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patient

Also known as patients, medical patient, human patient

A patient is any recipient of health care services that are performed by healthcare professionals. The patient is most often ill or injured and in need of treatment by a physician, nurse, optometrist, dentist, veterinarian, or other health care provider.

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A patient is a person who receives medical care from a healthcare professional like a doctor, nurse, or dentist. Patients are typically people who are sick or injured and need treatment to get better.

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Research

9,996,180 papers

"Patient's lived experience" : New insights from the "scene" of deep-brain stimulation medical care.Medicine, health care, and philosophy · 2019Gaille MDOI: 10.1007/s11019-019-09896-5
Patient-therapist sexual involvement: a review of clinical and research data.ReviewThe Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law · 1994Hankins GC, Vera MI, Barnard GW et al.
Through a patient's eyes.Creative nursing · 2009Steffen LDOI: 10.1891/1078-4535.15.3.115
The patient's perspective: prosumers.Journal of psychosocial nursing and mental health services · 1992Manos EDOI: 10.3928/0279-3695-19920701-03
The patient's contract with the doctor.Surgical neurology · 1995Ausman JIDOI: 10.1016/0090-3019(95)00153-0
Patient's decision and experience in the multi-channel appointment context: An empirical study.Frontiers in public health · 2022Ye Q, Wu HDOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.923661
Adverse events in hospitals: the patient's point of view.ReviewQuality & safety in health care · 2010Massó Guijarro P, Aranaz Andrés JM, Mira JJ et al.DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2007.025585
Patient's Dignity: Viewpoints of Patients and Nurses in Hospitals.Hospital topics · 2021Torabizadeh C, Jafari S, Momennasab MDOI: 10.1080/00185868.2021.1897487

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female form of label: patiënte
equivalent class: schema.org/Patient
male form of label: pacientas
Commons category: Patients
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Etymology
Outpatients and inpatients
Day patient
Alternative terminology
Patient-centered healthcare
See also
References
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==Etymology== The word patient originally meant 'one who suffers'. This English noun comes from the Latin word , the present participle of the deponent verb, , meaning , and akin to the Greek verb ( ) and its cognate noun ().