Consumers
Patients
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- patrons and consumers
- patrons and patients
- followers and consumers
- followers and patients
- customers and consumers
- customers and patients
- marks and consumers
- marks and patients
- applicants and consumers
- applicants and patients
- disciples and consumers
- disciples and patients
- buyers and consumers
- buyers and patients
Both words in one sentence
- Patients in psychiatric facilities are not called 'patients.' Instead, they have been referred to (in succession) as clients, people we (the staff) serve, consumers, and now individuals.
Source: New Speak - For some, it's not even "mental health." It's "behavioral health." Patients are "clients" or "consumers." And don't you dare, under any circumstances, ever use the word "crazy."
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