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Physicians and surgeons serve a fundamental rolein our society and have an effect upon all our lives. They diagnoseillnesses and prescribe and administer treatment for people sufferingfrom injury or disease. Physicians examine patients, obtain medicalhistories, and order, perform, and interpret diagnostic tests.
They counsel patients on diet, hygiene, and preventive healthcare.
There are two types of physicians:» M.D. -Doctor of Medicine
» D.O. - Doctor of OsteopathicMedicine.
M.D.s also are known as allopathic physicians. While both M.D.s and D.O.smay use all accepted methods of treatment, including drugs and surgery,D.O.s place special emphasis on the body's musculoskeletal system, preventivemedicine, and holistic patient care.
About a third of M.D.s-and more than half of D.O.s-are primary carephysicians. They practice general and family medicine, general internalmedicine, or general pediatrics and usually are the first health professionalspatients consult. Primary care physicians tend to see the same patientson a regular basis for preventive care and to treat a variety of ailments.
General and family practitioners emphasize comprehensivehealthcare for patients of all ages and for the family as a group.Those in general internal medicine provide care mainly for adults whomay have problems associated with the body's organs. General pediatriciansfocus on the whole range of children's health issues. When appropriate,primary care physicians refer patients to specialists, who are expertsin medical fields such as obstetrics and gynecology, cardiology, psychiatry,or surgery.