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.
Internal medicine doctors, who frequently are called internists, are physicians who care largely for adults and treat a broad assortment of diseases and injuries to the internal organs. Specialists who focus on specific internal organs, such as cardiologists and gastroenterologists, are not considered internists.