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con·sul·ta·tion [ kon-suh l-tey-shuhn ]
Definitions related to consultation:
  • A conference between two or more people to consider a particular question; the act of deliberating together; confering with another researcher, physician, or expert about an issue or a case.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Using expert knowledge to work with those who seek help in problem solving to enable individuals, families, groups, or agencies to achieve identified goals
    Nursing Interventions Classification
    University of Iowa, 2007
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