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Available in 67 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-67" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">67 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B6" title="مريض – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="مريض" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacient" title="Pacient – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Pacient" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%80" title="রোগী – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="রোগী" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bjn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bjn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagaring" title="Pagaring – Banjar" lang="bjn" hreflang="bjn" data-title="Pagaring" data-language-autonym="Banjar" data-language-local-name="Banjar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Banjar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho%C4%81n-chi%C3%A1" title="Hoān-chiá – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Hoān-chiá" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%8B%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82" title="Пацыент – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Пацыент" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%8B%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82" title="Пацыент – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Пацыент" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82" title="Пациент – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Пациент" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacient" title="Pacient – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Pacient" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacient" title="Pacient – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Pacient" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claf" title="Claf – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Claf" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dag mw-list-item"><a href="https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bara" title="Bara – Dagbani" lang="dag" hreflang="dag" data-title="Bara" data-language-autonym="Dagbanli" data-language-local-name="Dagbani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dagbanli</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient" title="Patient – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Patient" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient" title="Patient – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Patient" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patsient" title="Patsient – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Patsient" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paciente" title="Paciente – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Paciente" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paciento" title="Paciento – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Paciento" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paziente" title="Paziente – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Paziente" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%BE%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C" title="بیمار سرپایی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بیمار سرپایی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient" title="Patient – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Patient" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasjint" title="Pasjint – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Pasjint" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Othar" title="Othar – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Othar" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-inh mw-list-item"><a href="https://inh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%BE" title="Унахо – Ingush" lang="inh" hreflang="inh" data-title="Унахо" data-language-autonym="ГӀалгӀай" data-language-local-name="Ingush" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ГӀалгӀай</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%99%98%EC%9E%90" title="환자 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="환자" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%80" title="रोगी – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="रोगी" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacijent" title="Pacijent – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Pacijent" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuracato" title="Kuracato – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Kuracato" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasien" title="Pasien – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Pasien" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patiente" title="Patiente – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Patiente" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sj%C3%BAklingur" title="Sjúklingur – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Sjúklingur" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paziente" title="Paziente – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Paziente" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%98%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%9C" title="מטופל – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מטופל" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8B%E0%B2%97%E0%B2%BF" title="ರೋಗಿ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ರೋಗಿ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mgonjwa" title="Mgonjwa – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Mgonjwa" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacients" title="Pacients – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Pacients" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marary" title="Marary – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Marary" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pesakit" title="Pesakit – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Pesakit" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pati%C3%ABnt" title="Patiënt – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Patiënt" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%82%A3%E8%80%85" title="患者 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="患者" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasient" title="Pasient – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Pasient" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacjent" title="Pacjent – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Pacjent" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paciente" title="Paciente – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Paciente" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacient" title="Pacient – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Pacient" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampina" title="Hampina – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Hampina" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82" title="Пациент – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Пациент" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%9D%E0%B6%9C%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F" title="රෝගියා – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="රෝගියා" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient" title="Patient – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Patient" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B6" title="مريض – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="مريض" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacient" title="Pacient – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Pacient" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%DB%95%D8%AE%DB%86%D8%B4" title="نەخۆش – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="نەخۆش" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82" title="Пацијент – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Пацијент" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacijent" title="Pacijent – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Pacijent" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potilas" title="Potilas – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Potilas" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient" title="Patient – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Patient" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8B%E0%B0%97%E0%B0%BF" title="రోగి – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="రోగి" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9C%E0%B8%B9%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%9B%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%A2" title="ผู้ป่วย – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="ผู้ป่วย" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ti mw-list-item"><a href="https://ti.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%88%95%E1%88%99%E1%88%9D" title="ሕሙም – Tigrinya" lang="ti" hreflang="ti" data-title="ሕሙም" data-language-autonym="ትግርኛ" data-language-local-name="Tigrinya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ትግርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80" title="Бемор – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Бемор" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasta" title="Hasta – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Hasta" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" 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style="background:#eedde9;;padding-top:0.4em;">Part of a series on <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Patients</a></td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-title-with-pretitle" style="background:#eedde9;;padding-top:0;"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Patients</a></th></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#eedde9;;border-top:1px #fefefe solid;"> Concepts</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Doctor-patient_relationship" class="mw-redirect" title="Doctor-patient relationship">Doctor-patient relationship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medical_ethics" title="Medical ethics">Medical ethics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patient_participation" title="Patient participation">Patient participation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patient-reported_outcome" title="Patient-reported outcome">Patient-reported outcome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patient_safety" title="Patient safety">Patient safety</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#eedde9;;border-top:1px #fefefe solid;"> <a href="/wiki/Consent" title="Consent">Consent</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Informed_consent" title="Informed consent">Informed consent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adherence_(medicine)" title="Adherence (medicine)">Adherence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Informal_coercion" title="Informal coercion">Informal coercion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motivational_interviewing" title="Motivational interviewing">Motivational interviewing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Involuntary_treatment" title="Involuntary treatment">Involuntary treatment</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#eedde9;;border-top:1px #fefefe solid;"> <a href="/wiki/Rights" title="Rights">Rights</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Patients%27_rights" title="Patients' rights">Patients' rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pregnant_patients%27_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="Pregnant patients' rights">Pregnant patients' rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disability_rights_movement" title="Disability rights movement">Disability rights movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patient%27s_Charter" title="Patient's Charter">Patient's Charter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medical_law" title="Medical law">Medical law</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#eedde9;;border-top:1px #fefefe solid;"> Approaches</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Patient_advocacy" title="Patient advocacy">Patient advocacy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patient-centered_care" class="mw-redirect" title="Patient-centered care">Patient-centered care</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patient_and_public_involvement" title="Patient and public involvement">Patient and public involvement</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#eedde9;;border-top:1px #fefefe solid;"> <a href="/wiki/Abuse" title="Abuse">Abuse</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Patient_abuse" title="Patient abuse">Patient abuse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elder_abuse" title="Elder abuse">Elder abuse</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#eedde9;;border-top:1px #fefefe solid;"> <a href="/wiki/Medical_sociology" title="Medical sociology">Medical sociology</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sick_role" title="Sick role">Sick role</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar 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href="/wiki/Template:Patients_sidebar" title="Template:Patients sidebar"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:Patients_sidebar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:Patients sidebar (page does not exist)"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Patients_sidebar" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Patients sidebar"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>A <b>patient</b> is any recipient of <a href="/wiki/Health_care" title="Health care">health care</a> services that are performed by <a href="/wiki/Health_professional" title="Health professional">healthcare professionals</a>. The patient is most often <a href="/wiki/Disease" title="Disease">ill</a> or <a href="/wiki/Major_trauma" title="Major trauma">injured</a> and in need of <a href="/wiki/Therapy" title="Therapy">treatment</a> by a <a href="/wiki/Physician" title="Physician">physician</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nurse" class="mw-redirect" title="Nurse">nurse</a>, <a