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Maple Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

accept consultation or give consultation or something else?

I want to mean that doctors of other departments would consult her (who is a ENT specialist) about their patients, i.e. they ask her for her specialist's advice for their patients. Could I use expressions like "she would accept consultation or give consultation to doctors of other departments"

Thanks in advance!
  

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As a doctor you give consultation to Doctor X and he/she accepts your consultation out of his/her kindness.

— Doll

  • As a doctor you give consultation to Doctor X and he/she accepts your consultation out of his/her kindness.
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As a doctor you give consultation to Doctor X and he/she accepts your consultation out of his/her kindness. Emotion: smile
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They way I hear it on tv medical shows is "I need a consult" or "She is consluting with ..."
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bewildered more. (what does out of his/her kindness mean?? Why should he/she accept your consultation out of his/her kindness ??

Does the word consultation bear a sememe of DIRECTION?
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lol. Calm down please Maple. I was half kidding. Out of their kindnes means because they are kind. I have a question to GG. Can we say "give a consultation" ?
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Grammar GeekThey way I hear it on tv medical shows is "I need a consult" or "She is consluting with ..."

Thank you GG [D]

Yes, "..consult with..." is what I found in my dictionary too.

But I'm curious if there are natural expressions in English to mean "give and accept consultation"----two differnt directions of the couse of cunsul
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Give guidance or recommendations, and ask for guidance or recommendations. Although in real life, one person does give the advice, the word "consult" doesn't seem to take a direction. We are consulting with Dr. Smith on this means you are asking Dr. Smith for her advice. Dr. Smith is consulting on the case means that Dr. Smith is giving the advice.
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Hmm, Thanks! I should find a picture for this explanation now.
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Thank you GG, for your helpful answer!

Cheers!

Maple

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And Doll, I'm as calm as pacific ocean now.
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Mind you, my medical knowledge comes from Grey's Anatomy and General Hospital and the like. Actually, not General Hospital. I don't think they actually do any medicine on that show.
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Hi guys,

Here is a comment about 'direction'.

The verb 'consult' means 'seek advice (or information) from a person (or from a resource such as a book)'.

Thus, if Tom consults (sometimes followed by 'with') Mary, it means that Tom seeks advice from Mary.

A person called 'a consultant' is someone from whom you seek advice.
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