''American Family Physician'' (''AFP'') is the editorially independent,

peer-reviewed Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producers of the work ( peers). It functions as a form of self-regulation by qualified members of a profession within the relevant field. Peer revie ...

and evidence-based

medical journal A medical journal is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that communicates medical information to physicians, other health professionals. Journals that cover many medical specialties are sometimes called general medical journals. History The fi ...

published by the

American Academy of Family Physicians The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) was founded in 1947 to promote and maintain high-quality standards for family medicine, an offshoot of the classical general practitioner. It is headquartered in Leawood, Kansas. AAFP is one o ...

. Published continuously since 1950, each issue delivers concise, easy-to-read clinical review articles for

physicians A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through th ...

and other health care professionals. The journal is published monthly in print, online, and app formats. It is mailed to an audience of more than 180,000

family medicine Family medicine is a medical specialty within primary care that provides continuing and comprehensive health care for the individual and family across all ages, genders, diseases, and parts of the body. The specialist, who is usually a primar ...

and other

primary care Primary care is the day-to-day healthcare given by a health care provider. Typically this provider acts as the first contact and principal point of continuing care for patients within a healthcare system, and coordinates other specialist care ...

physicians and health care professionals and viewed online by more than 2.5 million unique visitors monthly. 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.

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