patients
Those seeking treatment
Patients are people receiving medical care or treatment.
A doctor's patients are under their professional attention: The physician sees about thirty patients a day.
The word implies a relationship—you become someone's patient when they take responsibility for your health.
In research contexts, patients are human subjects in clinical studies.
Medical treatment facility
- clinicOutpatient treatment facility
- doctorLicensed medical healer
- nurseHealthcare provider, bedside
- treatmentCare for an ailment
diagnosis · surgery · therapy · prescription · caregiver · illness · disease · ward
Restoration of health
- convalescencePost-illness healing phase
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- recuperationGradual return to health
- remissionTemporary disease absence
physiotherapy · improvement · wellness · discharge · follow-up · rest · bandages · stitches
Sustained resolve despite obstacles
- fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- gritDetermination or abrasive particles
courage · hope · strength · fighting · brave · stoic · long-term · chronic
Ordered waiting line
- appointmentScheduled time for something
- delayEnforced waiting period
- schedulePlan of timed events
- registrationFormal recording of participation
reception · anticipation · magazines · seating · announcement · referral · backlog · list
Measured medicine amount
- side-effectsSecondary, unintended outcomes
- medicationTherapeutic substance for illness
- allergiesAdverse immune responses
- sensitivityResponsiveness to stimuli
threshold · response · adverse · interactions · contraindications · toxicity · regimen · compliance
Justified claims to freedoms
- consentVoluntary agreement given
- confidentialityQuality of protecting secrets
- dignityInnate personal worth
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
privacy · informed · empowerment · ombudsman · complaints · guardian · proxy · accessibility
hospital
Medical treatment facility
treatment · diagnosis · surgery · therapy · prescription · caregiver · illness · disease · ward · bedside
healing
Restoration of health
- convalescencePost-illness healing phase
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- recuperationGradual return to health
remission · physiotherapy · improvement · wellness · discharge · follow-up · rest · bandages · stitches · post-op
perseverance
Sustained resolve despite obstacles
- fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- determinationFirmness of purpose
grit · courage · hope · strength · fighting · brave · stoic · long-term · chronic · terminal
queue
Ordered waiting line
- appointmentScheduled time for something
- delayEnforced waiting period
- schedulePlan of timed events
registration · reception · anticipation · magazines · seating · announcement · referral · backlog · list · urgent
dosage
Measured medicine amount
- side-effectsSecondary, unintended outcomes
- medicationTherapeutic substance for illness
- allergiesAdverse immune responses
sensitivity · threshold · response · adverse · interactions · contraindications · toxicity · regimen · compliance · metabolism
rights
Justified claims to freedoms
- consentVoluntary agreement given
- confidentialityQuality of protecting secrets
- dignityInnate personal worth
autonomy · privacy · informed · empowerment · ombudsman · complaints · guardian · proxy · accessibility · interpreter
- healthcaredoctors, nurses, hospitals, hospital, clinic
- medicinedoctor, doctors, hospital, medicine, surgery
- hospitalhospital, admission, wards, ER, bed
- hospitalshospital, ER, emergency room, ICU, operating room
- populationshospitalized, terminally ill, immunocompromised, bedridden, incapacitated
- Hospital Wardsnurses, doctors, hospital beds, monitors, charts
patientsdoctors
Licensed medical practitioners
physicians · clinicians · surgeons · nurses · healthcare providers
- be patientTolerate delay gracefully
- lose patienceBecome unable to tolerate
- losing patience
- patience of a saintExceptional capacity for endurance
- try someone's patienceProvoke mounting annoyance
- patient satisfactionHealthcare recipient's approval rating
patient, patience, impatient, patiently, impatience, impatiently, patient's, outpatient, inpatient