On Friday, Doctors Council SEIU announced plans for a one-day Unfair Labor Practice strike on Nov. 5 if an agreement isn’t ...

What Is a General Practitioner? A general practitioner focuses on your overall physical and mental health. They're often also called family doctors or internists, but there is a slight difference.

Credit: Getty Images. The perspectives of professional societies and experts differ significantly on whether clinicians other than physicians should be permitted to use the honorific “doctor.” Recent ...

Elizabeth Hug had a choice: wait months to see a doctor to treat her fibromyalgia or visit a nurse practitioner in the same office immediately. The Joliet resident decided sooner was better than later ...

California nurses with doctorates do not have the right to call themselves doctors, a federal court ruled, upholding a state law that regulates what titles health professionals can use in ...

Share on Pinterest Experts say there are many times when a doctor isn’t even on staff during certain shifts at urgent care centers. Getty Images Experts say nurse practitioners are taking the place of ...

Florida legislators recently passed legislation to prevent advanced practice nurses in Florida with doctorates from using the honorific “doctor.” The state House and Senate bills proposed that nurses ...