Belgische artsenkorps

15:30 Apr 30, 2012 

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07:43 Apr 26, 2012 

Interesting that you say that! I also thought so, but was forced to conclude that this was older usage and/or that it was ambiguous, after researching the term a bit. Oxford online: "Physician - one who specialises in diagnosis and medical treatment as distinct from surgery" - but then they add, "...our family physician". I think these days "specialist physician" is used to distinguish from GP? Your comment does point to the fact that it is in any event safer to assume that the "medical profession" in the context consists of "doctors" and not "physicians".

19:42 Apr 25, 2012 

Note that a physician in UK English is a specialist in internal medicine. A physician in US English is anyone with a medical degree.

15:48 Apr 25, 2012 

when I re-read my earlier example (Doctors are against it) it now clearly seems to mean "some, or many, individual doctors are against it" - as opposed to "the profession, as a group , are against it". This collection of individual doctors is not implied in your source text. Interestingly, this 'collection-of-individuals' meaning is also clear in the reference you supplied earlier: "Physicians have not been prepared for the thorough personal reflection ... of ... [each] ... physician about his attitude toward this ..."

15:10 Apr 25, 2012 

Thanks John. Yes, I think you are probably right there. Depending on the context, the correct translation of 'artsenkorps' would indeed seem to be: medical profession; members of the medical profession; physicians/doctors; medical community. The word 'corps' is incorrect though, in my context.

12:52 Apr 25, 2012 

I agree that physicians (or doctors, they are interchangeable) would do, without affecting the essential meaning, but don't think it's as accurate as it could be. Artsenkorps implies the collective body of the profession. Surely medical profession - or the less frequently-used medical community - is closer to the source's intended meaning and style, conveying more weight to the profession's attitude or reaction than when merely using 'doctors'. (e.g: The medical profession is against it ... vs ... Doctors are against it.)

12:29 Apr 25, 2012 

although in the same article they also use: 'physicians corps', which I find less convincing:

'De Wetenschappelijke Vereniging van Vlaamse Huisartsen wil **het artsenkorps** in dit proces van reflectie wetenschappelijk begeleiden. De vereniging wil dit concretiseren door middel van onderzoek en door het organiseren van navorming, opleiding en training over de besluitvorming bij alle levenseindebeslissingen.' =

'The Belgian Association of General Practitioners wants to accompany **the physicians corps** in this trial of reflection. The association want to concretize this through means of investigation and through the organizing of continuing medical education and training in end of life over the decision-making.'

(also from: http://www.consciencelaws.org/archive/articles/belgium-manda...

12:27 Apr 25, 2012 

After quite a bit of thinking I am actually back to (one of) my original translation(s): 'physicians'.

See e.g.:

'Het artsenkorps is niet voorbereid op de toepassing van de recente wetgevingen in verband met patiëntenrechten en euthanasie. De grondige persoonlijke reflectie van de arts over zijn houding hieromtrent dient gevoed en ondersteund door collegiaal overleg.' =

'Physicians have not been prepared for the implementation of the recent legislation in connection with patients rights and euthanasia. The thorough personal reflection of the physician about his attitude toward this is nourished and supported through collegial thought.'

(http://www.consciencelaws.org/archive/articles/belgium-manda... )

05:57 Apr 25, 2012 

le corps médical - medical community/profession/members of the medical profession etc.

22:29 Apr 24, 2012 

I also asked this question over at TranslatorsCafe: http://www.translatorscafe.com/tcTerms/EN/thQuestion.aspx?id...

22:23 Apr 24, 2012 

In my text they are definitely not talking about the Belgian medical corps. As in, these people: http://www.bmc1800.be/ or these people: http://www.alexandersbattalion.com/abfh/pictures/belgium_med...

Two very large pharmaceutical companies are arguing about a drug. One of them at some point sent a number of promotional letters to 'het artsenkorps', and 'het Belgische artsenkorps'. Everything in my text points to this being synonymous with 'medical community', as suggested by Phil.

My text is a 'Beslissing' of the 'Commissie voor Deontologie en Ethica in de Farmaceutische Nijverheid' (Commissie DEF), as I had stated in the 'Write-in field', which was then removed by the editor/moderator. It is furthermore a Flemish text, which was also changed from my original language pair.

22:13 Apr 24, 2012 

'Daarnaast heeft de huidige procedure ook betrekking op een brief die in diezelfde periode rechtstreeks door LARGE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY aan het Belgische artsenkorps werd gericht, eveneens voor Indicatie IV van het geneesmiddel XXX.'