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Description

In the United States, the term physician is commonly used to describe all medical doctors (as well as doctor). In Britain, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Africa, India, Indonesia, Republic of China (Taiwan), Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and Hong Kong, the term doctor is prevalent (and in formallegal contexts, medical practitioner as well), as physician refers to specialists in internal medicine. Because of the extensive training requirements, physicians are traditionally considered to be members of a learned profession. Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia, Physician (Wikipedia)

Basic Part Properties

Part Display Name
Physician
Part Type
Method (Describes the method by which the test was performed)
Created On
2000-05-03
Construct for LOINC Short Name
MD

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https://fhir.loinc.org/CodeSystem/$lookup?system=http://loinc.org&code=LP6450-3

Language Variants Get Info

Tag Language Translation
nl-NL Dutch (Netherlands) arts
it-IT Italian (Italy) Medico
de-AT German (Austria) Arzt
zh-CN Chinese (China) 医师
Synonyms: 内科医师;内科医生;医生