family practice
noun
: a medical practice or specialty which provides continuing general medical care for the individual and family
called also family medicine
Examples of family practice in a Sentence
She plans to enter family practice when she graduates from med school.
Recent Examples on the Web
The hospital has added four family practice clinics, a skilled nursing facility and an assisted living center.
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Markian Hawryluk, The Courier-Journal, 12 June 2024
Her husband, Dwight, manages the family practice in Springfield.
—Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 11 June 2024
Alternatively, parents can turn to pediatricians and family practice doctors as a resource.
—Alison Fox, Parents, 4 June 2024
Matthew Adkins is a family practice physician and member of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) board of directors.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 24 May 2024
Miller is a former family practice doctor who graduated from Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Sciences in Chicago in 1964.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2024
Woods, an executive with the digital security firm F5, said his family practices its code phrases as part of broader conversations about safety.
—Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2023
When the family practice doctor overseeing the case asked for a peer-to-peer review, the insurance company physician defending the denial was an ob-gyn specialist.
—Gretchen Morgenson, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2023
Does your family practice the Christmas Pickle tradition?
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2023
Markian Hawryluk, The Courier-Journal, 12 June 2024
Her husband, Dwight, manages the family practice in Springfield.
—Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 11 June 2024
Alternatively, parents can turn to pediatricians and family practice doctors as a resource.
—Alison Fox, Parents, 4 June 2024
Matthew Adkins is a family practice physician and member of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) board of directors.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 24 May 2024
Miller is a former family practice doctor who graduated from Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Sciences in Chicago in 1964.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2024
Woods, an executive with the digital security firm F5, said his family practices its code phrases as part of broader conversations about safety.
—Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2023
When the family practice doctor overseeing the case asked for a peer-to-peer review, the insurance company physician defending the denial was an ob-gyn specialist.
—Gretchen Morgenson, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2023
Does your family practice the Christmas Pickle tradition?
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2023
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“Family practice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/family%20practice. Accessed 16 Jun. 2024.
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