We Should Be Called Patients

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What I feel like individuals who consume health care should be called is patients. The reasons that I feel we should be called patients is because while being called that you have the feeling of your nurse or doctor creating a bond with you and getting to know you on a personal level. While being called a consumer, I feel as if the doctor does not know you and does not want to get to know you they just want to have that fast appointment and to move along to the next consumer without getting to know them of a deeper level and finding out what is wrong rather than just getting paid for the persons visit. The definition of a "patient" is "a person receiving or registered to receive medical treatment." If I go to the doctor I would personally like to be called a patient and not a consumer. …show more content…

Being called a consumer has some of the same qualities as does being called a patient. Both are paying for healthcare not matter what name you are being called. While being called a consumer, what comes to mind is purchasing a car, a house or anything besides medical care. It is okay to be called a consumer when we are purchasing medication over the counter, but no one wants to be called a consumer when at the hospital. Like they stated in the article "as consumers, we are interested in the price of everything and we want to control how much we spend." With that being said we want the best quality for the amount of money that we are spending. But don't patients want the same

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