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- 01/04/2021
Is physician a doctor?
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Yes, Doctor is a professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining, or restoring health through the study, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments. Physicians may focus their practice on certain disease categories, types of patients, and methods of treatmentâknown as specialitiesâor they may assume responsibility for the provision of continuing and comprehensive medical care to individuals, families, and communitiesâknown as general practice.
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