href="/wiki/Optometrist" class="mw-redirect" title="Optometrist">optometrist</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dentist" title="Dentist">dentist</a>, <a href="/wiki/Veterinarian" title="Veterinarian">veterinarian</a>, or other <a href="/wiki/Health_care_provider" title="Health care provider">health care provider</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patient&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The word <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/patient" class="extiw" title="wikt:patient">patient</a> originally meant 'one who suffers'. This English noun comes from the <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> word <i><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">patiens</i></span></i>, the <a href="/wiki/Present_participle" class="mw-redirect" title="Present participle">present participle</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Deponent_verb" title="Deponent verb">deponent verb</a>, <i><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">patior</i></span></i>, meaning 'I am suffering,' and akin to the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek" title="Ancient Greek">Greek</a> verb <span title="Greek-language text"><span lang="el" style="font-style: normal;">πάσχειν</span></span> (<i><span title="Greek-language romanization"><i lang="el-Latn">paskhein</i></span></i>, to suffer) and its cognate noun <span title="Greek-language text"><span lang="el" style="font-style: normal;">πάθος</span></span> (<span title="Greek-language romanization"><i lang="el-Latn">pathos</i></span>). </p><p>This language has been construed as meaning that the role of patients is to passively accept and tolerate the suffering and treatments prescribed by the healthcare providers, without engaging in <a href="/wiki/Shared_decision-making_in_medicine" title="Shared decision-making in medicine">shared decision-making</a> about their care.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><span class="anchor" id="outpatient"></span><span class="anchor" id="inpatient"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Outpatients_and_inpatients">Outpatients and inpatients</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patient&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Outpatients and inpatients"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Haavoittuneita_Punaisen_ristin_sairaalassa_Tampereella_(26901645371).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Haavoittuneita_Punaisen_ristin_sairaalassa_Tampereella_%2826901645371%29.jpg/250px-Haavoittuneita_Punaisen_ristin_sairaalassa_Tampereella_%2826901645371%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="189" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Haavoittuneita_Punaisen_ristin_sairaalassa_Tampereella_%2826901645371%29.jpg/375px-Haavoittuneita_Punaisen_ristin_sairaalassa_Tampereella_%2826901645371%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Haavoittuneita_Punaisen_ristin_sairaalassa_Tampereella_%2826901645371%29.jpg/500px-Haavoittuneita_Punaisen_ristin_sairaalassa_Tampereella_%2826901645371%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3461" data-file-height="2619" /></a><figcaption>Patients at the Red Cross Hospital in <a href="/wiki/Tampere" title="Tampere">Tampere</a>, <a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">Finland</a> during the 1918 <a href="/wiki/Finnish_Civil_War" title="Finnish Civil War">Finnish Civil War</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Receptionist_attending_to_clients_at_the_out_patient.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Receptionist_attending_to_clients_at_the_out_patient.JPG/220px-Receptionist_attending_to_clients_at_the_out_patient.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Receptionist_attending_to_clients_at_the_out_patient.JPG/330px-Receptionist_attending_to_clients_at_the_out_patient.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Receptionist_attending_to_clients_at_the_out_patient.JPG/440px-Receptionist_attending_to_clients_at_the_out_patient.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>Receptionist in <a href="/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a> attending to an outpatient</figcaption></figure> <p>An <b>outpatient</b> (or <b>out-patient</b>) is a patient who attends an <a href="/wiki/Outpatient_clinic_(hospital_department)" class="mw-redirect" title="Outpatient clinic (hospital department)">outpatient clinic</a> with no plan to stay beyond the duration of the visit. Even if the patient will not be formally admitted with a note as an outpatient, their attendance is still registered, and the provider will usually give a note explaining the reason for the <a href="/wiki/Doctor%27s_visit" title="Doctor's visit">visit</a>, <a href="/wiki/Medical_test" title="Medical test">tests</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Medical_procedure" title="Medical procedure">procedure</a>/<a href="/wiki/Surgery" title="Surgery">surgery</a>, which should include the names and titles of the participating personnel, the patient's name and <a href="/wiki/Date_of_birth" class="mw-redirect" title="Date of birth">date of birth</a>, signature of <a href="/wiki/Informed_consent" title="Informed consent">informed consent</a>, estimated pre-and post-service time for <a href="/wiki/Medical_history" title="Medical history">history</a> and <a href="/wiki/Physical_examination" title="Physical examination">exam</a> (before and after), any <a href="/wiki/Anesthesia" title="Anesthesia">anesthesia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Medication" title="Medication">medications</a> or future <a href="/wiki/Therapy" title="Therapy">treatment</a> plans needed, and estimated time of <a href="/wiki/Inpatient_care#Progress" title="Inpatient care">discharge</a> absent any (further) <a href="/wiki/Complication_(medicine)" title="Complication (medicine)">complications</a>. Treatment provided in this fashion is called <a href="/wiki/Ambulatory_care" title="Ambulatory care">ambulatory care</a>. Sometimes surgery is performed without the need for a formal hospital admission or an overnight stay, and this is called <a href="/wiki/Outpatient_surgery" title="Outpatient surgery">outpatient surgery</a> or day surgery, which has many benefits including lowered <a href="/wiki/Health_system#Financial_resources" title="Health system">healthcare cost</a>, reducing the amount of medication prescribed, and using the physician's or surgeon's time more efficiently. Outpatient surgery is suited best for more healthy patients undergoing minor or intermediate procedures (limited <a href="/wiki/Urologic" class="mw-redirect" title="Urologic">urinary-tract</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ophthalmologic" class="mw-redirect" title="Ophthalmologic">eye</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Ear,_nose_and_throat" class="mw-redirect" title="Ear, nose and throat">ear, nose, and throat</a> procedures and procedures involving superficial skin and the extremities). More procedures are being performed in a <a href="/wiki/Surgeon" title="Surgeon">surgeon</a>'s office, termed <i>office-based surgery</i>, rather than in a hospital-based <a href="/wiki/Operating_room" class="mw-redirect" title="Operating room">operating room</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Crazy_Love.