Internists specialize in a field of medicine called Internal Medicine. This focuses on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of adult diseases. If you were referred to an Internist, this is probably because your doctor was unable to find out what was wrong with you. He may have suspected it to be some sort of disease that is out of his field of medicine.
I would start with your internist, family practitioner or gynecologist.
An Internist of Family Practitioner could probably treat most problems. The specialist for that would be a urologist.
To have a career as an internist, you would need a medical degree such as the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree (D.O.) (earned in U.S.), Doctor of Medicine degree (M.D.), or Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery degree (MBBS/MBChB). After earning a medical degree from an accredited medical school, to be an internist you'll have to complete an internal medicine residency and sit for board certification.
An internist or internal medicine doctor. Family practitioners, pediatricians, gynecologists and many others would porbably say this applies to them as well.
Would a receptionist with no medical training constitute a breach for patient-doctor confidentiality?
He would HAVE to follow ALL REGULAR PROCEDURES no matter who the patient is.
A medical Interpreter is somebody who translates everything the doctor says to the patient who speaks a different language from the doctor. The Medical Interpreter translates because the patient would get scared or frightened because they do not understand what the doctor is saying. The patient would stay calm if they understood what the Doctor was saying.
Yes but if the patient is a patient of that doctor, the doctor would HAVE to refuse. Doctors, like everyone else, have a rite to a private life and can go out on dates. However, the rules (for the doctor) are that the the relationship between a doctor and that doctor's patient must be professional, because doctors are in a position to take advantage of their patients (who may be feeling vulnerable).
The active voice. The subject of the sentence ('the doctor') is the 'doer' of the action of the verb ('was treating'). If it were in the passive voice it would read 'The patient was being treated by the doctor.' The subject of the sentence ('the patient') would be the 'recipient' of the action of the verb ('was being treated').
A nurse would probably refer the patient to an eating disorder specialist.
A PCP (Primary Care Physician) would refer you to any specialists that you might need.
Knowing how to choose an ENT doctor often involves a person's consulting first with his or her primary physician. If a patient believes that an ENT specialist is needed, he or she may be advised to discuss the symptoms with the regular doctor first. If that physician believes that a specialist would benefit the patient, he or she often provides a referral to an ENT. Doctors refer patients to ENTs that best could treat symptoms.