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witch doctor
witch doctor In the genre of African colonial literature, the ‘witch doctor’ — Gagool in Rider Haggard's King Solomon's Mines, for example — serves as an allegory for the dark, sinister, forces of barbarism.This is a gross distortion of the actual situation in Africa; w... Read more
Gaspard Bauhin
Gaspard Bauhin , 1560-1624, Swiss botanist and doctor of medicine, of French descent. His early classification of plants by genus and species in his chief work, the Pinax theatri botanici (1623), anticipated the binomial arrangement of Linnaeus. Bauhin reformed anatomical nomenclature, especially ... Read more
Fathers of the Church
Fathers of the Church collective name for the Christian writers of early times whose work is considered generally orthodox. A convenient definition includes all such writers up to and including St. Gregory I (St. Gregory the Great) in the West and St. John of Damascus in the East (see patristi... Read more
managed health care
managed health care system of health-care delivery that aims to control costs by assigning set fees for services, monitoring the need for procedures such as tests and surgical operations, and stressing preventive care. Managed health-care systems include health maintenance organizations ; preferre... Read more
Sir Luke Fildes
Sir Luke Fildes , 1844-1927, English genre and portrait painter, b. Liverpool. He made drawings for the Graphic and other periodicals and illustrated Dickens's Edwin Drood. As a painter he excelled in depicting the life of the London poor. Later he specialized in portraiture and painted the coro... Read more
William Webster Hansen
William Webster Hansen 1909-49, U.S. physicist, b. Fresno, Calif. Hansen received his doctorate in physics from Stanford in 1933 and joined the faculty there in 1934. He invented the high-quality cavity resonator on which the linear electron accelerator depends. During World War II he worked in New... Read more
Hugh Lofting
Hugh Lofting 1886-1947, American writer of juvenile stories, b. Maidenhead, England. He settled in the United States in 1912. His famous "Dr. Dolittle" stories, which concern an extraordinary country doctor with a great love of animals, began as letters to his children during World War I. They ... Read more
Saint Peter Canisius
Saint Peter Canisius , 1521-97, Dutch Jesuit, Doctor of the Church, b. Nijmegen. He spent his life traveling widely strengthening wavering Roman Catholics, preaching, and instructing. He was one of the most vigorous of the Catholic preachers in the regions affected by Lutheranism, above all in W and... Read more
Saint Robert Bellarmine
Saint Robert Bellarmine , 1542-1621, Italian theologian, cardinal, Doctor of the Church, and a principal influence in the Counter Reformation . His full name was Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmino. He joined the Jesuits (1560) and taught at Louvain (1569-76) and at the Roman College (1576). In 159... Read more
Elizabeth Blackwell
Elizabeth Blackwell 1821-1910, American physician, b. England; sister of Henry Brown Blackwell . She was the first woman in the United States to receive a medical degree, which was granted (1849) to her by Geneva Medical College (then part of Geneva College, early name of Hobart). With her sister,... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Doctor"

Talking to the Doctor
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery: A Guide for Patients and Caregivers ...While it is the doctor's task to elicit...questions must be open. Doctors often assume that...is very useful to a doctor. People who have known their doctors for long periods of...Providing a new doctor with copies of one...
Doctors' Plot
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...execution of the Jewish "doctor-murderers" on Red...condemn the traitorous doctors and propose that the...letter condemned the "doctor-murderers," conceded...the punishment of the "doctor-murderers," but also...s part regarding the Doctors' Plot as a whole during...
SIC 8031 Offices and Clinics of Doctors of Osteopathy
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries SIC 8031 OFFICES AND CLINICS OF DOCTORS OF OSTEOPATHY This industry consists of offices and clinics of licensed doctors of osteopathic medicine (D.O...included in this industry. Like medical doctors, doctors of osteopathic medicine are...
SIC 8011 Offices, Clinics of Doctors of Medicine
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries ...and clinics of licensed medical doctors, excluding doctors of osteopathic medicine (covered in SIC 8031: Clinics of Doctors of Osteopathy ). These establishments...this industry based on whether a doctor was working completely independently...
Juris Doctor
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law JURIS DOCTOR The degree awarded to an individual upon the successful completion of law school. Juris doctor, or doctor of jurisprudence, commonly abbreviated J.D., is the degree commonly...
witch doctor
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body witch doctor In the genre of African colonial literature, the ‘witch doctor’ — Gagool in Rider Haggard...clients. In fact, the term ‘witch doctor’ is a misnomer. These functionaries...
Barefoot Doctors
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Public Health BAREFOOT DOCTORS In the People's Republic of China...health workers were called "barefoot doctors." After the death of Chairman Mao Zedong...and they were upgraded to "village doctors." Milton I. Roemer (see also...
Doctor of Alcantara, The
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre Doctor of Alcantara, The (1866), an opéra bouffe by Benjamin Edward...Two young lovers, Carlos and Isabella, are ordered by their fathers, Doctor Paracelsus and Señor Balthazar, to marry mates they have never...
Doctors Without Borders
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Doctors Without Borders Fr. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF...as an earthquake or war. MSF was founded (1971) by a group of French doctors who felt that much international aid was often medically inadequate and...
"Doctor"
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology "Doctor" One of the spirit controls of the medium Stainton Moses (1839-1882). "Doctor" was said to have been the stoic philosopher Athenodorus, who instructed Emperor Tiberius in his youth. He was the supervisor of the philosophic teachings...

