REFERRAL

Referral

In medicine, referral is the transfer of care for a patient from one clinician to another.

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referral

Noun

  1. The act or process of transferring someone or something to another, of sending by reference, or referring.
    The insurance company insists I get a referral from my regular doctor, I can't just go to the specialist, a GP has got to refer me.
  2. A document used by schools detailing some form of a student's misbehavior and listing the actions taken before and after the student's receipt of the referral.
    After misbehaving in class, George was given a referral for disrupting class and sent to the office.


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