Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

articolazioni periferiche

English translation:

peripheral offices (clinics)

Added to glossary by Hebat-Allah El Ashmawy
Apr 12, 2009 19:58
15 yrs ago
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Italian term

articolazioni periferiche

Italian to English Medical Medical: Health Care
Nelle Regioni di competenza operano, con prevalente distribuzione provinciale, articolazioni periferiche dell�Istituto: le "Sezioni Diagnostiche"
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Apr 17, 2009 11:29: Hebat-Allah El Ashmawy changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/136706">Hebat-Allah El Ashmawy's</a> old entry - "articolazioni periferiche "" to ""peripheral offices (clinics)""

Discussion

Joseph Tein Apr 13, 2009:
It would help to know what type of document you are translating, and what type of Istituto it is. Also, sometimes it's important to know whether you're translating into US or UK English.

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peripheral offices (clinics)

"articolazione", in this sense is a sort of branch or secondary, peripheral, office to the main office.
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outlying units

suggestion - not much time to look at the mo.

or minor units -

are they in Italy?

Health care needs assessment: the epidemiologically based needs ... - Google Books Result
by Andrew Stevens, James Raftery, Wessex ... - 1997 - Health & Fitness - 559 pages
... that an NHS trust covering more than one hospital site will provide only one ... a single major unit, supported by a number of minor units county wide. ...
books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=185775199X...

Stress in junior hospital medical and dental staff: a descriptive ...
inner-city hospital sites and two outlying units) ..... National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health. Research Report, Connecticut. ...
www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/html/Output/Published/Emeral...

Does Size Matter? Association Between Number of Patients Treated ...
JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 1999 91(10):816-818; .... treated in one of four smaller outlying units (87% versus 73% at 5 years; P<.001). .... Hospital volume differences and five-year survival from breast cancer. ...
jnci.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/91/10/816
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agree davenstephy
2 days 17 hrs
Thank you daevenstephy!
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satellite units

Another valid option. The term 'satellite' is often used to mean units, offices, clinics etc. that surround a principal or central, larger entity.

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Example sentences:

"Case selections, routines, work flows and administrative solutions are described for the daily operations between the main clinic and the satellite units. ... "

"Satellite Units. The Lister Fertility Clinic has satellite arrangments with a number of centres throughout the country, the latest of these being .... "

"Patients receive hemodialysis at either Kingston General Hospital or one of several affiliated satellite units that offer both self-care and full nursing care services. "

Some background information about the content of the document, the target language (UK or US English) would help to make the translation more certain, although at least we have the whole sentence.



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agree Lirka : yes, possible
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Ciao, lirka. Grazie.
agree Lionel_M (X)
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Ciao Lionel. Grazie tanto :)
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satellite campuses/clinics

In the United States, we call large medical centers "medical campuses."
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neutral Joseph Tein : Campuses / clinics could also work, depending on context ... which we don't have enough of.
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peripheral joints

imaging su articolazioni periferiche = scanning of peripheral joints
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