Médicos

A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a professional who practises medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining, or restoring health through the study, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments. Physicians may focus their practice on certain disease categories, types of patients, and methods of treatment\"known as specialities\"or they may assume responsibility for the provision of continuing and comprehensive medical care to individuals, families, and communities\"known as general practice. Medical practice properly requires both a detailed knowledge of the academic disciplines, such as anatomy and physiology, underlying diseases and their treatment\"the science of medicine\"and also a decent competence in its applied practice\"the art or craft of medicine. Both the role of the physician and the meaning of the word itself vary around the world. Degrees and other qualifications vary widely, but there are some common elements, such as medical ethics requiring that physicians show consideration, compassion, and benevolence for their patients.

Un médico es un profesional que practica la medicina y que intenta mantener y recuperar la salud humana mediante el estudio, el diagnóstico y el tratamiento de la enfermedad o lesión del paciente. En la lengua española, en forma coloquial, se denomina también doctor/doctora a estos profesionales, aunque no hayan obtenido el grado de doctorado.​ El médico es un profesional altamente calificado en materia sanitaria. Debido a que tiene que dar respuestas acertadas y rápidas a problemas de salud, mediante decisiones tomadas habitualmente en condiciones de gran incertidumbre, precisa de formación continuada a lo largo de toda su vida laboral.​