"Family Practice" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A medical specialty concerned with the provision of continuing, comprehensive primary health care for the entire family.
| Descriptor ID |
D005194
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| MeSH Number(s) |
H02.403.340.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Family Practice- Family Practice
- Family Practices
- Practice, Family
- Practices, Family
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Family Practice" by people in this website by year, and whether "Family Practice" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2003 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2007 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Family Practice" by people in Profiles.
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Implementing incentives in family medicine for opioid use disorder treatment: a qualitative inquiry on provider and patient preferences for a low magnitude reward program compatible with buprenorphine treatment. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2025 12 22; 20(1):97.
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Barriers to Adolescent Pre-exposure prophylaxis and Sexual Health Care in Pediatric Versus Family Medicine Providers. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2025 12; 39(12):515-524.
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Ready for Self-Managed Medication Abortion? Practices, Confidence, Knowledge, and Attitudes of Emergency and Primary Care Physicians. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2026 Mar; 35(3):299-305.
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Signals and Preferences: Experiences of Midwest Family Medicine Residencies. Fam Med. 2025 02; 57(2):123-131.
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Psychiatry and Family Medicine Residents' Likelihood of Prescribing HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis to Patients With Mental Illness and HIV Vulnerability. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2024 07 01; 96(3):231-240.
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Departmental Metrics to Guide Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion for Academic Family Medicine Departments. Fam Med. 2024 06; 56(6):362-366.
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Psychosocial Burdens Associated With Family Building Among Physicians and Medical Students. JAMA Intern Med. 2023 09 01; 183(9):1018-1021.
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NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Breast Cancer Screening and Diagnosis, Version 1.2023. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2023 09; 21(9):900-909.
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Changing patterns of otitis media in the Waikato region during the COVID-19 pandemic. J Prim Health Care. 2023 09; 15(3):224-229.
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Transition to Residency: National Study of Factors Contributing to Variability in Learner Milestones Ratings in Emergency Medicine and Family Medicine. Acad Med. 2023 11 01; 98(11S):S123-S132.