Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Physicians

Physicians are licensed medical practitioners who diagnose, treat, and prevent illness and who occupy a central role in clinical care, public health, and the conduct and translation of Human Health Research. As a topic of study, the physician workforce encompasses clinical practice and decision-making, professional …

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 28× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2576-9383 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Physicians are licensed medical practitioners who diagnose, treat, and prevent illness and who occupy a central role in clinical care, public health, and the conduct and translation of Human Health Research. As a topic of study, the physician workforce encompasses clinical practice and decision-making, professional competence and well-being, interprofessional collaboration with nurses and allied staff, and the organisational and ethical conditions under which doctors work. Research in this area examines determinants of physician workload and satisfaction, including the effects of service-delivery changes such as clinic-hours policy, the social competence and work-related behaviours of physicians and other health professionals, and challenges to professional autonomy such as hospital governance and peer-review processes. Further strands address knowledge and practice among specialists, for example paediatricians' vaccination knowledge, the use of quality indicators and medication plans in care, prescribing behaviour and antimicrobial stewardship, and the integration of new therapeutic services into practice. These studies illuminate how physician knowledge, behaviour, and working conditions shape the quality and safety of care. The topic matters because physician performance and welfare directly affect patient outcomes, health-system efficiency, and the uptake of research into practice. The journal publishes peer-reviewed research on clinical practice, the health workforce, professional behaviour, and the human and organisational dimensions of medical care.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 28 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Physicians, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Human Health Research (ISSN 2576-9383).

Journal editorial board
Irma Brito · Portugal Suelen Boschen · United States Mohammad Nahid Siddiqui · Saudi Arabia

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