The phrase "a few physicians" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a small number of doctors or medical professionals in a general context.
Example: "During the conference, a few physicians shared their insights on the latest treatment methods."
Alternatives: "several doctors" or "a handful of medical professionals."
I had a few physicians using the medication themselves.
He eventually discovered, however, that a few physicians and neuroscientists had taken a contrarian position.
Only a few physicians practiced group therapy before World War II.
Here are a few physicians whose malpractice insurance must be abnormally high.
"I've been in the exam room with quite a few physicians and patients," says Dr. Judith Paice, a pain specialist who holds a nursing Ph.D. and is in the division of hematology and oncology at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago.
The effort is being watched as a potential model by federal and state government and industry officials, who say that up to 60percentt of Americans receive their primary care at offices where only a few physicians practice.
Each patient visit is assigned a weight based on four factors: (1) probability of being selected by the three-stage sampling design; (2) adjustment for nonresponse; (3) adjustment for physician specialty group; and (4) weight smoothing to minimize the impact of a few physician outliers whose final visit weights are large relative to those for the remaining physicians.
Access can be a problem, because few physicians and medical centers offer the treatment.
Available evidence suggests that, despite positive attitudes toward regular exercise in promoting a healthy lifestyle, few physicians actually prescribe exercise for their patients.
In a different study, few physicians were found to change their prescriptions in response to drug allergy or interaction alerts [ 16].
As a consequence, only few physicians, specialized and trained in pelvic pain disorders, can easily recognize what the etiology of pelvic pain is, and the treatment is often exclusively symptomatic, frequently with less efficacy.
