Patient

Patient

A patient is any recipient of health care services. The patient is most often ill or injured and in need of treatment by a physician, physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse, veterinarian, or other health care provider.

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Famous quotes containing the word patient:

    “This life is a hospital in which each patient is obsessed with the desire to change beds.”
    —Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867)

    “Beware the fury of a patient man.”
    —John Dryden (1631–1700)

    “When little boys grown patient at last, weary,
    Surrender their eyes immeasurably to the night,
    The event will rage terrific as the sea;
    Their bodies fill a crumbling room with light.”
    —Allen Tate (1899–1979)