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:

    “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)

    “Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people? Is there any better, or equal hope, in the world?”
    —Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

    “Here the crow starves, here the patient stag
    Breeds for the rifle.”
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)