medical opinion
Clinical professional judgment
A medical opinion is a physician's professional judgment about a diagnosis, treatment, or health-related matter.
The term often appears in contexts where expertise is being formally invoked: The insurance company required a medical opinion before approving the procedure.
Getting a second medical opinion means consulting another doctor to confirm or challenge an initial assessment.
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
- prognosisPredicted disease course
- consultationMeeting seeking expert guidance
- expertHighly skilled practitioner
- attending physicianSenior doctor supervising care
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- expert opinionspeer review, technical analysis, forensic report, consultation, advisory
- professional judgmentdiagnosis, prognosis, assessment, evaluation, recommendation
- forensic evidenceDNA evidence, fingerprints, DNA, blood, DNA testing
medical opinionself-diagnosis
Identifying your own condition
folk remedy · old wives' tale · quackery · anecdotal evidence · gut feeling
medical opinionwild guess
Uninformed speculation attempt
superstition · hunch · gut feeling · wishful thinking · denial
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Traditional unofficial medical treatment
old wives' tale · traditional cure · herbal lore · faith healing
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