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physician

[fi-zish-uhn] / fɪˈzɪʃ ən /


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Physician groups such as the American Academy of Family Physicians argue that healthcare workers who aren’t medical doctors shouldn’t be practicing without physician oversight.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

Patients face an average wait of 31 days to secure a new doctor’s appointment, according to AMN Healthcare’s 2025 Survey of Physician Appointment Wait Times, which covers major metropolitan areas.

From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026

Without a will or advance directive, his only living immediate relative, his brother, had signed a Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment agreement with two doctors to transition him off of life support.

From Slate • Dec. 8, 2025

Physician associates and anaesthetic associates started working in the NHS in 2003, and it is thought it currently employs more than 5,000 of them.

From BBC • May 14, 2025

So, in May 1956, he placed an ad in the Ohio State Penitentiary newsletter: Physician seeks 25 volunteers for cancer research.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot




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