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League (medical term)

League (pronounced: /liːɡ/) is not a common term in the medical field. However, it can be used in a broader sense to refer to a group or association of medical professionals or institutions.

Etymology

The term 'league' originates from the late Middle English: from the late Latin 'laega', from Latin 'leuga', a measure of distance, probably of Celtic origin.

Related Terms

  • Medical Association: A professional body or organization for doctors and medical students. Its activities typically include holding regular conferences for the presentation and discussion of new research results and publishing or sponsoring academic journals in its discipline. Some associations offer certification to members who meet specific qualifications.
  • Healthcare Institution: An organization that provides medical services. This can include hospitals, clinics, outpatient care centers, and specialized care centers, such as birthing centers and psychiatric care centers.
  • Professional Network: A type of social network where an individual is connected to other professionals as a means of establishing beneficial relationships for career development, job search, business progress, or simply for knowledge sharing.
  • Collaboration: In the medical field, collaboration often refers to the practice of multiple healthcare professionals working together to treat patients. This can include doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and other healthcare providers.
  • Medical Research: The study of health conditions (diseases, disorders, syndromes) to discover new treatments or learn how to prevent diseases. Medical researchers use in vivo and in vitro methods to investigate the causes and effects of diseases at different levels of the disease process.
  • Healthcare Policy: The plans, decisions, and actions that are undertaken to achieve specific healthcare goals within a society. An explicit health policy can achieve several things: it defines a vision for the future which in turn helps to establish targets and points of reference for the short and medium term.

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