physicianmainly US or formal

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Medical treatment: doctors & health workers generally
acupuncturist
aid worker
ambulanceman
ambulancewoman
brain surgeon
candy striper
care navigator
casualty officer
dentist
medic
nephrologist
non-doctor
nonphysician
NP
nurse consultant
staff nurse
stretcher-bearer
surgeon
urologist
white coat

Examples of medico

medico
This is an essential text for anyone involved in medico-legal work, but it is unlikely to be produced much in the courtroom.
And unlike the case of epidemics, new behavioral regimes and medico-political ceremonies cannot simultaneously preserve public health while expanding state power.
This is of significance in the medico-legal setting when third party compensation for head injury has to be decided.
Two of the questions, dealing with medico-legal implications and suggestions for further action, relate to points that may not be addressed in some publications.
If relevant to the assessment, are medico-legal implications considered?
A final section includes four papers on ethical, social and medico-legal problems.
The relationship between literary representations of psychic pain and medico-psychological formulations of trauma needs therefore to be closely examined.
This research also has medico-legal and political implications.
The addition of a gender-specific propensity and individual circumstances resulted in a medico-psychological challenge to the cure's miraculousness.
The relevance of medico-scientific and social factors that constitute the context of the donation-transplantation decision cannot be disputed.
The medico-political and employment situation of practice nurses generated some unique issues.
Other tests such as the flow cytometric assay also should be evaluated since they may have a positive medico-economical impact on public health.
In answering this question, we must strive to avoid a medico-centric perspective that gives primary weight to health-related risks and benefits.
They continue to shoulder immense responsibilities in terms of patient care and medico-legal formalities.
Of these, 11 were referred to a tertiary neuropsychiatric unit and the remainder referred for a medico-legal opinion.
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