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Recent Examples of family physician
Students who spend three years in medical school instead of four have lower debt and get to a higher salary sooner, said Caroline Roberts, a family physician and director of rural education at the University of North Carolina’s School of Medicine.
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Tribune News Service, Oc Register, 8 Nov. 2025
Health care workers are facing burnout, safety concerns and resources being pulled away from primary care clinics, said Christopher Antolak, a family physician with Allina and a member of the union bargaining team.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 5 Nov. 2025
The editor of the local newspaper, the reporter people are familiar with, the family physician who has taken care of you and your siblings—these figures have credibility in a way that large national institutions do not.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Parmar is a family physician who opened the practice—officially named Ardas Family Medicine, but now better known by its location inside Mango House—in 2012.
—Helen Ouyang, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2025
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Tribune News Service, Oc Register, 8 Nov. 2025
Health care workers are facing burnout, safety concerns and resources being pulled away from primary care clinics, said Christopher Antolak, a family physician with Allina and a member of the union bargaining team.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 5 Nov. 2025
The editor of the local newspaper, the reporter people are familiar with, the family physician who has taken care of you and your siblings—these figures have credibility in a way that large national institutions do not.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Parmar is a family physician who opened the practice—officially named Ardas Family Medicine, but now better known by its location inside Mango House—in 2012.
—Helen Ouyang, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for family physician
Noun
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In addition to getting yearly flu and Covid-19 shots, talk to your family doctor about other vaccines recommended based on your age, family history and other factors.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
1 Apr. 2026
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The family doctor doesn’t talk to the physical therapist.—
Mehmet Oz,
STAT,
24 Mar. 2026
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And so should a family practitioner who went to osteopathic school.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
11 July 2025
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The company will sell directly to potential customers, alongside clinicians and family practitioners.—
Erin Brodwin,
Axios,
24 Mar. 2025
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There are doctors, like anaesthetists, who want to do things to patients.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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Yet doctors eventually assured her that physical activity for a recovering pediatric leukemia patient would be beneficial to his quality of life.—
Andrea Flores,
Los Angeles Times,
19 May 2026
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Another physician, Patrick LaRochelle, 46, is thought to have been exposed through a second patient and is being flown from Congo to Bulovka Hospital, in the Czech capital, Prague, according to Serge.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
20 May 2026
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Entire dimensions of physician quality — judgment, communication, professionalism, leadership, resilience, bedside manner, decision-making under pressure — are dismissed as irrelevant ‘woke’ distractions.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2026
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“Family physician.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/family%20physician. Accessed 26 May. 2026.
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