Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
mandat
English translation:
Request for expert assessment / scope of [requested] assessment
French term
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mandat
Here's some examples of phrases in the reports:
• Dans la lettre portant sur le mandat, vous me demandez mon opinion sur les points suivants :
• Mandat de l’expertise
• En début d’entrevue, j’ai expliqué mon rôle de médecin expert à madame X ainsi que la nature de mon mandat.
I know that in English, the word 'mandate' means an authorisation of transfer of power. So perhaps 'mandat' in these psychiatric reports refers to the insurance company giving authorisation to the psychiatrist to do an assessment? Or does it just mean a 'request' rather than an authorisation?
| 4 +2 | Request for expert assessment / scope of [requested] assessment |
Daryo
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| 4 | giving authorisation or requiring the psychiatrist to do an assessment? |
Drmanu49
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Dec 22, 2018 01:14: Daryo Created KOG entry
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Proposed translations
Request for expert assessment / scope of [requested] assessment
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Note added at 2 hrs (2017-03-02 22:22:12 GMT)
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Letter of instruction [to expert]
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Nikki Scott-Despaigne
: Yes, you point to the two meanings I have here: mandate as instructing an expert, and mandate being the scope of what those instructions require/authorise.//Note the verb "to instruct" an expert, as in your additional note "letter of instruction".
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Thanks!
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B D Finch
: It seems to be used in both ways in the ST.
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Thanks!
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giving authorisation or requiring the psychiatrist to do an assessment?
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Note added at 21 minutes (2017-03-02 19:54:21 GMT)
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it is more often asking/requiring
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B D Finch
: I doubt whether an insurance company can require a psychiatrist to perform an assessment of a patient.
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Of course it can! If money is involved!
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Discussion
Letter of instruction [to expert] seems the best bet!