title: It's all in the name.
abstract: In recent years it has become fashionable to call a person seeking health care a client instead of a patient. Some consider that this is part of the change in nursing, from the old military model that Florence Nightingale was acquainted with to the new consumer model. Nurses are also finding themselves in the position of acting as advocates for the care-seeking person. For me, none of these models appear appropriate for nursing.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Herbert
mesh_terms: D016294:Models, Nursing; D010361:Patients; D009626:Terminology as Topic