Family doctors want term 'family medicine' protected legally

By Vik Adhopia · CBC News ·

National body responds to complaints that the term is being misused

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Family physicians are concerned terminology associated with their profession such as 'family medicine' or 'medical practice' are being misused by people who are not medical doctors.

Family physicians are concerned that terminology associated with their profession — such as "family medicine" — could be misused by people who are not medical doctors, according to the results of an informal internal poll by the College of Family Physicians of Canada.

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