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Descriptor English:
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Patients
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Pacientes
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Pacientes
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Synonyms English:
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Client
Clients
Patient
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Tree Number:
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HP1.007.262
M01.643
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Definition English:
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Individuals participating in the health care system for the purpose of receiving therapeutic, diagnostic, or preventive procedures. |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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GEN only, irrespective of disease; patients as people or as a social, sociol, psychol, etc., group; do not confuse the patient with the disease: the "tuberculotic patient" = TUBERCULOSIS & not also PATIENTS; Manual 34.13
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Entry Combination - descr/qualif English:
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Patients/education use Patient Education as Topic
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See Related English:
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Inpatients
Outpatients
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History Note English:
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/education was used for indexing 1966-79; was in Cat G & M 1963-67
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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10554
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Unique Identifier:
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D010361
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Occurrence in VHL:
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Similar:
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DeCS
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