Patients, clients, doctors and providers: is it just a question of terminology?
Ayuzo Del Valle, C.
Gaceta Medica de Mexico 152(3): 429-430
2016
ISSN/ISBN: 0016-3813 PMID: 27335201 Document Number: 690091
With the modernization of healthcare and management of a Hospital as a bussiness, There is the risk of changing the words "patient" and "doctor" into "client" and "provider", risking the humanitarian care, thrustworthiness, and doctor-patient relationship. Using first and last names could be an option for communication.
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