Sentence examples for physicians from inspiring English sources
The word "physicians" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to refer to doctors who practice medicine, especially those requiring special qualifications for medical practice. Example: The physicians at the local hospital are highly experienced and well-respected.
Back in London, I find a 2008 paper on morgellons in the journal Dermatologic Therapy that describes patients picking "at their skin continuously in order to 'extract' an organism"; "obsessive cleaning rituals, showering often" and individuals going "to many physicians, such as infectious disease specialists and dermatologists" – all behaviours "consistent with DOP".
Primary care physicians tend to prescribe drugs rather than CBT, although some countries, including the UK and Australia, have initiatives intended to increase the availability of counselling.
But the catch-all term that physicians prefer is more familiar: depression.
Doctors across Europe are warning that the soaring use of antidepressants is down to growing pressure to "medicalise" unhappiness, complaining that a lack of time and meagre availability of other therapies meant that physicians reach for the prescription pad far too often.
José Luis Ballesteros Ramos, a psychiatrist from Granada, added: "The fact that primary care physicians prescribe antidepressants is linked to the inability to spend more time with the patient, because they get to see 40 patients in the morning".
Faced with mounting obesity rates and a stubbornly sedentary population, physicians – especially pediatricians – are refining their exhortations that patients need to get more exercise.
"Three things need to happen for the workforce of the future: change, change, change," said Prof Jane Dacre, president of the Royal College of Physicians.
Paediatrics Backed by the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and UNHCR, the doctors view detention as "unsuitable for children and a contravention of human rights".
Prof Jane Dacre, president, Royal College of Physicians " Ministers must avoid the temptation to tinker with NHS structures and instead create the space for local health leaders to reshape services around people's needs.
Professor Jane Dacre, president of the Royal College of Physicians, agreed with the findings and called for the government to take a much stronger line with the food and drinks industries, introducing minimum unit pricing that makes the strongest alcoholic drinks the most expensive.
The Royal College of Surgeons, some of whose members work privately, and the Royal College of Physicians, which represents hospital doctors, did not comment.
