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Anschauungsobjekt

English translation: object of observation

19:01 May 26, 2016
German to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Health Care
German term or phrase: Anschauungsobjekt
Ein Patient hatte einen schlimmen Hautausschlag, der behandelt wurde, jedoch Komplikationen und teilweise bleibende Behandlungsschäden hervorrief.

In einen Brief an die Pharmaindustrie (Pharmakovigilanz) betitelt er sich als "Anschauungsobjekt für Ärzte".

Es ist keine Studie.

Vielen Dank,

Sibylle.
Sibylle Gray
United States
Local time: 13:15
English translation:object of observation
Explanation:
"... use of the stethoscope "distances" and "alienates" the physician from the patient, that is, the patient becomes an object of observation in the physician's "eye.
https://books.google.de/books?id=02EylVe0DFgC&pg=PA413&lpg=P...
Selected response from:

Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 14:15
Grading comment
Not much info was provided in this rather informal letter and I liked your suggestion. Carola's "showpiece" would have been another great fit.
Thank you.
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2display model, or live case study
Eve R-A
3 +3clinical case
David Tracey, PhD
5object lesson
Seonaidh (X)
3 +1object of observation
Michael Martin, MA
3specimen / exhibit
Wendy Streitparth
1important information for doctors
Jonathan MacKerron


Discussion entries: 7





  

Answers


20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
display model, or live case study


Explanation:
Slightly humorous use of a term more at home in real estate. Literally "viewing object".

Eve R-A
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:15
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you very much for your suggestion.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  David Hollywood: with "case study" I remember when my father swallowed a chicken bone that was luckily removed and the episode was then used as a "case study" ... if we don't get more context this might be ok but I have my suspicions that it might be much more than this
54 mins
agree  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
6 days
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
object of observation


Explanation:
"... use of the stethoscope "distances" and "alienates" the physician from the patient, that is, the patient becomes an object of observation in the physician's "eye.
https://books.google.de/books?id=02EylVe0DFgC&pg=PA413&lpg=P...

Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 14:15
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 49
Grading comment
Not much info was provided in this rather informal letter and I liked your suggestion. Carola's "showpiece" would have been another great fit.
Thank you.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carola Lange: I tend to agree with your view that the terminology that the patient uses denotes quite a negative attitude towards the medical profession. I might even go as far as using the term 'showpiece' for the translation, but that might go a little too far
19 hrs
  -> Thanks. At the very least, we have here a patient who's displaying a sense of humor.
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
clinical case


Explanation:
This is an unusual situation where a patient offers himself as a 'clinical case'. But patients are often selected as individual clinical cases in grand rounds for discussion with medical students:

"Last week we hosted our second Integrative Medicine Grand Rounds presentation. This clinical case was of a 27 year old man suffering from ..."
http://oshercenter.org/crohns-disease-clinical-case-presenta...

"A clinical case or two is presented at each Grand Rounds. The presenter is the most junior member of the medical team. Tradition dictates that the junior member has never met the patient but has been told to present the case by the consultant."
http://www.bmj.com/content/333/7582/1298

"The lecture is preceded by either a 30-minute clinical case or basic science presentation at 9:00 a.m. also in Lipsett."
https://neuroscience.nih.gov/ninds/Events/ClinicalNeuroscien...

David Tracey, PhD
Local time: 20:15
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 42
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you for your suggestion.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gudrun Maydorn (X)
7 hrs
  -> Thank you very much, Gudrun. And I agree with your comments about Latin abbreviations on the BDÜ portal.
agree  Jonathan MacKerron: best option so far
4 days
  -> Many thanks for your comment, Jonathan.
agree  Eleanore Strauss: yes, and it also reflects the patient's negative attitude as mentioned in a comment to another proposal.
4 days
  -> Many thanks, ElliCom.
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
important information for doctors


Explanation:
My generic guess

Jonathan MacKerron
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 118
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you for your suggestion.

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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
specimen / exhibit


Explanation:
here

Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Local time: 20:15
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you for your input.

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42 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
object lesson


Explanation:
my preference

Seonaidh (X)
Italy
Local time: 20:15
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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