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Crazy_Love.jpg/220px-Crazy_Love.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Crazy_Love.jpg/330px-Crazy_Love.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Crazy_Love.jpg/440px-Crazy_Love.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2674" /></a><figcaption>A mother spends days sitting with her son, a hospital patient in Mali</figcaption></figure> <p>An <b>inpatient</b> (or <b>in-patient</b>), on the other hand, is "admitted" to stay in a hospital overnight or for an indeterminate time, usually, several days or weeks, though in some extreme cases, such as with <a href="/wiki/Coma" title="Coma">coma</a> or <a href="/wiki/Persistent_vegetative_state" class="mw-redirect" title="Persistent vegetative state">persistent vegetative state</a>, patients can stay in hospitals for years, sometimes until <a href="/wiki/Death" title="Death">death</a>. Treatment provided in this fashion is called <a href="/wiki/Inpatient_care" title="Inpatient care">inpatient care</a>. The admission to the hospital involves the production of an <a href="/wiki/Admission_note" title="Admission note">admission note</a>. The leaving of the hospital is officially termed <i>discharge</i>, and involves a corresponding <a href="/wiki/Discharge_note" class="mw-redirect" title="Discharge note">discharge note</a>, and sometimes an assessment process to consider ongoing needs. In the <a href="/wiki/English_NHS" class="mw-redirect" title="English NHS">English National Health Service</a> this may take the form of "Discharge to Assess" - where the assessment takes place after the patient has gone home.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Misdiagnosis is the leading cause of <a href="/wiki/Medical_error" title="Medical error">medical error</a> in outpatient facilities. When the U.S. <a href="/wiki/National_Academy_of_Medicine" title="National Academy of Medicine">Institute of Medicine</a>'s groundbreaking 1999 report, <i><a href="/wiki/To_Err_Is_Human_(report)" title="To Err Is Human (report)">To Err Is Human</a></i>, found up to 98,000 hospital patients die from preventable medical errors in the U.S. each year,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> early efforts focused on inpatient safety.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While patient safety efforts have focused on inpatient hospital settings for more than a decade, medical errors are even more likely to happen in a <a href="/wiki/Doctor%27s_office" title="Doctor's office">doctor's office</a> or outpatient clinic or center.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Day_patient">Day patient</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patient&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Day patient"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A <b>day patient</b> (or <b>day-patient</b>) is a patient who is using the full range of services of a hospital or clinic but is not expected to stay the night. The term was originally used by <a href="/wiki/Psychiatric_hospital" title="Psychiatric hospital">psychiatric hospital</a> services using of this patient type to care for people needing support to make the transition from in-patient to out-patient care. However, the term is now also heavily used for people attending hospitals for day surgery. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Alternative_terminology">Alternative terminology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patient&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Alternative terminology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Because of concerns such as <a href="/wiki/Dignity" title="Dignity">dignity</a>, <a href="/wiki/Human_rights" title="Human rights">human rights</a> and <a href="/wiki/Political_correctness" title="Political correctness">political correctness</a>, the term "patient" is not always used to refer to a person receiving health care. Other terms that are sometimes used include <b>health consumer</b>, <b>healthcare consumer</b>, <b>customer</b> or <b>client</b>. However, such terminology may be offensive to those receiving <a href="/wiki/Publicly_funded_health_care" title="Publicly funded health care">public health care</a>, as it implies a business relationship. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Veterinary_medicine" title="Veterinary medicine">veterinary medicine</a>, the <b>client</b> is the owner or guardian of the patient. These may be used by governmental agencies, <a href="/wiki/Health_insurance" title="Health insurance">insurance companies</a>, patient groups, or <a href="/wiki/Health_facility" title="Health facility">health care facilities</a>. Individuals who use or have used <a href="/wiki/Psychiatric" class="mw-redirect" title="Psychiatric">psychiatric</a> services may alternatively refer to themselves as <a href="/wiki/Psychiatric_survivors_movement" title="Psychiatric survivors movement">consumers, users, or survivors</a>. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Nursing_home" title="Nursing home">nursing homes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Assisted_living" title="Assisted living">assisted living</a> facilities, the term <b>resident</b> is generally used in lieu of <i>patient</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Similarly, those receiving <a href="/wiki/Home_health_care" class="mw-redirect" title="Home health care">home health care</a> are called <i>clients</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Patient-centered_healthcare">Patient-centered healthcare</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patient&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Patient-centered healthcare"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Patient_participation" title="Patient participation">Patient participation</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Doctor-patient_relationship" class="mw-redirect" title="Doctor-patient relationship">doctor–patient relationship</a> has sometimes been characterized as silencing the voice of patients.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is now widely agreed that putting patients at the centre of healthcare<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by trying to provide a consistent, informative and respectful service to patients will improve both outcomes and patient satisfaction.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When patients are not at the centre of healthcare, when institutional procedures and targets eclipse local concerns, then patient neglect is possible.<sup id="cite_ref-neglect_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-neglect-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Incidents, such as the <a href="/wiki/Stafford_Hospital_scandal" title="Stafford Hospital scandal">Stafford Hospital scandal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Winterbourne_View_hospital_abuse" title="Winterbourne View hospital abuse">Winterbourne View hospital abuse scandal</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Veterans_Health_Administration_scandal_of_2014" class="mw-redirect" title="Veterans Health Administration scandal of 2014">Veterans Health Administration controversy of 2014</a> have shown the dangers of prioritizing cost control over the patient experience.