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A person who receives medical treatment. … [Read more...] about PATIENT

Latin, meaning The father is he whom the marriage points out. … [Read more...] about PATER EST QUEM NUPTIAE DEMONSTRANT

The permission and authorization of a patient given to a doctor to treat the patient. … [Read more...] about PATIENT CONSENT

civil law. One who was sui juris and consequently was not either under parental power, nor under that of a master; a child in his cradle, therefore, could have been pater familias, if he had neither a master nor a father. … [Read more...] about PATER FAMILIAS

Also known as the doctor-patient privilege; the privilege that makes confidential communications between a patient and physician privileged and inadmissible as evidence in a court of law. … [Read more...] about PATIENT PHYSICIAN PRIVILEGE