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*2 : one exerting a remedial or salutary [[influence]]

*2 : one exerting a remedial or salutary [[influence]]

==Description==

==Description==

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.

Both the role of the physician and the meaning of the word itself vary significantly around the world, but as generally understood, the ethics of medicine require that physicians show consideration, compassion and benevolence for their patients.

Both the role of the physician and the meaning of the [[word]] itself vary significantly around the world, but as generally [[understood]], the [[ethics]] of medicine require that physicians show [[consideration]], [[compassion]] and [[benevolence]] for their patients.

    Life is short, and Art long;

:Life is short, and Art long;

    the crisis fleeting; experience perilous, and decision difficult.

:the [[crisis]] fleeting; [[experience]] perilous, and [[decision]] difficult.

    The physician must not only be prepared to do what is right himself,

:The physician must not only be [[prepared]] to do what is right himself,

    but also to make the patient, the attendants, and externals cooperate.

:but also to make the patient, the attendants, and externals [[cooperate]].

    —First aphorism of Hippocrates, c. 400 BCE, from the Hippocratic Corpus online (translated by Francis Adams)

: —First aphorism of Hippocrates, c. 400 BCE, from the [http://classics.mit.edu/Browse/browse-Hippocrates.html Hippocratic Corpus online] ([[translated]] by Francis Adams)