A '''physician'''—also known as doctor of [[medicine]], medical doctor, or simply doctor—[[practices]] the ancient [[profession]] of [[medicine]], which is concerned with [[maintaining]] or restoring [[human]] [[health]] through the [[study]], [[diagnosis]], and treatment of [[disease]] or injury. This properly requires both a detailed [[knowledge]] of the [[academic]] disciplines (such as anatomy and physiology) underlying diseases and their treatment—the [[science]] of [[medicine]]—and also a decent competence in its applied [[practice]]—the art or craft of medicine. | A '''physician'''—also known as doctor of [[medicine]], medical doctor, or simply doctor—[[practices]] the ancient [[profession]] of [[medicine]], which is concerned with [[maintaining]] or restoring [[human]] [[health]] through the [[study]], [[diagnosis]], and treatment of [[disease]] or injury. This properly requires both a detailed [[knowledge]] of the [[academic]] disciplines (such as anatomy and physiology) underlying diseases and their treatment—the [[science]] of [[medicine]]—and also a decent competence in its applied [[practice]]—the art or craft of medicine. |