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CLINICIAN [1 record]

Record 1 2015-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Medical Staff
  • Paramedical Staff
DEF

A health professional whose practice is based on direct observation and treatment of a patient, as distinguished from other types of health workers, such as laboratory technicians and those employed in research.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Personnel médical
  • Personnel para-médical
DEF

Médecin traitant qui établit ses diagnostics par l'examen direct des malades, que ce soit à l'hôpital ou dans un cabinet privé.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Personal médico
  • Personal paramédico
DEF

Persona consagrada al ejercicio práctico de la medicina.

CONT

Las dificultades que presentan los médicos para entender el lenguaje y/o metodología de los estadísticos y epidemiólogos radica [...] en que ambos trabajan en escenarios diferentes. [...] El clínico trabaja con un paciente que conoce por nombre concreto a un paciente determinado y el estadístico le habla de curvas [...] El clínico quiere concretar la causa de la enfermedad.

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