Aug 5, 2011 19:12
13 yrs ago
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English term
GP/FP/PCP
English
Medical
Medical: Pharmaceuticals
G'day everyone
As far as I can tell, these three abbreviations stand for:
general practitioner
familiy practitioner
primary care physician
1. Please can you confirm that.
2. Are these three distinct types of doctors, or are they just three synonymns for roughly the same thing? In other words, if you found these three abbreviations in a text, would you translate it as three concepts or as one concept?
Thanks
As far as I can tell, these three abbreviations stand for:
general practitioner
familiy practitioner
primary care physician
1. Please can you confirm that.
2. Are these three distinct types of doctors, or are they just three synonymns for roughly the same thing? In other words, if you found these three abbreviations in a text, would you translate it as three concepts or as one concept?
Thanks
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general practitioner/family practitioner/primary care physician
You are right.
gp: general practitioner
fp: family practitioner
pcp: primary care physician
http://www.pmgmd.com/faq_mem.htm
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Discussion
I'd say these are similar concepts in English. GP is common in the UK, Primary Care Physician more in the US, and I hear family practitioner in both. GP is the only acronym of the three that I would use in normal conversation without further context.