Physician
41Physician-patient privilege — In the laws of many common law jurisdictions, the concept of legal privilege, or the rule that certain conversations are so private and confidential that they cannot be used as evidence in court, extends to communication between a patient and… …
42Physician assistant (PA) — A mid level medical practitioner who works under the supervision of a licensed doctor (an MD) or osteopathic physician (a DO). The physician assistant came about in the 1960s as a response to the need for more clinicians (there was a shortage of… …
43Physician’s Tale, The — by Geoffrey Chaucer (ca. 1386) The Physician’s Tale is one of the least admired of CHAUCER’s CANTERBURY TALES. Coming directly before the universally admired PARDONER’S TALE in what is generally called “Fragment VI” of the Tales, the… …
44Physician Assistant National Certifying Exam — The Physician Assistant National Certifying Exam (PANCE) and Physician Assistant National Recertifying Exam (PANRE) are exams that must be taken by all physician assistants (PAs). Both tests are given by the National Commission on Certification… …
45physician, heal thyself — With allusion to LUKE iv. 23 (AV) Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself. (VULGATE medice cura teipsum.) c 1400 tr. Honorius of Autun’s Elucidarium (1909) 29 Blynde leches [doctors], heeleth first youre silf! 1519 J.… …
46physician's assistant — a person trained to perform under the supervision of a physician many clinical procedures traditionally performed by a physician, as diagnosing and treating minor ailments. Abbr.: PA Also, physician assistant. Cf. nurse practitioner. * * * …
47physician assistant — A person who is trained, certified, and licensed to perform history taking, physical examination, diagnosis, and treatment of commonly encountered medical problems, and certain technical skills, under the supervision of a licensed physician, and… …
48physician's assistant — noun or physician assistant : a person who has received special training and is certified to provide basic medical services usually under the supervision of a licensed physician called also PA * * * noun, pl ⋯ tants [count] US : a person who… …
49physician's assistant — noun Date: 1970 a person certified to provide basic medical services usually under the supervision of a licensed physician called also PA, physician assistant …
50physician and patient — The relation whereunder a physician administers professionally to another, essentially consensual. 41 Am J1st Phys & S § 71. The relation between a surgeon performing an autopsy and the body of the dead person is not the relation of physician and …
