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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According to the Fraser Institute, Canadian patients faced a median wait of 30 weeks in 2024 for treatment from a specialist following referral by a general practitioner.
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Sally Pipes, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Dutch general practitioners, by contrast, make about 120,000 euros (US$126,000).
—Dylan Scott, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Every doctor—every cardiologist, every neurologist, every general practitioner, every rheumatologist—should understand the effect that a woman’s loss of her hormones does to her body and every single one of her organs.
—Alice Park, TIME, 20 Feb. 2025
Swannanoa and other small towns nestled in the Appalachian Mountains need more primary care and general practitioners but also affordable access to specialists such as oncologists.
—Jess Craig, Vox, 17 Nov. 2024
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Sally Pipes, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Dutch general practitioners, by contrast, make about 120,000 euros (US$126,000).
—Dylan Scott, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Every doctor—every cardiologist, every neurologist, every general practitioner, every rheumatologist—should understand the effect that a woman’s loss of her hormones does to her body and every single one of her organs.
—Alice Park, TIME, 20 Feb. 2025
Swannanoa and other small towns nestled in the Appalachian Mountains need more primary care and general practitioners but also affordable access to specialists such as oncologists.
—Jess Craig, Vox, 17 Nov. 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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