under a doctor's care

phrase

: being treated by a doctor
He is under a doctor's care.

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Country star Luke Bryan has been under a doctor's care for weeks due to an illness, and the 47-year-old singer is still not able to perform. — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 14 Aug. 2023 Hale had been under a doctor's care for an unspecified emotional disorder, Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake said last week. — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 6 Apr. 2023 Hale was under a doctor's care for an undisclosed emotional disorder and was not known to police before the attack, Metropolitan Nashville Police Chief John Drake said at the news conference. — Jonathan Mattise, ajc, 29 Mar. 2023 Hale was under a doctor's care for an emotional disorder, police later determined, but had no criminal history. — Cassandra Stephenson, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2023 Police interviewed the parents who said the shooter had been under a doctor's care for an emotional disorder. — Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 28 Mar. 2023 Such heartless laws usurp what should be a family's right to make a painful moral decision under a doctor's care and give that power to the state. — Laura Beers, CNN, 27 May 2022 At the time of her disappearance, San Antonio police said Hines had a medical condition and was under a doctor's care. — Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News, 28 May 2021

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