Clinical

Clinical can refer to:

• Clinical (or bedside) medical practice, based on observation and treatment of patients as opposed to theory or basic science

• Clinic
• Illness, a state of poor health
• Clinical chemistry, the analysis of bodily fluids
• Clinical conditions, diagnosed from clinical examination alone

• Clinical death

• Clinical waste, segregated for safety or security

• Clinical examination; see Physical examination

• Clinical linguistics, linguistics applied to speech therapy

• Clinical medical professions

• Clinical psychology
• Clinical investigator, a medical researcher in charge of carrying out a clinical trial's protocol
• Clinical social work

• Clinical research

• Clinical formulation, used to communicate a hypothesis; commonly in clinical psychology
• Clinical governance, a hierarchy of patient care within a health system
• Clinical series, a case series in which patients receive treatment in a clinic or other medical facility
• Clinical site, a facility qualified to perform clinical research
• Clinical trial, a formal research protocol involving patients

• Clinical significance, a conclusion about the effect of a treatment on a patient