The phrase "advance consultation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a discussion or meeting that takes place prior to a decision or action being taken.
Example: "We recommend scheduling an advance consultation to discuss the project details before moving forward."
Alternatives: "preliminary consultation" or "prior consultation".
But Clinton blundered into the issue with no strategy at all and little or no advance consultation with the Joint Chiefs and Congress.
In fact, the museum spent months in advance consultation with prominent rabbis, educators, Holocaust scholars and Jewish leaders to develop a base of community understanding for this exhibition.
Without any advance consultation with the city, Mr. Deluce last month announced a conditional contract to buy 12 Bombardier CS100s, a new 107-seat jet that would do just that.
As the lord chief justice recalled, the constitutional reforms that brought about fundamental changes in the relationship between the government and the judiciary were announced in 2003 without any advance consultation or even prior notice to the judges that an announcement was to be made.
Here almost every outing involves an advance consultation with a map.
Dobbins' note to Kerry about the briefing says that Congress may have been more accepting of the administration's decision to sidestep its congressional notification requirement "had there been any advance consultation".
The Affordable Care Act originally contained a provision that would pay for Medicare beneficiaries to have advance consultations regarding end-of-life care.
In this case Ms. Stone, 20, had decided on the fly that she didn't feel like doing two of her songs that she and Ms. Rimes had selected in advance, in consultation with the show's producers.
Three years ago, the political climate was so toxic that when the final version of the Affordable Care Act didn't include the advance care consultation, Medicare administrators added it to a package of regulations — then suddenly removed it.
Politicians standing in the way of such discussions would, like the rest of us, eventually benefit from options laid out in advance in consultation with a trusted health professional.
The national dialogue leaped from modest proposal to outrageous hyperbole so fast it's clear something profound and quite apart from advance directive consultation was at work.
