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"Physicians should be called physicians, and other clinicians should be called by their accurate professional titles. This is not about nostalgia or status; it is about honesty. In an era of declining trust and increasing complexity, medicine cannot afford language that obscures account- ability. Words matter, and choosing them carefully is one way – small but meaning- ful – to begin rebuilding confidence in the patient-clinician relationship."

Sources: Beyond Providers: Restoring Physician Identity in U.S. Health Care
https://journals.lww.com/monitor/citation/2026/05000/beyond_providers__restoring_physician_identity_in.24.aspx