American Family Physician

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American Family Physician  
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Abbreviated title (ISO) Am. Fam. Phys.
Discipline Family medicine
Language English
Edited by Jay Siwek
Publication details
Publisher American Academy of Family Physicians (United States)
Publication history 1969–present
Frequency Biweekly
Open access After 12 months
Impact factor
(2010)
1.547
Indexing
ISSN 0002-838X (print)
1532-0650 (web)
LCCN 85650524
OCLC number 01777828
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American Family Physician is a biweekly peer-reviewed medical journal published by the American Academy of Family Physicians. It provides continuing medical education for family physicians and other primary care clinicians. The journal publishes original articles presenting a family medicine perspective on and approach to common clinical conditions and succinct, evidence-based, clinical reviews intended to assist family physicians in patient care.

The predecessor to American Family Physician was the journal GP, an acronym for "General Practitioner". GP was first published in 1950 by the American Academy of General Practice, which was the predecessor organization to the American Academy of Family Physicians.[1]

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