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
Already high housing costs skyrocketed, and it became harder to see a family doctor.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2024
The problem with GPs conducting DREs, Weiner told me, was that while a family doctor might have a lot of experience conducting the test, that doesn’t mean they are particularly good at identifying a cancer.
From Slate • Aug. 17, 2024
The family doctor, after he had examined Cathy, could find no evidence that she had been mistreated.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
