Herxheimer Andrew, Goodare Heather
Health Expect. 1999 Mar;2(1):3-6. doi: 10.1046/j.1369-6513.1999.00034.x.
The terminology used to describe individuals who come into contact with health services is problematic. Many of the most commonly used words, for example, patient, consumer, user, carry overtones or imply characteristics, which may be misleading or unacceptable to those to whom they are applied.
用于描述与医疗服务有接触的个体的术语存在问题。许多最常用的词汇,例如“患者”“消费者”“使用者”,都带有弦外之音或隐含某些特征,而这些对于被应用这些词汇的人来说可能具有误导性或不可接受。