The phrase "a native physician" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a physician who is originally from a particular place or country, often implying familiarity with local customs and practices.
Example: "The community preferred to consult a native physician who understood their cultural beliefs about health and healing."
Alternatives: "local doctor" or "indigenous physician".
He was further convinced when he spent a day learning about the health needs of Native Americans in California with Laura Williams, a Native American physician.
13 14 A few studies have compared clinical performance of immigrant and native physicians.
Franks adopted native dress, ate native food, employed native physicians, and married Syrian, Armenian, or converted Muslim women.
This was also found in previous studies among native physicians [ 46] and native GPs.
There is some evidence from the USA that foreign-born physicians are more likely to practise in underserved areas and in primary health care than native physicians [ 12].
Although the measures in the survey partly arose from the interviews, we also included validated measures from previous studies among native physicians.
An alternative explanation could be that foreign-born physicians assess their working environment by different standards from native physicians, for example comparing their experiences to those from their country of origin.
PROCARIO--Rudolph F., a native New Yorker, House Physician at Westchester Square Hospital, Staff Psychiatrist at New York's Rockland State Hospital and long time member of the New York Athletic Club died on October 25, 2006 in Manhattan.
However, we had the Dutch texts translated by two experienced translators and from the perspective of migraine a native English speaking expert physician on migraine looked into the patient remarks.
The translation was reviewed by the lead author who is a native Armenian speaker, by physicians in Yerevan who are not part of this study and are fluent in both English and Armenian and by native Armenian-speaking faculty at Columbia University, New York, who are also fluent in English.
