Elective may refer to:
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Choice, the mental process of judging the merits of multiple options and selecting one of them
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Elective course in education
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Elective (medical)
300px, Students assisting surgery in a hospital affiliated with Hebei North University.
An electiveSometimes known by other names, such as a ''Subject to Endorsement Placement'' (StEP) at Manchester Medical School. is a placement undertaken as ...
, a period of study forming part of a medical degree
* In medical procedures, planned interventions, as opposed to
emergency care
Emergency medicine is the medical speciality concerned with the care of illnesses or injuries requiring immediate medical attention. Emergency physicians (often called “ER doctors” in the United States) continuously learn to care for unsche ...
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Elective surgery
* An adjective for
election
An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office.
Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has opera ...
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Elective monarchy
An elective monarchy is a monarchy ruled by an elected monarch, in contrast to a hereditary monarchy in which the office is automatically passed down as a family inheritance. The manner of election, the nature of candidate qualifications, and the ...
, a monarchy ruled by an elected monarch, in contrast to a ''hereditary monarchy''
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