Abstract
In the modern world, the role of the attending physician is large and ambiguous. The attending physician is a specialist who is not only responsible for the diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of the patient, but is also a key link between the patient and the healthcare system, providing an individual approach to each patient and coordinating the work of other specialists. The article discusses the concepts of "doctor", "attending physician", tasks, functions and assigned responsibilities, correlates with the concepts of "consultant physician" and "doctor on duty". To date, the concept of "attending physician" in primary health care, where the patient is examined simultaneously by specialists of completely different profiles, does not disclose any of the current regulatory legal acts. Today, taking into account the increasing specialization of medical care, changes in the model of interaction with patients, the introduction of new forms of organization of medical care, there is a need to change the paradigm, improve this concept, clarify the role of the "attending physician" depending on the form, type and conditions of medical care.
Keywords: attending physician, consultant physician, duty physician, primary health care.
For citation: Usacheva E.V., Majorova E.S. Attending physician: problems of terminology. Clinical review for general practice. 2025; 6 (8): 101–105 (In Russ.). DOI: 10.47407/kr2025.6.8.00665
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