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Investigations into these and other scandals have recommended that healthcare systems put patient experience at the center, and especially that patients themselves are heard loud and clear within health services.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are many reasons for why health services should listen more to patients. Patients spend more time in healthcare services than regulators or quality controllers, and can recognize problems such as service delays, poor hygiene, and poor conduct.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Patients are particularly good at identifying soft problems, such as attitudes, communication, and 'caring neglect',<sup id="cite_ref-neglect_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-neglect-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that are difficult to capture with institutional monitoring.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One important way in which patients can be placed at the centre of healthcare is for health services to be more open about patient complaints.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Each year many hundreds of thousands of patients complain about the care they have received, and these complaints contain valuable information for any health services which want to learn about and improve patient experience.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patient&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Casualty_(person)" title="Casualty (person)">Casualty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E-Patient" class="mw-redirect" title="E-Patient">e-Patient</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mature_minor_doctrine" title="Mature minor doctrine">Mature minor doctrine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nurse-client_relationship" class="mw-redirect" title="Nurse-client relationship">Nurse-client relationship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patient_abuse" title="Patient abuse">Patient abuse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patient_advocacy" title="Patient advocacy">Patient advocacy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patient_empowerment" class="mw-redirect" title="Patient empowerment">Patient empowerment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patients%27_Bill_of_Rights" class="mw-redirect" title="Patients' Bill of Rights">Patients' Bill of Rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radiological_protection_of_patients" class="mw-redirect" title="Radiological protection of patients">Radiological protection of patients</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Therapeutic_inertia" title="Therapeutic inertia">Therapeutic inertia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virtual_patient" title="Virtual patient">Virtual patient</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patient_UK" title="Patient UK">Patient UK</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patient&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1126181">"I am a good patient, believe it or not"</a>. <i>BMJ</i>. <b>326</b> (7402): 1293–5. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1136%2Fbmj.326.7402.1293">10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1293</a>. <a href="/wiki/PMC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMC (identifier)">PMC</a> <span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1126181">1126181</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/PMID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMID (identifier)">PMID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12805157">12805157</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BMJ&rft.atitle=I+am+a+good+patient%2C+believe+it+or+not&rft.volume=326&rft.issue=7402&rft.pages=1293-5&rft.date=2003-06&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2Farticles%2FPMC1126181%23id-name%3DPMC&rft_id=info%3Apmid%2F12805157&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1136%2Fbmj.326.7402.1293&rft.aulast=Jadad&rft.aufirst=AR&rft.au=Rizo%2C+CA&rft.au=Enkin%2C+MW&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2Farticles%2FPMC1126181&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APatient" class="Z3988"></span><br />a peer-reviewed article published in the British Medical Journal's (BMJ) first issue dedicated to patients in its 160-year history</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSokol_DK2004" class="citation journal cs1">Sokol DK (21 February 2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/328/7437/471">"How (not) to be a good patient"</a>. <i>BMJ</i>. <b>328</b> (7437): 471. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1136%2Fbmj.328.7437.471">10.1136/bmj.328.7437.471</a>. <a href="/wiki/PMC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMC (identifier)">PMC</a> <span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC344286">344286</a></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BMJ&rft.atitle=How+%28not%29+to+be+a+good+patient&rft.volume=328&rft.issue=7437&rft.pages=471&rft.date=2004-02-21&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2Farticles%2FPMC344286%23id-name%3DPMC&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1136%2Fbmj.328.7437.471&rft.au=Sokol+DK&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbmj.bmjjournals.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Ffull%2F328%2F7437%2F471&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APatient" class="Z3988"></span><br />review article with views on the meaning of the words "good doctor" vs. "good patient"</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://thyroid.about.com/b/2007/11/13/time-magazines-dr-scott-haig-proves-that-patients-need-to-be-googlers.htm">"Time Magazine's Dr. Scott Haig Proves that Patients Need to Be Googlers!" – Mary Shomons response</a> to the Time Magazine article <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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title="Category:Hospitals established in the 9th century">9th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Hospitals_established_in_the_10th_century" title="Category:Hospitals established in the 10th century">10th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Hospitals_established_in_the_11th_century" title="Category:Hospitals established in the 11th century">11th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Hospitals_established_in_the_12th_century" title="Category:Hospitals established in the 12th century">12th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Hospitals_established_in_the_13th_century" title="Category:Hospitals established in the 13th century">13th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Hospitals_established_in_the_14th_century" title="Category:Hospitals established in the 14th century">14th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Hospitals_established_in_the_15th_century" title="Category:Hospitals established in the 15th century">15th</a></li> <li><a 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