Physician

A physician is a person who practices medicine. The term "physician" is traditional and still commonly used in the United States, but in the United Kingdom and Australia the term isn't used - instead they are called a "doctor" (a term also used in the US). Often also called a "medical doctor". Related titles are "veterinarian", used for one who cures diseases in animals, and "biologist", used for one who studies the life sciences[?] in general.

In most jurisdictions nowadays, physicians need government permission to practise their profession. This is known as licensing in the United States, as colegiation in Spain, as men'kyo[?] in Japan and as registration in Australia.

Titles for specialised physicians include:

• anesthesiologist[?]
• cardiologist[?]
• dermatologist
• family doctor[?]
• general practitioner
• gynaecologist[?]
• internist[?]
• neurologist
• obstetrician
• ophthalmologist[?]
• pediatrician[?]
• psychiatrist
• radiologist[?]
• surgeon

See also : medicine