medical consultation
Physician visit session
A medical consultation is a meeting between a patient and a healthcare provider to discuss symptoms, diagnosis, or treatment options.
The term also applies when one physician seeks another's expertise on a case: The oncologist requested a consultation with a cardiologist before surgery.
In telemedicine, consultations increasingly happen by video or phone rather than in person.
- telemedicineRemote medical care delivery
- house callDoctor's trip to patient
- second opinionAdditional expert consultation
- patientAble to wait calmly
- bedside mannerPhysician's interpersonal approach
specialist · white coat · physical examination · chief complaint · diagnosis · treatment plan · diagnostic imaging · symptom relief · caregiver · clinical guidelines · nurse practitioner · physician assistant · preventive care · laboratory tests · family member · waiting room · waiting list · urgent care
- patient carepatient care, patient safety, care planning, chronic care, disease management
medical consultationself-diagnosis
Identifying your own condition
self-treatment · self-medication · home remedy · guesswork · folk medicine
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