Patient, client or consumer? A survey of preferred terms

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 321-324

  Lloyd, Chris ^a   King, Robert ^a   Bassett, Hazel ^a   Sandland, Shelley ^b   Savige, Gabrielle ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Sedgewick   (Canada)

^c Mental Health Association   (Australia)

Author keywords

Client; Consumer; Language; Mental health service; Patient; Psychiatry; Recipient

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVER; CONSUMER; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL PATIENT; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RECIPIENT;

EID: 0035659867     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1665.2001.00358.x     Document Type: Article

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