释义 |
self-reˈferral [self- 1 a.] The referring of oneself to an expert or (esp. medical) specialist for advice or treatment. Cf. referral b.
1971New Society 14 Jan. 65/1 Fewer of its clients died in the high-risk first year after self-referral. 1975Language for Life (Dept. Educ. & Sci.) xix. 281 There was an immediate and large increase in the number of self-referrals. 1979Internat. Rehabilit. Med. I. 75/2 Some of the outcome measures to which numbers can be applied are..responses to stress (e.g. self-referral to social services). Also self-reˈferred ppl. a.
1960Cambr. Rev. 7 May 506/2 ‘Self-referred’ patients generally turn out to be at least as ill as those who are referred by their tutors or general practitioners. |