Appears on Map 3
Follows Section 22 and Section 21

When sending a person to another professional for a consultation, you want to do as much as possible to see that

• he/she gets there in a timely way
• the other professional understands what you need and why, and is able to provide it
• the information is sent to you in a timely way.

Typically the referral is made during session, in the diagnostic context. Your patient may want to understand

• the reasons that you believe the consultation will be useful to him/her
• why you can’t gather the information yourself
• how the information will be used
• names of consultants, telephone numbers and addresses
• justification for each one [could be as simple as I trust all of them.]
• how to make contact
• whether you will make contact also