family doctor

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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.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

Timmons says she started her concierge practice in 2022 after burning out as a traditional family doctor.

From Barron's • Nov. 12, 2025

The family doctor put her mind at ease.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2025

Before World War Two, most babies in the UK were born at home, or in nursing homes, attended by midwives and the family doctor.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2025

So they decided to consult Dr. Henry Holland, in London, who had attended Annie’s birth and had become their family doctor since Charles’s father died.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman