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physician

[fi-zish-uhn] / fɪˈzɪʃ ən /


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Nearly 60 years after her unwanted pregnancy, Steinem dedicated her memoir to the British physician who arranged her abortion after she agreed to two conditions.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

Aberdeen-based occupational health physician Dr Niyi Adeleke assesses the fitness of people for offshore work.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

Besigye, a former personal physician to long-ruling Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, has been in the authorities' crosshairs since he joined the east African country's opposition more than 25 years ago.

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

Making things worse, because of low physician reimbursement rates, Medicaid patients struggle to get appointments with specialists to be diagnosed in the first place.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

She was headlong in love with her young physician and thus in love with all that he did.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

“Scientists, physicians, public health experts and medical organizations recognized a gap and worked together to fill it.”

From Salon Sep. 2, 2026

Pakistan's Supreme Court had on Tuesday directed the government to transfer Khan to a private hospital to be examined by physicians.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

The Association of American Medical Colleges projects the U.S. could face a shortage of between 20,200 and 40,400 primary care physicians by 2036.

From Slate Aug. 22, 2026

One consequence of all this consolidation is fewer physicians working in private practice—42% in 2024, down from 60% in 2012.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

He believed that he was one of the few physicians still seeing the nearly 6,000 persons then ill with the fever.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy




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