Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Most Canadians either know personally or are aware that getting an appointment with a family doctor can be difficult. Across the country, it's estimated that 6.5 million people do not have a family doctor or nurse practitioner they see regularly. For women who live on the margins—those experiencing poverty, racism, trauma, care-giving stress or unstable housing—the barriers to care are even greater. From adolescence through to midlife, such women often .