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A primary care physician is a doctor who treats many types of illness and injuries. A specialist is a medical professional who has chosen to focus on one field of medicine, such as an oncologist, who treats only cancer, or a podiatrist, who focuses only on treating foot conditions. What are the advantages of seeing a specialist as opposed to a primary care physician? List at least one circumstance in which you might want to see a specialist, and at least one circumstance in which you might want to see a primary care physician.

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The advantages of seeing a specialist is because they mastered in one specific type of health problem and can treat that problem well and efficiently, whilst a primary care is to treat many and they may not be able to 100% deal with the problem you are facing.

A circumstance you want to see a specialist is if you have a bleeding/highly wounded internal organ.

A circumstance you want to see a primary care physician is if you have a broken leg or if you have a fever that won't go away.

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