Sushan wrote: ↑June 9th, 2021, 7:39 am
hispoiema wrote: ↑June 4th, 2021, 5:27 pm
To me, cradle-to-grave caregiver means that she can provide care to anyone at any stage of life. I like that idea and I feel it shows her compassion to her fellow man.
Actually a doctor with a MBBS (or an equivalent) can treat many general conditions of patients in any age group. But when someone choose family practice, as the name implies, it is a care for a family (families). So the physician will look after all the family members starting from the infant to the old ones. In many occasions these doctors are based on one location and throughout their service they remain there. So they see many life stages of the family members that they treat.
Sure they're trained to treat all ages, but it is common for many to choose not to. In order to do uncomplicated deliveries of newborns, for example, requires being available 24/7 (instead of just office hours for someone with an office based practice). The vast majority of FPs choose not to work on Labor and Delivery and who can blame them. It is a highly litigious practice that, to be honest, is not suited to most personalities.
Similarly a lot of FPs hate doing pediatrics, even though they have some training in it, because dealing with other people's children drives many people (of every profession) crazy and they hate it.
"As usual... it depends."