When another health care professional is asked to assess a client for

When another health care professional is asked to assess a client for the purpose of suggesting treatment to the primary health care provider, this is called a:

1. Referral
2. Consultation
3. Transfer report
4. Multidisciplinary meeting

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ANS: 1
Referrals are the request for services by another care provider usually for the purpose of deter-mining appropriate client care. Consultations are a form of discussion whereby one professional caregiver actually gives formal advice about the care of a client to another caregiver. The remain-ing options are methods of exchanging general information regarding a client.