Consultation
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Consultation is "the practice of sending a patient to another program or practitioner for services or advice which the referring source is not prepared to provide."[1]
Informal, or "curbside" consultation, may be inaccurate or incomplete and lead to inaccurate management advice.[2]
References
- ↑ Referral and Consultation National Library of Medicine
- ↑ Burden M, Sarcone E, Keniston A, Statland B, Taub JA, Allyn RL; et al. (2013). "Prospective comparison of curbside versus formal consultations". J Hosp Med. 8 (1): 31–5. doi:10.1002/jhm.1983. PMID 23065716.