Freeman Family Medicine Associates
Family Medicine • Joplin, MO
Ratings by platform
- Vitals/WebMD for specific physicians at the practice: 4.5/5 (25 reviews)
What patients say
Patients praise
- friendly and approachable demeanor
- staff described as caring and professional
- physicians are perceived as compassionate and thorough
- continuity of care, with some families seeing the same doctor across generations
Common complaints
- some patients feel the doctor is overly focused on discouraging the use of pain medications, even when non-narcotic options are requested
In patients' words
"He and staff are caring, professional always doing their best. Dr Hughes is compassionate, accurate always professional."
— Vitals review of Dr. William S. Hughes"more concerned with telling you that pain meds are bad and he doesn't like to prescribe them, even non narcotic pain meds"
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