Primary care doctors and family medicine specialists
Known by different names in different countries (GPs, médico de cabecera, Hausarzt, huisarts, docteur, lekarz rodzinny or simply family medicine doctor), these doctors are usually your first point of contact with the medical profession.
They offer a wide range of services, everything from providing general health advice to treating acute and chronic illnesses.
Doctors in different countries offer slightly different services and have a variety of roots through the education system before full qualification.
There is a good overview of these different educational backgrounds on the Wikipedia page on General Practitioners.
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Resources
The General Medical Counil (UK): http://www.gmc-uk.org/
The Irish Medical Council: http://www.medicalcouncil.ie/
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