professional relation

Other forms: professional relations

Definitions of professional relation
  1. noun
    the relation that exists when one person requests and is granted professional help from a qualified source
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    medical relation
    the professional relation between a health care professional and a patient
    legal relation
    a professional relation that is regulated by law (as between a lawyer and a client)
    academic relation
    a professional relation between instructors and those they instruct
    doctor-patient relation
    the responsibility of a physician to act in the best interests of the patient
    nurse-patient relation
    the responsibility of a nurse to act in the best interests of the patient
    fiduciary relation
    the legal relation that exists when one person justifiably places reliance on another whose aid or protection is sought in some matter
    teacher-student relation
    the academic relation between teachers and their students
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    social relation
    a relation between living organisms (especially between people)
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