Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

General Practitioners

General practitioners (GPs), also known as family physicians, are primary care doctors who provide first-contact, continuing, and comprehensive medical care to patients of all ages within their communities. Rather than focusing on a single organ system or disease, GPs address the full range of physical and psycholog…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 15× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2692-5257 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

General practitioners (GPs), also known as family physicians, are primary care doctors who provide first-contact, continuing, and comprehensive medical care to patients of all ages within their communities. Rather than focusing on a single organ system or disease, GPs address the full range of physical and psychological health concerns, emphasizing prevention, early diagnosis, the management of acute and chronic illness, and the coordination of care, including referral to specialists when needed. They play a central role in maintaining population health, managing patients with multiple long-term conditions, and supporting frail and elderly individuals over time. Research within general practice examines the practical realities of this work, including patient safety and clinical risk management in the primary care setting, the care of patients with chronic diseases and those who are frail, and the challenges of managing conditions such as childhood obesity in the community. Studies also explore the consultation itself as a core clinical encounter, reflecting how much of a general practitioner's effectiveness depends on communication and continuity. This page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access research relevant to general practitioners and the organization, safety, and delivery of primary and community-based medical care.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2023

Oral Ulceration

McGuckin BronaghCorresponding author
International Journal of General Practice doi:10.14302/issn.2692-5257.ijgp-22-4071
2020

Mental Health in The Context of The COVID 19 Pandemic

Yadav RavinderCorresponding author
Medical Social Welfare Officer Department of Medical Record Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector-32, Chandigarh, India
International Journal of Coronaviruses Cited by 1 doi:10.14302/issn.2692-1537.ijcv-20-3367

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 15 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on General Practitioners, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in International Journal of General Practice (ISSN 2692-5257).

Journal editorial board
Dr. Rizwan Ahmad · Saudi Arabia

This page summarises published research for orientation; it is not medical or professional advice.