Education and debateDo we need a new word for patients?Let's do away with “patients”Commentary: Leave well alone

Education And Debate

BMJ 1999; 318 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.318.7200.1756 (Published 26 June 1999) Cite this as: BMJ 1999;318:1756

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