family practice

noun

1. medical specialization in general practice, requiring training beyond that of general practice and leading to board certification.

Other Word Forms

• family practitioner noun

Example Sentences

Controversial plans that would have meant patients would be allocated a dentist for each check-up, rather than staying with a family practice, have been dropped.

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Reddy’s family practice is participating in a one-year demonstration project launched in January intended to reduce that burden by having multiple insurers work together in one payment plan.

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Morris Brown, the family practice physician who owns the clinic, rotated through Black patients nearly every 20 minutes.

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By opting to be more open about his health struggles, Charles has diverged from long family practice.

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In a survey of 216 rural hospitals in 10 states, family practice doctors delivered babies in 67% of the hospitals, and at 27% of the hospitals they were the only ones who delivered babies.

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