Descriptor in English: | Patients |
Descriptor in Spanish: | Pacientes |
Descriptor in Portuguese: | Pacientes |
Descriptor in French: | Patients |
Entry term(s): |
Client Clients Patient |
Tree number(s): |
HP1.007.262 M01.643 |
Scope note: | Individuals participating in the health care system for the purpose of receiving therapeutic, diagnostic, or preventive procedures. |
Annotation: | GEN only, irrespective of disease; patients as people or as a social, sociol, psychol, etc., group; do not confuse the patient with the disease: the "tuberculotic patient" = TUBERCULOSIS & not also PATIENTS; Manual 34.13 |
Allowable Qualifiers: |
CL classification HI history LJ legislation & jurisprudence PX psychology SN statistics & numerical data |
Online Note: | search PATIENTS/ED under PATIENT EDUCATION 1966-79 |
History Note: | /education was used for indexing 1966-79; was in Cat G & M 1963-67 |
See also the descriptors: |
Inpatients
MeSH Outpatients MeSH |
DeCS UI: | 10554 |
Descriptor UI: | D010361 |
Date Established: | 1960/01/01 |
Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 |
Revision Date: | 2007/07/11 |
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HOMEOPATHY
Homeopathy [HP1]Homeopathy -
NAMED GROUPS
Persons [M01]Persons
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Patients
- Preferred
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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