Clients

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Also see: Patient

A client is person who is in receipt of a service.

In clinical psychology

A client is person who is receiving psychological or medical attention, care, or treatment. The person is most often ill or injured and in need of treatment by a counselor, psychologist, psychotherapist, psychiatrist or other medical professional. Health consumer, health care consumer or client are other names for patient, usually used by governmental agencies, insurance companies, and/or patient groups.

See also

• Client attitudes
• Client centred therapy
• Client characteristics
• Client education
• Client participation
• Client records
• Client rights
• Doctor-patient relationship
• e-Patient
• Patient abuse
• Patient advocacy
• Patient empowerment
• Patient history
• Patients' Bill of Rights (US)
• Patient seclusion
• Patient selection
• Patient therapist sexual relations
• Patient violence
• Virtual patient

External links

• I am a good patient, believe it or not, a peer-reviewed article published in the British Medical Journal's (BMJ) first issue dedicated to patients in its 160 year history
• How (not) to be a good patient, review article with views on the meaning of the words 'good doctor' vs. 'good patient'