Doctors and treatment · Health

get a second opinion

seek another medical view

To get a second opinion means to ask another doctor for advice about the same problem.

B2 common speech & writing

This vs that

ask another doctor for a view

I want to get a second opinion.

be sent to an expert doctor

I want to be referred to a specialist.

Hear it in real life

Are you going ahead with the operation?

Not yet. I want to get a second opinion first.

Play the conversation

Before agreeing to surgery, she decided to get a second opinion.

Which sounds natural?

Psst — which one would you actually say?

The mistake everyone makes

Not: I want to get ‸ second opinion from another doctor.

Say: I want to get a second opinion from another doctor.

Use the article 'a' before 'second opinion'.

Say it together

Whole chunks natives use with it.

get a second opinion from ___

She decided to get a second opinion from another surgeon.

I would get a second opinion from a different doctor before having surgery.

Health · Doctors and treatment: the words around “get a second opinion”.

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Your turn: say it out loud

I'd like to get a second opinion.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

get a second opinion

seek another medical view

“Before agreeing to surgery, she decided to get a second opinion.”

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