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Do we need a new word for patients?In these days of public involvement and active participation, has the term "patient" become an offensive anachronism or does it capture what is positive about the special relationship between health workers and ill people?A former chairman of the Patients' Association and a clinician argue for and against "patients."
Neuberger et al. (Sat,) studied this question.