as in physician
a medical professional who works directly with patients rather than in a laboratory or as a researcher
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The Yale study’s authors further contradict the Report’s attested-to expertise, claiming that the crucial viewpoints of gender-affirming care researchers and clinicians were excluded: disregarded, even, as biased.
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Trans Formations Project, Them, 25 Oct. 2024
Fragmented care delivery The type of clinicians prescribing GLP-1s has expanded rapidly.
—Owen Tripp, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2024
After centuries of persistent health disparities, researchers, advocates, clinicians and public health experts are finding ways to improve health for everyone.
—Lauren Gravitz, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
The Allen Institute, UW Medicine, and Kaiser Permanente Institute together form the Seattle Alzheimer’s Disease Brain Cell Atlas (SEA-AD) consortium, a community resource that makes its open-source data available to students, researchers, and clinicians.
—New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2024
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Trans Formations Project, Them, 25 Oct. 2024
Fragmented care delivery The type of clinicians prescribing GLP-1s has expanded rapidly.
—Owen Tripp, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2024
After centuries of persistent health disparities, researchers, advocates, clinicians and public health experts are finding ways to improve health for everyone.
—Lauren Gravitz, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
The Allen Institute, UW Medicine, and Kaiser Permanente Institute together form the Seattle Alzheimer’s Disease Brain Cell Atlas (SEA-AD) consortium, a community resource that makes its open-source data available to students, researchers, and clinicians.
—New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2024
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There is one primary care physician for every 5,080 residents in Williamsburg County.Kff Health News, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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The nurse tells her to stop wasting her time and go to an actual physician before her symptoms worsen or other ailments occur from overcompensating.Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
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Harley Street, in London, is where the most expensive private doctors in the United Kingdom have their offices.Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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At age 14, my life became a state of constant exhaustion, punctuated by doctors’ visits that, months later, would lead to a Long COVID diagnosis.Alana Kaufman, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
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Every member of this person’s care team—from nurses and social workers to residents and attendings—nodded in agreement.Zoe Adams, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2024
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More interns sleep together in the closet than attendings!Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Sep. 2024
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Her mother was told this by the hospitalist, also a doctor, but not the main doctor, not the one who makes the decisions.Weike Wang, The Atlantic, 26 Oct. 2024
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Health systems, hospitals, labor and delivery units, and OB hospitalist programs must also help their clinicians navigate evolving legislation by ensuring a strong understanding of how to interpret the laws and continue practicing their oath to do no harm.Mark N. Simon, STAT, 19 July 2024
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“Clinician.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clinician. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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