DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does doctor-patient relation mean? 

• DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATION (noun)
  The noun DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATION has 1 sense:

1. the responsibility of a physician to act in the best interests of the patient

  Familiarity information: DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The responsibility of a physician to act in the best interests of the patient

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("doctor-patient relation" is a kind of...):

medical relation (the professional relation between a health care professional and a patient)

Meronyms (members of "doctor-patient relation"):

doc; doctor; Dr.; MD; medico; physician (a licensed medical practitioner)

patient (a person who requires medical care)