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Consultation

Introduction

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

  1. ↑ Referral and Consultation National Library of Medicine
  2. ↑ 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.