Dictionary entries related to "Doctor"

doctor
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ...this developed the senses of Doctor of the Church , and (with...university degree; the sense of doctor as an authority on medicine...medical practitioner. The title Doctor of the Church was given to...xC1;vila). the best doctors are Dr Diet, Dr Quiet, and...
Doctors of the Church
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Doctors of the Church. Title given by the...Boniface VIII in 1298. The title doctor is also unofficially used with distinguishing...various scholastic teachers, e.g. Doctor Angelicus ( Thomas Aquinas ), Doctor universalis ( Albertus Magnus...
Doctor
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing Doctor ( dok -ter) n. 1. the title given to a recipient...university degree than a Master's degree, usually a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD or DPhil) degree. The degree Medicinae Doctor (MD) is awarded by some British universities as...
sugar doctor
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition sugar doctor To prevent the crystallization or ‘graining’ of sugar in sugar confectionery, a substance called the sugar doctor or candy doctor is added. This may be a weak acid, such as cream of tartar, which...
Doctors, Scholastic
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Doctors, Scholastic. In later medieval times the outstanding Scholastic teachers and others were often given distinguishing epithets, e.g. Doctor angelicus ( St Thomas Aquinas ).
candy doctor
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition candy doctor See sugar doctor .
company doctor
Book article from: A Dictionary of Business and Management company doctor 1. An executive or accountant with wide commercial experience, who specializes...executive powers to implement the policies recommended. 2. A medical doctor employed by a company, either full-time or part-time, to look after...
doctor, the
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences doctor, the Local term for the W. African harmattan wind : it refers to the health-giving properties of this wind.
barefoot doctor
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable barefoot doctor a paramedical worker with basic medical training working in a rural district in China.
Doctor of Music
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Doctor of Music. Highest mus. degree in Brit., Commonwealth, and USA. According to individual univ. style, abbreviated to D.Mus., Mus.D., or Mus. Doc.

Thesaurus entries related to "Doctor"

doctor
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English doctor • verb   1. doctor the patients synonyms : treat, prescribe for, attend to, minister to, care for, cure, heal.   2. doctor the machinery synonyms : patch up, repair, fix, mend, botch...
physician
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...noun  consult your physician first synonyms : doctor, doctor of medicine, MD, medical practitioner, general practitioner, GP, clinician, family doctor; specialist, consultant; informal doc, quack, medic...
fake
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...informal phony, rip-off, knockoff, dupe.   2. that doctor is a fake synonyms : charlatan, fraud, fraudster, mountebank...falsify, mock up, copy, pirate, reproduce, replicate; doctor, alter, tamper with.   2. she faked a yawn synonyms...
prescription
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...prescription • noun   1. the prescription of drugs is part of a doctor's job synonyms : prescribing, ordering, advising.   2. the doctor wrote a prescription for antibiotics synonyms : instruction, order, direction...
drug
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus drug • noun   1. drugs prescribed by doctors synonyms : medicine, medication, medicament, pharmaceutical; remedy, cure...tamper with, adulterate, contaminate, lace, poison; informal dope, spike, doctor.
vet
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...check, examine, scrutinize, investigate, inspect, look over, screen, assess, evaluate, appraise; informal check out. • noun  I took the cat to the vet synonyms : veterinarian, animal doctor, horse doctor.
assign
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus assign • verb   1. a young doctor was assigned the task synonyms : allocate, allot, give, set to; charge with, entrust with.   2. she was assigned...
adulterate
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...the drinks had been adulterated with tranquilizers synonyms : make impure, degrade, debase, spoil, taint, contaminate; doctor, tamper with, dilute, water down, weaken; bastardize, corrupt; informal cut, spike, lace, dope. See note at pollute...
dress
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...prettify; festoon, garland, garnish.   5. they dressed his wounds synonyms : bandage, cover, bind, wrap, swathe; doctor, care for.   6. dress the chicken synonyms : prepare, get ready; clean.   7. the field was dressed with...
clinic
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus clinic • noun  we took Ralph to the clinic for stitches synonyms : medical center, health center, doctor's office.

