family practitioner

Example Sentences

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I don't regret ditching my family practitioner, but now I don't have a GP and am struggling to find someone who accepts new patients.

From Salon • Oct. 30, 2023

He was awarded a $125,000 Chick Evans Scholarship, which will enable him to attend the University of Washington, study biological sciences and pursue his dream of becoming a family practitioner.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2023

“There was nothing you could do,” said John Preddy, a family practitioner, who delivered two of these dead children and cared for them all their short lives, their scraped knees and runny noses.

From Seattle Times • May 30, 2022

At the moral center of “Dopesick” is Dr. Samuel Finnix, a family practitioner in the fictional Appalachian town of Finch Creek, Va., played by Michael Keaton.

From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2021

Then, on the motion—made in dumb show—of Doctor Parker Peps, they went upstairs; the family practitioner opening the room door for that distinguished professional, and following him out, with most obsequious politeness.

From Dombey and Son by Dickens, Charles