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ative
care,
nursing
home
care,
medicine,
emergency
hospice, palliative care, nursing home care, emergency
whether
acute or chronic.
Doctors trained in the
specialty of Family
recovery
Medicine evaluate, diagnose,
services,
and treat patients from
or
newborns
even
to the
international
medicine, addiction and recovery services,
relief
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work.
elderly. In addition to caring for patients of all ages, family medicine
focuses on the overall wellness of our patients and communities. We
rs care
use preventative
for
medicine
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to keep our patients
patients
as healthy as possible,
and
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medicine providers
families
care for their patients
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time. This
their lives and continuity
healthcare needs change over time.
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built on a patient
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having all of your care
doctor
in one place allows
to
your family doctor to
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gynecological care,
comprehensive
including breast cancer screening, cervical cancer
preventative
make sure that you are receiving care,
comprehensive preventative care,
ancer screenings. This can such
also
as vaccines
prevent
and cancer screenings. the
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different be
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expensive.
o benefit the community. Like
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can also benefit the community. Like other
amily medicine aims to provide
primary care high-quality
providers, family medicine aims to provide
,
high-quality,
ble health care for all communities.
accessible, and affordable
Because
health care for all communities. Because
f family medicine, family doctors
of the broad spectrum
can
of family medicine, family doctors can
s of our patients and their communities
accommodate the needs of our patients
as
and their
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communities as they
grow and change.
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- Bridget Peterson, MD
em
Washington Health System
Family Medicine - Cecil
Three Convenient Locations:
Canonsburg Washington Cecil
Canonsburg, PA 15317
P. (724) 745-4100 Leonard Ave., Bldg. 2, Ste. 200
Washington, PA 15301
P. (724) 223-3100 3415 Miller’s Run Road
Cecil, PA 15321
P. (724) 873-7414
67 East Pike Street
ew Family
Centers:
If you are looking for a new Family
Medicine provider, call
WHS Family Medicine Centers:
4) 745-4100
4) 223-3100
-7414
Canonsburg office: (724) 745-4100
Washington office: (724) 223-3100
Cecil office: (724) 873-7414
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