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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.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physician]

:Life is short, and Art long;

:Life is short, and Art long;