general practitioner
noun
: a physician or veterinarian whose practice is not limited to a specialty
broadly
: generalist
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Our family doctor is a general practitioner.
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The median wait for treatment from a specialist following referral by a general practitioner in Canada was 30 weeks this year, according to a study published this month by the Fraser Institute.
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Sally Pipes, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Participants were 65 or over at the commencement of the study and had registered with a UK general practitioner for at least 12 months between 1998 and 2018.
—New Atlas, 15 Dec. 2024
The institute's 2024 report found that physicians across Canada reported a median wait time of 30 weeks between a referral from a general practitioner to receipt of treatment.
—Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
The general practitioner murdered his wife, Isabella, and their nursemaid, Mary, before dismembering them and scattering their body parts in an attempt to thwart the investigation into their murders, according to the BBC.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
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Sally Pipes, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Participants were 65 or over at the commencement of the study and had registered with a UK general practitioner for at least 12 months between 1998 and 2018.
—New Atlas, 15 Dec. 2024
The institute's 2024 report found that physicians across Canada reported a median wait time of 30 weeks between a referral from a general practitioner to receipt of treatment.
—Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
The general practitioner murdered his wife, Isabella, and their nursemaid, Mary, before dismembering them and scattering their body parts in an attempt to thwart the investigation into their murders, according to the BBC.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
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general practitioner
noun
: a physician or veterinarian whose practice is not limited to a specialty
Dr. Thomas, Sr., could carry virtually the full armamentarium of the medicine of his day in a single black bag, and very nearly all of medical knowledge in his head. Today the general practitioner is a vanishing breed, and specialists cannot use their time effectively traveling from patient to patient.—John Steele Gordon, American Heritage
John Steele Gordon, American HeritageThe primary-care doctor is gaining new respect in Washington. Battles may be breaking out left and right over the various health-care bills emerging from Congress, but reformers on both sides agree that general practitioners should be given a central role in uniting the fragmented U.S. medical system.—Catherine Arnst, Business Week
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