1. To advise a patient is to give a recommendation about health care.
2. To counsel a patient is to give guidance about health care options.
3. Family medicine is a branch of medicine that provides long-term, general health care for all individuals.
4. Health education is the act of teaching people about their bodies and good health habits.
5. A practitioner is someone who is legally licensed to perform medical treatments without supervision.
6. If medicine is preventative, it focuses on preventing diseases from occurring rather than curing them.
7. Primary care refers to the first and main point of medical assistance for patients in a health care system.
8. To refer a patient is to transfer a patient from one doctor to another doctor who may better address the patient’s specific needs.
9. Urgent care refers to health care provided to immediately respond to an injury or illness that is not serious enough to visit the emergency room.
