In the increasingly fragmented world of health care, one thing remains constant: Family physicians are dedicated to treating the whole person.

Family medicine's cornerstone is an ongoing, personal patient-physician relationship focusing on integrated care. Providing patients with a personal medical home, family physicians deliver a range of acute, chronic and preventive medical care services Unlike other specialties that are limited to a particular organ, disease, age or sex, family medicine integrates care for patients of both genders across the full spectrum of ages within the context of community and advocates for the patient in an increasingly complex health care system.