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Record 1 2011-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
DEF

any person who offers help to sick people, whether trained in any branch or discipline of health care or lacking any training whatsoever.

OBS

This definition includes all practitioners of alternative or complementary medicine as well as conventional doctors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
DEF

Personne qui fait profession de guérir sans avoir la qualité officielle de médecin et par des moyens non reconnus de la médecine.

Spanish

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