The first person the majority of the sample (90 per cent) turned to for help was the family practitioner.
Q. How did a family practitioner get into the field of international health?
The alternative term of family practitioner is not acceptable either.
The study does not suggest that family practitioners should earn more than heart surgeons.
Generally speaking, a family practitioner does not have the highly specialized knowledge needed.
The average income of a family practitioner is well below $100,000.
But as a group surgeons would still earn more than family practitioners.
It's also time to pay family practitioners more and some specialists less.
He was a devoted family practitioner in the Bronx for 39 years.
At the same time, family practitioners, who now average about $119,000 a year, may hold their ground or see modest increases in income.