Recent Examples on the WebThis is partly because of a shortage of physicians, especially family doctors.—Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 2 May 2024 As big and boisterous as our brood was, no family doctor or pediatrician ever saw our family on a regular basis.—Dr. Sharon Malone, TIME, 9 Apr. 2024 The lawsuit also described how patients allegedly reported abuse to unnamed nursing assistants and family doctors and, in one instance in 2004, to Chicago police.—Maggie Vespa, NBC News, 28 Mar. 2024 Your family doctor can identify the cause and ensure nothing more serious happens.—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 26 Mar. 2024 Jones, a 50-year-old family doctor from Austin, Texas, booked the March 2023 sailing with his wife for its mostly all-inclusive model.—Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2024 Under Britain’s system, any patients wanting a cancer diagnosis need to begin with a visit their local family doctor, or general practitioner — because the only way to access tests or specialist care is via a referral from a GP.—Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024 Ruba, being the family doctor, went to a facility where the bodies from the attack were being identified.—Claire Porter Robbins, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2024 But some doctors who prescribe the drug are worried that might happen,
Dr. Natasha Bhuyan, a family doctor at One Medical in Phoenix, believes reasons for the low uptake include some don't have access to medical care and others might struggle to pay for the medication.—Ken Alltucker, The Courier-Journal, 10 Jan. 2024
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