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general practitioner Definition

general practitioner

noun

a practicing physician who does not specialize in any particular field of medicine

general practitioner Usage Examples

Possessives

patient: They also often contain a summary of procedures undertaken and advice for discharge for the patient's general practitioner or family doctor.

Converse of object

  • include: The stakeholders included three general practitioners, a practice manager, two nurses, six clerical staff and the change agent.
  • train: The doctors providing the out-of-hours service are all trained general practitioners.
  • encourage: We encourage all interested general practitioners - both principals and non-principals - to consider this model as a template for local discussion.
  • survey: The pharmacists involved in providing pharmaceutical care had a positive opinion on the new approach, as did the majority of general practitioners surveyed.

Adjective modifier

  • dental: This is similar to the situation faced by general dental practitioners.
  • medical: It may be hard to apply the same standards to a general medical practitioner as to the Department of Health.
  • veterinary: I remain, despite my many years of veterinary politics at BVA and on various Government committees, a veterinary general practitioner.
  • interested: We encourage all interested general practitioners - both principals and non-principals - to consider this model as a template for local discussion.

Preposition: in

  • practice: Setting: General practitioners in practices in Glasgow, Tayside, and Highland regions, Scotland.
  • area: We are not a general practice, and you must register with a general practitioner in the area in which you live.
  • care: Ultimately this will result in more responsibility being left with the family and general practitioners in primary care.
  • management: A partnership between community pharmacists and general practitioners in the management of ischaemic heart disease: a feasibility study.