through; free on the web, with paid apps.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://fpnotebook.com/

**Tags:** primary-care, clinical-reference, family-medicine, point-of-care

### 3. aafp.org

AAFP.org is the official site of the American Academy of Family Physicians, offering clinical guidelines, CME courses, practice-management resources, and patient education materials for family physicians.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://aafp.org

**Tags:** websites, health-medicine, clinical-medicine

### 4. uptodate.com

UpToDate is an evidence-based clinical decision support tool for clinicians, offering routinely updated, peer‑reviewed topic reviews across internal medicine and specialties. It provides diagnostic approaches, treatment recommendations, drug information, and patient care summaries to support bedside decisions.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://uptodate.com

**Tags:** websites, health-medicine, clinical-medicine

### 5. Khan Academy Health and Medicine

Free video lessons and practice questions from Khan Academy on human anatomy and physiology organized by organ system, with material on common diseases, diagnostic tests and treatments. Learners build the foundational biomedical vocabulary and mechanisms needed before clinical training or MCAT and NCLEX study.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://khanacademy.org/science/health-and-medicine

**Tags:** anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, pharmacology, premedical

## Books

### 1. Textbook of Family Medicine

**Author:** Robert E. Rakel, David P. Rakel

The standard reference for the specialty, organized by presenting problem and life stage, with chapters on preventive care, chronic disease management, and the doctor-patient relationship. Used as a core text in family medicine residency training.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/143771160X?tag=edmonddante07-20

**Tags:** books, health-medicine, clinical-medicine

### 2. Current Diagnosis & Treatment: Family Medicine

**Author:** Jeannette E. South-Paul, Samuel C. Matheny

Clinical reference organized by presenting complaint and patient population, covering diagnosis, evidence-based treatment and preventive care across the family practice lifespan. Readers finish able to work through common ambulatory presentations and apply current management guidelines at the point of care.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0071461531?tag=edmonddante07-20

**Tags:** books, health-medicine, clinical-medicine

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