What's the difference between counselor and physician?

Counselor


Definition:

  • (n.) One who counsels; an adviser.
  • (n.) A member of council; one appointed to advise a sovereign or chief magistrate. [See under Consilor.]
  • (n.) One whose profession is to give advice in law, and manage causes for clients in court; a barrister.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Candidates for a counselor-training program (136 Ss; 86% women; average age 44 yr.) took the GAIT in 18 groups and completed written forms for staff screening.
  • (2) Counselors who serve pregnant US teens face a number of obstacles in communicating adoption as a positive alternative.
  • (3) This paper describes the counseling program implemented by a social worker and a family planning counselor for female clinic patients requesting sterilization.
  • (4) The type of counselor utilized did not affect the level of compliance with either dependent variable.
  • (5) This study is based on interviews with Southern lesbian and gay young adults and survey data from school counselors and prospective teachers living in the South.
  • (6) The counselor, usually a woman, may have a background or training in social work, psychology, sociology, counseling, or nursing.
  • (7) This finding does not support the contention that a history of drinking and rehabilitation enhances the perception of counselor empathy among alcoholics.
  • (8) Counselors were not asked directly which theories they used.
  • (9) Stepwise logistic regression indicated that clients who reported that their plans were influenced: came to counseling to get information for making a decision about whether to have a child; discussed this decision in depth with the counselor; and had more education than clients who said that they were not influenced.
  • (10) A competent and effective genetic counselor must recognize and deal with the psychological defense mechanisms which affected persons and parents of affected children use to cope with the strain of genetic disease in the family.
  • (11) Contributions to the integration and acceptance of the young stroke survivor by administrators, counselors, students, teachers, and school nurses are examined.
  • (12) Health and mental health centers employing both professional and nonprofessional counselors need to determine the value of adding outreach components to their services, and agencies which already have outreach programs may need to determine their relevance and effectiveness.
  • (13) A combination of clinical ratings from counselors and statistical data from client files was used to predict 'successful' and 'unsuccessful' outcomes.
  • (14) One intervention compared research breast-feeding bedside counseling by a trained counselor, who also made eight telephone calls during the first 3 months of the infant's life, with the routine breast-feeding counseling provided in the hospital by nurses.
  • (15) Thus, it has become essential for health professionals, counselors, and parents to become familiar with characteristics of the high-risk teenager.
  • (16) A strong positive association was found between the counselors' attire and the clients' perception of the four selected characteristics of counselors.
  • (17) Smokers requesting self-help materials for smoking cessation (N = 2,021) were randomized to receive (a) an experimental self-quitting guide emphasizing nicotine fading and other nonaversive behavioral strategies, (b) the same self-quitting guide with a support guide for the quitter's family and friends, (c) self-quitting and support guides along with four brief counselor calls, or (d) a control guide providing motivational and quit tips and referral to locally available guides and programs.
  • (18) Structured meetings between the mother, a vocational counselor, and deaf adults affirmed and expanded the more positive images.
  • (19) Genetic counselors might focus on understanding counselees' feelings concerning the reproductive decision.
  • (20) Acting as the advocates and counselors of adolescents, the NFHWs will help to prepare the expectant mothers for the arrival of their infant.

Physician


Definition:

  • (n.) A person skilled in physic, or the art of healing; one duty authorized to prescribe remedies for, and treat, diseases; a doctor of medicine.
  • (n.) Hence, figuratively, one who ministers to moral diseases; as, a physician of the soul.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) M NET is currently installed in referring physician office sites across the state, with additional physician sites identified and program enhancements under development.
  • (2) As the requirements to store and display these images increase, the following questions become important: (a) What methods can be used to ensure that information given to the physician represents the originally acquired data?
  • (3) In many cases, physicians seek to protect themselves from involvement with these difficult, highly anxious patients by making a referral to a psychiatrist.
  • (4) This article is intended as a brief practical guide for physicians and physiotherapists concerned with the treatment of cystic fibrosis.
  • (5) Beyond this, physicians learn from specific problems that arise in practice.
  • (6) Of the 16 cases, 14 (88%) were diagnosed as TSS or probable TSS by the attending physician, although only nine (64%) of the 14 diagnosed cases were given the correct discharge code.
  • (7) Regulators concerned about physician behavior and confronted by demands of nonphysicians to prescribe controlled substances may find EDT a good solution.
  • (8) There are several common clinical signs which should alert the physician to a possible diagnosis of SLE and which should condition him to look for specific clinical and laboratory findings.
  • (9) Physicians working in the emergency room gained 14.7% during that time of day the PNP was present.
  • (10) The physicians did diagnose and treat a number of patients with mental symptoms who were not identified by the DIS.
  • (11) Adverse outcomes were reported more frequently by consultant physicians, by those who 'titrated' the intravenous sedative, and by those who used an additional intravenous agent, but were reported equally frequently by endoscopists using midazolam and endoscopists using diazepam.
  • (12) In invasive epidermoid carcinoma, the accuracy with the self-collected specimens approached the physician-scraped specimens.
  • (13) For the non-emergency admissions, the low-load physicians' patients had an average LOS that was 56.2% greater and an average hospital cost that was 58.3% greater than were the LOS and cost of the patients of the high-load physicians.
  • (14) Physicians and adolescents differed significantly in the ratings of all but one scale, weight.
  • (15) In view of the high mortality every clinical deterioration of patients with cirrhosis should alert the physician of the presence of SBP.
  • (16) Only an extensive knowledge of the various mechanisms and pharmacologic agents that can be used to prevent or treat these adverse reactions will allow the physician to approach the problem scientifically and come to a reasonable solution for the patient.
  • (17) Today the physician who treats women with emotional problems during menopause cannot function solely as a psychotherapist; he must deal with both their soma and psyche.
  • (18) The findings provide additional evidence that, for at least some cases, the likelihood of a physician's admitting a patient to the hospital is influenced by the patient's living arrangements, travel time to the physician's office, and the extent to which medical care would cause a financial hardship for the patient.
  • (19) No one knows if this drug will be approved for use by American physicians.
  • (20) The data indicate that hot flashes may start much earlier and continue far longer than is commonly recognized by physicians or acknowledged in textbooks of gynecology.