family doctor

Noun

Meaning

a general practitioner who treats all the family members

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I wanted to be a surgeon, possibly influenced by the qualities of our family doctor who cared for our childhood ailments. Joseph Murray

You don't have a family doctor anymore like you did when you were a kid, who treated you throughout your life. Mehmet Oz

EDMONTON -- A west Edmonton family doctor who was found guilty of unprofessional conduct has won his appeal of a disciplinary decision that would have seen his licence revoked. Source: Internet

“In Nanaimo, I think the numbers are somewhere around 20,000 who don’t have a family doctor and our clinic will be able to attach over the course of three years to 6,800 patients,” said Jonker. Source: Internet

Meyers 1998, p. 311. On December 27, his wife learned from their family doctor that Cooper's cancer had spread to his lungs and bones and was inoperable. Source: Internet

She says the initiative would start with her going to Fort Good Hope, N.W.T., on a regular basis as a family doctor. Source: Internet

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