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physician
Also known as doctor, physicians, medical doctor, medical practitioner, medical doctors, doctor of medicine
professional who practices medicine
AI overview
A physician is a medical professional who is trained and licensed to diagnose and treat diseases and injuries in people. They matter because they provide essential healthcare services that help people recover from illness, manage chronic conditions, and maintain their health.
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Research
910,388 papers- Physician Health Series Part One: Characteristics of Physicians as Patients.ReviewMayo Clinic proceedings · 2024Couser GP, Hagen PT, Swift MD et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2023.08.027
- Physician's prescription and pharmaceutical industry's influence - where have the ethics gone?ReviewJPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association · 2024Ahmer ZDOI: 10.47391/JPMA.AKU-EPP-09
- On the human family physician.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2019Ladouceur R
- Physician heal thyself.Indian heart journal · 2018Agrawal ADOI: 10.1016/j.ihj.2018.08.014
- The Physician's Physician: The Role of the Psychiatrist in Helping Other Physicians and Promoting Wellness.
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Article
The Doctor, an 1891 portrait by Luke Fildes A medical doctor, also known as a physician (American and Canadian English) or medical practitioner (British English), is a health professional who practices medicine. Medicine aims to promote, maintain or restore health through the study, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental conditions.
Doctors may focus on certain disease categories, types of patients, and methods of treatment, known as specialities. Others work in general practice, providing continuing and comprehensive medical care to individuals, families. Medical practice requires both thorough knowledge of the medical sciences—such as anatomy, physiology, diseases, and their treatment—and strong competence in applying this knowledge in practice, which forms the art or craft of the profession.