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Soheil1 Posted 10 years ago
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Practitioner vs physician vs doctor

Hi

What's the difference between a 'practitioner' and a 'doctor' and a 'physician'?


Thanks in advance
  

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I assume you are asking only about medical contexts. doctor/physician No real difference, except that patients usually say 'doctor' and doctors in my experience usually say 'physiician'. practitioner I only see this as a part of the phrase 'general practitioner (ie family doctor).

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  • I assume you are asking only about medical contexts.
  • doctor/physician No real difference, except that patients usually say 'doctor' and doctors in my experience usually say 'physiician'.
  • practitioner I only see this as a part of the phrase 'general practitioner (ie family doctor).
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I assume you are asking only about medical contexts.

doctor/physician
No real difference, except that patients usually say 'doctor' and doctors in my experience usually say 'physiician'.

practitioner
I only see this as a part of the phrase 'general practitioner (ie family doctor).
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