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Set of scientific fields related to prevention, diagnosis , and treatment of disease and maintenance of health, practiced in doctors' offices,
In addition to family practice , internal medicine , and specialties for specific body systems, it includes research, public health , epidemiology , and pharmacology . Each country sets its own requirements for medical degrees (M.D.'s) and licenses. Medical boards and councils set standards and oversee medical education. Boards of certification have stringent requirements for physicians seeking to practice a specialty and stress continuing education. Advances in therapy (see therapeutics ) and diagnosis have raised complex legal and moral issues in areas such as abortion , euthanasia , and patients' rights. Recent changes include treating patients as partners in their own care and taking cultural factors into consideration.
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Ayurvedic medicine
aerospace medicine
alternative medicine
complementary medicine
Chinese medicine traditional
family medicine
forensic medicine
holistic medicine
industrial medicine
occupational medicine
internal medicine
legal medicine
Medicine Bow Mountains
medicine man
nuclear medicine
preventive medicine
sports medicine
tropical medicine
physical medicine and rehabilitation
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