| Descriptor English: | Patients | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Pacientes
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Pacientes | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Patients | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
Client Clients Patient |
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| Tree number(s): |
M01.643 SP3.522.561.200.580 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010361 | ||||||
| Scope note: | Individuals participating in the health care system for the purpose of receiving therapeutic, diagnostic, or preventive procedures. |
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| Annotation: | general only, irrespective of disease; patients as people or as a social, sociological, psychological, etc., group; do not confuse the patient with the disease: the "tuberculotic patient" equals TUBERCULOSIS and not also PATIENTS |
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| Allowable Qualifiers: |
CL classification HI history LJ legislation & jurisprudence PX psychology SN statistics & numerical data |
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| Entry Combination: |
education:Patient Education as Topic
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| Public MeSH Note: | /education ( = PATIENT EDUCATION as of 1980) was used for indexing 1966-79; OUTPATIENTS was see AMBULATORY CARE 1978-79 |
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| Online Note: | search PATIENTS/ED under PATIENT EDUCATION 1966-79 |
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| History Note: | /education was used for indexing 1966-79; was in Cat G & M 1963-67 |
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| Related: |
Inpatients
MeSH Outpatients MeSH | ||||||
| DeCS ID: | 10554 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D010361 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1960/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2007/07/11 |
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NAMED GROUPS
Persons [M01]Persons
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Patients
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Clients
- Broader
| Concept UI |
M0016069 |
| Scope note | Individuals participating in the health care system for the purpose of receiving therapeutic, diagnostic, or preventive procedures. |
| Preferred term | Patients |
| Entry term(s) |
Patient |
| Concept UI |
M0016067 |
| Preferred term | Clients |
| Entry term(s) |
Client |
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