Tag:healthcare=doctor
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 healthcare = doctor
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A place to get medical attention or a check up from a physician. Used in addition to amenity=doctors 
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Status: approved
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| Wikidata |
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A doctor's office is a place you can go to get medical attention or a check up from a physician; also known as a 
Doctor's office in the UK. This feature is normally tagged amenity=doctors, but some mappers also add healthcare=doctor in addition.
How to map
Use the tag healthcare=doctor on a node 
placed at the centrepoint of the building, or on a closed way (area) 
drawn around the perimeter of the building. The more common tag amenity=doctors is almost always added as well.
Specialities of medical practitioners
The speciality of a physician (medical doctor) can be tagged using the key healthcare:speciality=*.
Tags to use in combination
- name=*
- operator=*
- Address
- contact:phone=* or phone=*
- contact:website=* or website=*
- opening_hours=*
- wheelchair=*
Common tagging mistakes
If you know places with this tag, verify if it could be tagged with another tag.
Automated edits are strongly discouraged unless you really know what you are doing!
Automated edits are strongly discouraged unless you really know what you are doing!
If you know places with this tag, verify if it could be tagged with another tag.
Automated edits are strongly discouraged unless you really know what you are doing!
Automated edits are strongly discouraged unless you really know what you are doing!