Category
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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.
doctor–patient relationship
relationship between a doctor and their patient
patient education
teaching or training of patients concerning their own health needs
patient-controlled analgesia
any method of allowing a person in pain to administer his own pain relief
physician-patient privilege
protection against medical patient details in court
Patient UK
website providing information on health, lifestyle, disease and other medical related topics
patient abuse
action or failure to act which causes unreasonable suffering, misery or harm to the patient
Virtual patient
interactive computer simulation used in health care education