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Abstract
The practice of sending a patient to another program or practitioner for services or advice which the referring source is not prepared to provide.
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Synonyms
17 entry terms
- Consultation and Referral
- Consultation
- Gatekeepers, Health Service
- Health Service Gatekeepers
- Hospital Referral
- Hospital Referrals
- Referral
- Referral, Hospital
- Referrals, Hospital
- Second Opinion
- Consultations
- Gatekeeper, Health Service
- Health Service Gatekeeper
- Opinion, Second
- Opinions, Second
- Referrals
- Second Opinions
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9 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.
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Previous Indexing
- Interprofessional Relations (1966-1967)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Referral and Consultation. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012017. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012017
- Referral and Consultation. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Referral_(medicine)
- Referral and Consultation. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2667988