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2. What Is the Difference Between an MD and a DO? - WebMD

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   MDs focus on looking at your symptoms and making a diagnosis based on those symptoms. They tend to take a more targeted approach to treatment. ‌. DOs, on the other hand, see the body as an ...

3. What Is a Physician? What Do They Do and When to See One - WebMD

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   A physician is a general term for a doctor who has earned a medical degree. Physicians work to maintain, promote, and restore health by studying, diagnosing, and treating injuries and diseases.

4. Physician - Wikipedia

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   Physician. A physician, medical practitioner ( British English ), medical doctor, or simply doctor is a health 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.

5. Difference Between MD and DO: Choosing the Right Doctor for You

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   The main difference in the training of DOs versus MDs is that DOs complete an additional 200 hours of coursework. This extra training focuses on bones, muscles, and nerves and how they affect the ...

6. What Is a Primary Care Physician? - WebMD

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   Your primary care doctor can examine you, order blood tests and other tests, make a diagnosis, and prescribe medications. If you have a chronic condition like diabetes, hypertension, asthma, or ...

7. Types of Doctors: PCP vs. Family Doctor vs. Internist

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   A family medicine doctor can treat people of all ages, but an internist only treats older adolescents and adults. Like a family medicine doctor, an internist treats most common medical issues ...