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[[File:Madrid (RPS 13-07-2010) Organización Médica Colegial de España, fachada.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.8|Headquarters of the [[Wikipedia:Organización Médica Colegial de España|Organización Médica Colegial de España]], which regulates the medical profession in Spain]] | [[File:Madrid (RPS 13-07-2010) Organización Médica Colegial de España, fachada.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.8|Headquarters of the [[Wikipedia:Organización Médica Colegial de España|Organización Médica Colegial de España]], which regulates the medical profession in Spain]] | ||
In most countries, it is a legal requirement for a medical doctor to be licensed or registered. In general, this entails a medical degree from a university and accreditation by a medical board or an equivalent national organization, which may ask the applicant to pass exams. This restricts the considerable legal authority of the medical profession to physicians that are trained and qualified by national standards. It is also intended as an assurance to patients and as a safeguard against [[charlatan]]s that practice inadequate medicine for personal gain. While the laws generally require medical doctors to be trained in "evidence based", Western, or [[Hippocratic]] Medicine, they are not intended to discourage different paradigms of health. | In most countries, it is a legal requirement for a medical doctor to be licensed or registered. In general, this entails a medical degree from a university and accreditation by a medical board or an equivalent national organization, which may ask the applicant to pass exams. This restricts the considerable legal authority of the medical profession to physicians that are trained and qualified by national standards. It is also intended as an assurance to patients and as a safeguard against [[Wikipedia:charlatan|charlatan]]s that practice inadequate medicine for personal gain. While the laws generally require medical doctors to be trained in "evidence based", Western, or [[Wikipedia:Hippocratic|Hippocratic]] Medicine, they are not intended to discourage different paradigms of health. |