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Patient or client? If in doubt, ask

Online posting: August 28, 1997
Published in print: September 15, 1997 (CMAJ 1997;157:637)
Re: Wing P. Patient or client? If in doubt, ask. CMAJ 1997;157:287-9 [full text / résumé]
The simple answer to Dr. Peter Wing's question was provided by a senior consultant in medical school. "Doctors treat patients; clients are found in lawyers' offices and brothels."

Norman Futter, MB
Ottawa General Hospital
Ottawa, Ont.
nfutter@ibm.net

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