Category: M

The treatment of illness by drug.  

An examination of a person by a doctor.  

A doctor who practises medicine, but is not usually a surgeon.  

The use of heat produced by electricity for treatment of muscle and joint disorders such as rheumatism. The production of heat in body tissues for therapeutic purposes by high-frequency currents that are insufficiently intense to destroy tissues or to impair their vitality. Diathermy has been used in treating chronic arthritis, bursitis, fractures, gynecologic diseases, sinusitis,…

A committee of doctors in a hospital who advise the management on medical matters. A group of doctors on the staff of a hospital who give medical viewpoints on affairs concerned with overall policies on patient care, resource allocation, and the running of the hospital. Representatives of other hospital professions (nursing, administration, planning, and interns)…

An official document signed by a doctor, giving someone permission to be away from work or not to do specific types of work. A certificate stating a doctor’s diagnosis of a patient’s medical condition, disability, or fitness to work.  

A place where several different doctors and specialists practise.  

A body with the responsibility of advising on medical audit in primary care.  

Someone who performs routine administrative and clinical tasks to help in the offices and clinics of doctors and other medical practitioners. An allied health professional for whom the American Medical Association’s Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation (CAHEA) has accredited education programs. An individual who assists a qualified physician in an office or other…

Help provided by a nurse, an ambulanceman or a member of an association such as the Red Cross, to a person who is ill or injured. In the U.S., a state administered program designed to pay for health care provided to medically indigent patients.