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referral|rɪˈfɜːrəl|
[f. refer v.: see -al II. 5.]
a. The act of referring; spec. the referring to a third party of personal information concerning another.
1934in Webster. 1943Sun (Baltimore) 27 Nov. 6/3 The publication by Senator Butler of his report and his referral of it to the Truman Committee. 1968Globe & Mail (Toronto) 15 Jan. 24/7 (Advt.), Television and newspaper advertising will supply starting work followed by constant referral jobs. 1969Ithaca (N.Y.) Jrnl. 27 Nov. 32/2 The name of the woman who was two months pregnant was apparently given secretly to the..company by one of her friends, who was paid for the ‘referral’ with a vaporizer or other small appliance. 1971Nature 30 Apr. 545/1 The Unisist committee asks that associated countries should survey information services of national, regional or international scope and make plans to integrate these into a ‘world referral network’. 1971N.Y. Law Jrnl. 23 Nov. 20/4 After referral to me by order of Mr. Justice McInerney, this motion for a withdrawal order is granted. 1981Times 10 Mar. 18/6 The senior management of these businesses comes out well from these referrals.
b. The referring of an individual to an expert or specialist for advice; spec. the directing (usu. by a general practitioner) of a patient to a medical consultant for specialist treatment (see refer v. 8 d). Also attrib.
1955D. M. Deed in C. Morris Social Case-Work in Gt. Brit. (ed. 2) iii. 70 At the time of referral [to a family caseworker] the child was in a temporary hostel. 1958Times 8 Nov. 7/5 The public..is in turn increasingly unwilling to trust themselves to the care of their N.H.S. practitioner, thus reinforcing the habit of unnecessary referral to hospitals. 1960in L. Pincus Marriage ii. 58 At the time of their referral to the Bureau, they had been married for nine and a half years. 1966Lancet 24 Dec. 1403/1 The referral system, whereby consultants see patients only at the request of the family doctor, came into being at the end of the 19th century. 1968World Medicine 26 Nov. 35/1 The referral diagnosis was Addison's disease. 1972Where May/June 136/3 He can go to his family doctor who will either examine him and take the necessary tests to establish the diagnosis before giving treatment, or will send him to the nearest hospital clinic with a letter of referral. 1976Proc. R. Soc. Med. LXIX. 949/1 Our surgical unit is no less busy than most in the country: it has its share of medical ward referrals, urgent admissions and emergencies. 1978Times 2 Nov. 14/2 They [sc. the Samaritans] can, and do, act as a medical or psychiatric referral agency. |
