### person | adult | physician:

Allopathic physician
* are masters at prescribing drugs and performing surgery.
* offer surgery, chemotherapy and radiation to treat cancer.
* see disease as one of two different things happening in the body.

### person | adult | physician:

Family physician
* Most family physicians prescribe treatments
  - work in private offices, hospitals, and clinics
* Some family physicians teach ethic.
* act as patient advocates.
* are both businessmen and health care providers.
* are committed to promoting health and preventing disease in their patients
  - providing care to patients and their families over time
  - concerned with more than the treatment of disease
  - coordinators of healthcare services for patients
  - doctors who are trained to take care of the whole person, body and mind
  - empathic, and empathy can lead to overinvolvement
  - experts in common medical conditions
  - medical doctors trained in the specialty of family practice
  - specialists, just like obstetricians, pediatricians or surgeons
  - the specialists trained to meet the health care needs of the entire family
* care about the public
  - for patients of all ages and handle a wide range of medical problems
* consider themselves masters of communication and patient interviewing.
* focus on the whole person and the entire family.
* have a central and essential role in today's health care system
  - distinctive values and ways of thinkgin and feeling
  - work schedules that vary considerably
* perform a variety of office, surgical and diagnostic procedures.
* play a central role in the provision of mental health care in most communities
  - key role in the treatment of depression
* provide general healthcare for the whole family, from birth through old age
  - the greatest proportion of care in rural communities
* specialize in being generalists.
* treat a wide variety of patients from infancy to old age.
* work within a broader system of health care which meets the needs of our patients.

Female physician
* are younger on average than are male physicians.
* lag in income and are underrepresented in research and leadership positions.
* tend to cluster in several specialties.

Greek physician
* give clinical description of lead poisoning.
* recommend use.

Holistic physician
* assume that all aspects of life create and comprise a total state of health.
* treat the whole body and stimulate healing through the use of natural means.

Homeopathic physician
* consider it better to treat the sick person rather than the disease.
* prescribe it to control the fever.

Many physician
* Most many physicians perform cervical examinations
  - work in offices
* make statements.
* offer tests.
* participate in decisions.

### person | adult | physician:

Naturopathic physician
* Some naturopathic physicians choose to practice as specialists.
* are experts in the use of herbs to treat illness
  - knowledgeable about alternative therapies
* believe in correcting the underlying cause of an illness.
* cooperate with all other branches of medical science.
* function like general practitioners or traditional family doctors.
* look deeper to find the cause of the body's imbalance.
* recommend pure bromelain to reduce inflammation and swelling.
* support informed consent.
* treat ailments and conditions without the use of synthetic drugs.
* use a holistic approach with their patients.

Occupational physician
* deal with self-care, work and leisure time task performance skills.
* tend to be treated very differently by different companies.

Orthopedic physician
* Some orthopedic physicians specialize in foot and ankle problems.
* deal with auto accidents all the time.

Podiatric physician
* are an important component of the diabetic health care team
  - the major providers of foot care services
* have incomes comparable to other general practice physicians.
* warn repetitive overuse can cause inflammation of the growth plates.