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Patience (or forbearance) is the ability to endure difficult circumstances.Patience may involve perseverance in the face of delay; tolerance of provocation without responding with disrespect or anger; [1] [verification needed] forbearance when under strain, especially when faced with longer-term difficulties; or being able to wait for a long time without getting irritated or bored.
Moral patienthood [1] (also called moral patience, [2] moral patiency, [3] and moral status [4] [5]) is the state of being eligible for moral consideration by a moral agent. [4] In other words, the morality of an action can depend on how it affects or relates to moral patients. Notions of moral patienthood in non-human animals [6] [7] and ...
A day patient (or day-patient) is a patient who is using the full range of services of a hospital or clinic but is not expected to stay the night. The term was originally used by psychiatric hospital services using of this patient type to care for people needing support to make the transition from in-patient to out-patient care.
Index case. The index case or patient zero is the first documented patient in a disease epidemic within a population, [ 1] or the first documented patient included in an epidemiological study. [ 2] It can also refer to the first case of a condition or syndrome (not necessarily contagious) to be described in the medical literature, whether or ...
Patient advocacy is a process in health care concerned with advocacy for patients, survivors, and caregivers. The patient advocate[ 1] may be an individual or an organization, concerned with healthcare standards or with one specific group of disorders. The terms patient advocate and patient advocacy can refer both to individual advocates ...
Patient capital. Patient capital is another name for long term capital. With patient capital, the investor is willing to make a financial investment in a business with no expectation of turning a quick profit. Instead, the investor is willing to forgo an immediate return in anticipation of more substantial returns down the road.
The doctor–patient relationship is a central part of health care and the practice of medicine. A doctor–patient relationship is formed when a doctor attends to a patient's medical needs and is usually through consent. [ 1] This relationship is built on trust, respect, communication, and a common understanding of both the doctor and patients ...
Dhammapada verses. Khanti is the first word of the ovāda-pāṭimokkha gātha (Pāli for " pāṭimokkha Exhortation Verse"), found in the Dhammapada, verse 184: the foremost austerity. so say the Awakened. is no contemplative. no monk. [ 2] Elsewhere in the Dhammapada, khanti is found in verse 399: insult, assault, & imprisonment.