HSC 4201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Alternative Medicine, Physical Examination, Andrew Taylor Still
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Independent providers : those health care workers who have the specialized education and legal authority to treat any health problem or disease that an individual has. Can be further divided into: allopathic providers, osteopathic providers, non-allopathic providers. Allopathic providers : those who use a system of medical practice in which specific remedies for illnesses are used to produce effect different from those of disease. Usually in the form of medications or drugs: usually those who are referred to as doctors of medicine (mds, usual methods of practice include: Osteopathic providers : dos, doctors of osteopathic medicine, practice of osteopathy was started in 1874 by andrew taylor still, md do. Over 1/3 of mds are primary care physicians. Over 3/5 of dos are primary care physicians: complete a (cid:271)a(cid:272)helor"s degree, 4 years of medical education, 3 to 7 years of medical specialty training known as residency. 1st year of residency is known as the internship year.
