Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A health professional, such as a physician, psychologist, or nurse, who is directly involved in patient care, as distinguished from one who does only research or administrative work.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who makes a practical study of disease in the persons of those afflicted by it.
- noun A practical physician whose methods are based on experience rather than on theory; also, a teacher of medicine whose method of instruction is clinical rather than didactic.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
healthcare provider working in aclinic orhospital . - noun A medical
resident working as anintern in aclinic orhospital duringclinical rotations.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a practitioner (of medicine or psychology) who does clinical work instead of laboratory experiments
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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If either of these things happens, follow the directions in your package insert, consider taking emergency contraception, and call your clinician.
OUR BODIES, OURSELVES The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective 2005
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Of equal interest to the clinician is the fact that whereas the DSM system for antisocial (or sociopathic) personality relies solely on historical, social class-related diagnostic criteria (e.g., truancy, drug abuse, criminality), the Tyrer system provides some cross-sectional behaviors that can be directly observed by the examiner (e.g., irritability, callousness).
The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993
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Actually, SOTT does not recommend the above mentioned website because, to our certain knowledge, there is at least one "clinician" operating there who dispenses advice and counsel who is pathological herself.
Signs of the Times 2010
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The non-degree training programs will take no more than six months to complete and train workers in jobs such as clinician/practitioner consultant, implementation support specialist and technical/software support staff.
Dallas Business News - Local Dallas News | Dallas Business Journal 2010
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Actually, SOTT does not recommend the above mentioned website because, to our certain knowledge, there is at least one "clinician" operating there who dispenses advice and counsel who is pathological herself.
Signs of the Times 2010
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The non-degree training programs will take no more than six months to complete and train workers in jobs such as clinician/practitioner consultant, implementation support specialist and technical/software support staff.
Dallas Business News - Local Dallas News | Dallas Business Journal 2010
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The non-degree training programs will take no more than six months to complete and train workers in jobs such as clinician/practitioner consultant, implementation support specialist and technical/software support staff.
Los Angeles Business News - Local Los Angeles News | Los Angeles Business from bizjournals 2010
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The drugs are then administered to the patient by a nurse or 'clinician' who may or may not be licensed.
Theodore's World Wild Thing 2010
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The non-degree training programs will take no more than six months to complete and train workers in jobs such as clinician/practitioner consultant, implementation support specialist and technical/software support staff.
Los Angeles Business News - Local Los Angeles News | Los Angeles Business from bizjournals 2010
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Fendrick says, "Cutting back on health care without consulting your clinician is a very risky decision.
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