family doctor
Example Sentences
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BBC research suggests that family doctors in England are deeply divided on the issue.
From BBC
We’re a long way from Norman Rockwell’s Saturday Evening Post portraits of doting parents taking their rosy-cheeked children to the avuncular family doctor for back-to-school checkups.
Just before Christmas last year, 77-year-old Nancy Hammer visited her family doctor seeking help for her worsening back pain.
Professor Victoria Tzortziou Brown, chair of the Royal College of GPs, said there's a "difficult balance" for family doctors to strike when patients expect a diagnosis for mental health problems, but don't meet the criteria.
From BBC
But when the headaches didn’t stop, we went to see our family doctor, Dr. Scott.
From Literature
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