Patient

In semantics, the patient is the passive part of a process. A patient is the name given to any person who is illness or injured and is being treated by, or in need of therapy by, a physician or other medical professional. Health consumer or health care consumer is another name for patient, usually used by some governmental agencies, insurance companies, and/or patient groups. In the case of a terminal patient, death is approaching, and no treatment aimed at curing is available, just palliative care. The word ''patient'' is derived from the Latin ''pati'' meaning "to suffer". ==See also== * Medicine * Patient empowerment * Patients' Bill of Rights (US) Healthcare medical terms

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P

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Words begining with Patient:

Patient
Patient-controlled_analgesia
Patient-_care
Patient-_controlled_analgesia
Patient-_controlled_analgesia
Patiently_Waiting
Patients
Patients'_Bill_of_Rights
Patients_Out_of_Time
Patient_(Grammar)
Patient_(grammar)
Patient_(linguistics)
Patient_0
Patient_AK
Patient_care
Patient_care
Patient_controlled_analgesia
Patient_empowerment
Patient_empowerment
Patient_Griselda
Patient_Grissel
Patient_HM
Patient_refusal_of_nutrition_and_hydration
Patient_Self-Determination_Act
Patient_transport
Patient_transport
Patient_Zero
Patient_Zero_(episode)