clinical medicine
Treating actual patients
Clinical medicine is the practice of medicine focused on direct patient care—examining, diagnosing, and treating individuals rather than conducting laboratory research or studying populations.
A clinical physician sees patients; a research physician might never leave the lab.
The term distinguishes hands-on medical work from theoretical, experimental, or public health approaches: She left academic research to return to clinical medicine.
- bed restPrescribed period of lying down
- case historiesDocumented accounts of patients
- informed consentPermission given with understanding
- second opinionAdditional expert consultation
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
surgery · examination · vital signs · healing · anatomy · transplantation · intensive care · emergency room · pathology · health · bedside manner · white coat · hospital rounds · blood volume · anesthesiology · symptoms · patient care · primary care
clinical medicinebasic research
Study seeking knowledge, not products
laboratory research · basic science · biomedical research · pure science · experimental research
clinical medicinealternative medicine
Non-standard healing practices
faith healing · spiritual healing · shamanism · folk medicine · traditional medicine
clinical medicinepreventive medicine
Healthcare before illness strikes
public health · health promotion · wellness care · prophylaxis · epidemiology
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