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Doctors Seek Cure For Rules; Effort on Hill Targets Medicare Red Tape
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 10/2/1990; ; 700+ words ; ...simply because the doctor wants to make extra...Medicare uncovers such doctors by running patient...requires the covering doctor to do the billing. Doctors say this creates...which increase doctor income. Many of the steps to curb doctors were taken, said...
Doctors accuse HMSA of deceptive practices
Newspaper article from: Honolulu Star - Bulletin; 8/9/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...rates and denying services by doctors, according to separate lawsuits...calculating those payments to doctors who participate in those plans...billing codes to indicate that a doctor should be paid less for a service...reconsider its relationship with doctors. Hawaii state Insurance Commissioner...
Doctor Search // Finding a Satisfactory Medical Professional Can Require Patience
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 6/26/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...want to see local doctors who couldn't solve...to find the best doctor he could. Now...your neighbor's doctor is. Talk to doctors or nurses you know...hair than to pick a doctor," says Steven...editor of the "Best Doctors" book. Naifeh...
Doctors increasingly asking patients for fees.
Newspaper article from: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL); 8/2/2007; 700+ words ; ...outrageous. It's like a doctor having a tip jar...seeing Colburn. "Doctors already make a lot...an annual fee to a doctor just for being who...country, family doctors and lower-paid...now handling 160 doctors seeing 60,000 patients...appointments, the doctor's cell phone number...
Doctors' Malpractice Plan Ignites New Conflict; Letting Doctors Be Judges Is a Conflict of Interest
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/19/1988; ; 700+ words ; ...Maryland, 1 percent of the doctors accounted for 54 percent...and the inadequacy of doctor discipline. This small proportion of doctors, who are proven multiple...licensing boards, and their doctor members, to frequently...absurd. The reason doctors are usually, if not...
Doctors saying no on moral grounds: Survey says many withhold information, referrals for abortion, terminal sedation.
Newspaper article from: Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD); 2/8/2007; 700+ words ; ...spoke with said the doctor would not write prescriptions...went back to the first doctor and now tries to select doctors whose views are closer...has never heard of a doctor refusing to administer...terminal illness. "Some doctors see it as a comfort...
DOCTORS MUST SHOW PATIENTS THEY CARE
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 5/14/1997; 700+ words ; ...respect that the patient-doctor relationship represents...physician is about. * Some doctors need to stop acting like...physicians' arrogance. Doctors would do well to enlist...more down to earth. * Doctors must make citizens understand that what hurts the doctor hurts the patient. While...
Doctors' market requires care and feeding, literally.
Magazine article from: National Underwriter Life & Health-Financial Services Edition; 5/17/1993; ; 700+ words ; ...prospecting among established doctors with more money to spend...seminar on marketing to doctors given by Michael Kessler, M.D., a doctor turned marketer. During...specialists, he says. All doctors surround themselves with...as specialists. To a doctor's thinking, generalists...
DOCTORS RESIST E-MAIL SYSTEM FOR PATIENTS
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 2/25/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...out ahead: To see the doctor, a patient often winds...work. So, why won't doctors just get with the program...asynchronous" (the patient and doctor don't have to be online...bill at higher rates, doctors could benefit. A key...ingredient for safe patient-doctor electronic communication...
Doctors group to propose malpractice plan to lawmakers
Newspaper article from: Charleston Gazette; 4/29/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...depend on the number of doctors enrolled. If the number of doctors covered by the company...should its funding. The doctor-run company would...May 19 meeting. A doctor-run insurance company...malpractice coverage. Doctors can get insurance from...