Clinical Medicine
Clinical Medicine
Clinical Medicine (pronunciation: klin-i-kal med-i-sin) is a field of medicine that involves the diagnosis and treatment of diseases through direct observation of patients. It is a branch of medicine that is primarily concerned with the practice of medicine in a clinical setting, as opposed to research or teaching.
Etymology
The term "Clinical" is derived from the Greek word "klinikos", which means "bed". This refers to the practice of treating patients who are bedridden. "Medicine", on the other hand, comes from the Latin word "medicina", which means "the healing art".
Related Terms
- Medical Diagnosis: The process of determining which disease or condition explains a person's symptoms and signs.
- Therapeutics: The branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of disease and the action of remedial agents.
- Patient: A person who is under medical care or treatment.
- Physician: A professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining, or restoring health through the study, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments.
- Medical Research: The study of health conditions, for the purpose of understanding how to prevent, diagnose and treat diseases.
- Medical Education: The education related to the practice of being a medical practitioner, either the initial training to become a physician or further training thereafter.
See Also
References
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Clinical Medicine
- Wikipedia's article - Clinical Medicine
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