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médecin-mitant

English translation: typo for médecin traitant = treating physician (Doctor in the UK)

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French term or phrase:	médecin-mitant
English translation:	typo for médecin traitant = treating physician (Doctor in the UK)
Entered by:	Drmanu49

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21:44 Feb 27, 2008

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Medical - Medical (general) / letter about issue of medical error

French term or phrase: médecin-mitant

I am not sure quite what role this doctor has in the case, (which concerns both gastro-enterology and psychiatry), but I don't think he is her GP or the consulant gastro-enterologist.
Context:
'L'atteinte clinique débute le x janvier, date a laquelle la patiente commence a presenter des nausees, des vomissements etc etc. Cest pour cette symptomatologie que la paiente va consulter son médecin-mitant le Dr yy'
and he took her off the drug she was taking.

mportal KudoZ activity Questions: 310 (20 open) (1 without valid answers) (7 closed without grading) Answers: 86 United Kingdom
Local time: 21:39

typo for médecin traitant = treating physician

Explanation:
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Note added at 6 mins (2008-02-27 21:50:50 GMT)
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could also be attending physician in a hospital.

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Note added at 8 mins (2008-02-27 21:52:14 GMT)
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http://www.cpam79.fr/etranger/anglais/mt.htm

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Drmanu49
France
Local time: 22:39

Grading comment

Thanks, but I think in the UK we would just say 'her doctor'.
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typo for médecin traitant = treating physician

Drmanu49

Attending physician

desertfox

Discussion entries: 1

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typo for médecin traitant = treating physician

Drmanu49
France
Local time: 22:39
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

French
PRO pts in category: 1495

Grading comment

Thanks, but I think in the UK we would just say 'her doctor'.

Notes to answerer

Asker: As she went to see him, I don't think it is the latter. In the UK, also, we don't really say 'physician' very much - more 'doctor'. I'm beginning to think this is the doctor managing her case, as it appears she frequently went to see him, but I'm not sure if it is a GP or a hospital doctor. It might be a typo, but it would be quite a bad one (- there are several in the letter, though).

33 mins confidence:

Attending physician

Explanation:
Must be a typo, but medecin-traitant is attending physician according to the GDT from Quebec.

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Note added at 38 mins (2008-02-27 22:22:47 GMT)
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The GDT says the synonym is medecin orienteur. I wonder what my late father who studied medicine in Paris would have said about this name.

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Note added at 59 mins (2008-02-27 22:43:55 GMT)
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Seems the asker does not agree with either of us.

desertfox
Israel
Local time: 23:39
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Hebrew
PRO pts in category: 12

Notes to answerer

Asker: Could be so, although this is for UK English, and it would be quite a typo. I don't think you'd say 'attending physician' in the UK. If you did, I think it would be the doctor going to see the patient, rather than the other way round.

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médecin-mitant

English translation: typo for médecin traitant = treating physician (Doctor in the UK)