Patient or client?
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[Patient, client or...--the terms preferred in mental health services].
AIM To analyse the patients' and staff opinions on preferred terms in regards recipients of mental health services. METHOD In 2008, 489 patients and 318 providers from one of Warsaw mental health services answered the survey on preferred terms in regards recipients of mental health services anonymously. RESULTS The term "patient" was the most preferred, as well as by the recipients (77.5%),...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Psychiatric Bulletin
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0955-6036,1472-1473
DOI: 10.1192/pb.25.7.277