The specific causes of neurological problems vary, but can include genetic disorders, congenital abnormalities or disorders, infections, lifestyle or environmental health problems including malnutrition, and brain injury, spinal cord injury or nerve injury.
Family physicians can choose to be dedicated inpatient physicians, or hospitalists, on a full-time or rotating basis, depending on the demand and level of inpatient care needed. More than 66% of family physicians choose to have hospital privileges.
âPrimary care physicians fall into [one of two categories]: family medicine doctors and internal medicine doctors,â explains Saju Mathew, M.D. , a primary care physician at Piedmont Physicians Group.Weâre all primary care physicians, but the biggest difference is internal medicine doctors are like adult pediatricians.â. Here is a breakdown of which doctor sees which type of patient: 1  A pediatrician cares for children. 2  An internal medicine physician cares for adults.