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| Names | Physician, medical practitioner, medical doctor or simply doctor |
Occupation type | Professional |
Activity sectors | Medicine, health care |
| Specialty | {{#statements:P1995}} |
| Description | |
Education required | MBBS, MD, MDCM, or DO,Template:Doctor of Indian medicine |
Fields of employment | Clinics, hospitals |
Related jobs | General practitioner Family physician Surgeon Specialist physician |
A physician or medical doctor is a person who uses medicine to treat illness and injuries to improve a patient's health.
In most countries, the basic medical degree qualifies a person to treat patients and prescribe appropriate treatment, including drugs. A physician may also do the simplest kinds of surgery.
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