Doctors prescribe medicines or diagnostic tests to evaluate patient’s health condition. They are also required to be available for follow up visits to monitor conditions and treatment procedures. Depending on the response, patients are either asked for admission or specialized services such as surgeries.
You may call them simply doctors. But most doctors have extra expertise in one type of medicine or another. In fact, there are several hundred medical specialties and subspecialties. Here are the most common types of doctors you'll likely see.