Patients

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Definitions #

Individuals receiving medical care, treatment, or diagnosis from a healthcare provider.

Technical Persons under a physician's care for a clinical condition, whose data and treatment are governed by medical ethics and regulations like HIPAA or GDPR.

Example The hospital recorded all patients' vital signs and medication schedules in the electronic health record.

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Etymology #

From Latin pati, meaning to suffer or endure, via Middle English.

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Collocations #

inpatient 住院患者，需留院治疗
outpatient 门诊患者，不需留院过夜
patient consent 患者的知情同意，用于医疗程序或研究

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Real Business Examples #

Patients with chronic conditions often require regular follow-up appointments to monitor disease progression.
The clinic must obtain written informed consent from all patients before performing any procedure.

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Register & Variants #

Register: formal
BrE/AmE: 全球通用，英式常用患者亦可称 patient，美式通用

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Synonyms & Antonyms #

Synonyms: individuals, cases
Antonyms: healthcare providers, physicians

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Common Errors #

将 clients 与 patients 混用在医疗场景下，使用 patients 更准确；clients 多用于商业或非医疗健康服务

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Confusable Terms #

Client vs Patients: Client 用于商业关系，patients 强调医疗照护关系，其权利与隐私保护更严格

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Frequently Asked Questions

Patient 和 subject 有何区别？?

Subject 常见于临床试验，patient 指接受常规治疗的个体

如何保护患者的隐私？?

遵守医疗数据法规（如 HIPAA），只记录必要信息，并确保数据加密和访问控制

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