nervenärztliche Bescheinigung

English translation: medical certificate issued by a neurologist

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German term or phrase:nervenärztliche Bescheinigung
English translation:medical certificate issued by a neurologist
Entered by: Antoinette-M. Sixt Ruth

21:13 May 16, 2011
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Medical - Medical (general)
German term or phrase: nervenärztliche Bescheinigung
I am looking for the accepted term for "nervenärztliche Bescheining zur Vorlage beim Rechtsanwalt".
I assume the "Nervenarzt" is the neurologist i.e. the person that would diagnose depressive disorders?
Thank you.
Antoinette-M. Sixt Ruth
Local time: 03:10
medical certificate issued by a neurologist
Explanation:
for presentation to a lawyer

Neurology and psychiatry overlap in many cases and neurological diseases often have "psychiatric" manifestations.
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Johanna Timm, PhD
Canada
Local time: 01:10
Grading comment
Thank you very much, Johanna.
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Summary of answers provided
3 +8medical certificate issued by a neurologist
Johanna Timm, PhD
4 -2board-certified in neurology
Merry Foxworth
Summary of reference entries provided
nervenärztliche Bescheinigung - Nervenarzt
Marga Shaw

Discussion entries: 2





  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +8
medical certificate issued by a neurologist


Explanation:
for presentation to a lawyer

Neurology and psychiatry overlap in many cases and neurological diseases often have "psychiatric" manifestations.


Johanna Timm, PhD
Canada
Local time: 01:10
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 609
Grading comment
Thank you very much, Johanna.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Horst Huber (X)
16 mins

agree  John Hein-Hartmann
21 mins

agree  Sabine Akabayov, PhD
4 hrs

agree  Gudrun Maydorn (X)
7 hrs

agree  Steffen Walter
8 hrs

agree  Nicola Wood
9 hrs

agree  Lirka: that's the direct translation, although it's [neuro]psychiatrists who give expert opinions on depression and the like.
15 hrs

agree  Susanna MacKenzie
20 hrs
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -2
board-certified in neurology


Explanation:
specialst designation

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Note added at 16 hrs (2011-05-17 14:05:27 GMT)
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you are right, this was the wrong answer. I was on the phone at the time with AT+T tech support and did not look at it closely enough.

Merry Foxworth
United States
Local time: 04:10
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 174

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Sabine Akabayov, PhD: no
5 hrs

disagree  Lirka: something entirely different
16 hrs
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Reference comments


10 hrs
Reference: nervenärztliche Bescheinigung - Nervenarzt

Reference information:
Nervenarzt - Kurzform der Berufsbezeichnung Arzt für Neurologie und Psychiatrie. Nach der Weiterbildungsordnung für Ärzte (1988) darf die Bezeichnung Nervemarzt führen, wer die Anerkennung als Neurologe und die als Psychiater erworben hat. ...
(Peters, Wörterbuch der Psychiatrie und med. Psychologie)

[M.W. wurde die Bezeichnung "Nervenarzt" jedoch inzwischen abgeschafft.]

Hier ist ein Link zu einem Musterbeispiel einer nervenärztlichen Bescheinigung:
http://www.hsp-verein.de/fileadmin/user_upload/docs/Fahrtkos...

Marga Shaw
United Kingdom
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 700
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