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assistente ospedaliero

English translation: Attending physician

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Italian term or phrase:assistente ospedaliero
English translation:Attending physician
Entered by: Carlos Umaña

09:13 Jan 4, 2007
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Health Care / medical titles
Italian term or phrase: assistente ospedaliero
I am reviewing a translation and this term has been translated as "hospital auxiliary" in relation to a doctor who has completed his junior housemanship.

In the UK, hospital auxiliry is usually used to denote a much less qualified member of the hispital staff.

Can anyone suggest a translation for the above medical position?
achisholm
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:05
Attending physician
Explanation:
This is the equivalent in English. There are many links, but maybe this definition will help.

"An attending physician is a physician that has completed residency and practices medicine in a clinic or hospital, often focusing on the specialty learned during residency. An attending physician can also supervise residents and medical students.

Legally, attending physicians have final responsibility for patient care, even when many of the minute-to-minute decisions are being made by subordinates (nurse practitioners, physician assistants, resident physicians, and medical students)."
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Carlos Umaña
Local time: 16:05
Grading comment
Many thanks. A difficult one to get agreement on, especially considering the various differences between the IT, UK and US systems.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5Attending physician
Carlos Umaña
4assistant physician
Rita Bilancio
3physician's assistant
GAR


  

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assistant physician


Explanation:
An auxiliary has nothing to do with a doctor.

Rita Bilancio
Local time: 00:05
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
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physician's assistant


Explanation:
cheers

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Note added at 1 hr (2007-01-04 10:18:45 GMT)
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or better "physician assistant"... see link below:

http://www.colby.edu/health.serv/pa.html

cheers

GAR
Local time: 00:05
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 13

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Costanza T.
48 mins
  -> thanks costanza
disagree  Carlos Umaña: A physician´s assistant is another health professional that is not a medical doctor, and that requires supervision from one. This profession exists only in a few countries (US, Canada, Netherlands, England) and Italy is not one of them.
5 days
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5 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Attending physician


Explanation:
This is the equivalent in English. There are many links, but maybe this definition will help.

"An attending physician is a physician that has completed residency and practices medicine in a clinic or hospital, often focusing on the specialty learned during residency. An attending physician can also supervise residents and medical students.

Legally, attending physicians have final responsibility for patient care, even when many of the minute-to-minute decisions are being made by subordinates (nurse practitioners, physician assistants, resident physicians, and medical students)."



    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attending_physician
    Reference: http://www.med.umich.edu/1toolbar/visinfo/team02.htm
Carlos Umaña
Local time: 16:05
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Many thanks. A difficult one to get agreement on, especially considering the various differences between the IT, UK and US systems.
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