Commentary: From sick men and women, to patients, and thence to clients and consumers--the structuring of the 'patient' in the modern world.
Department of Sociology, School of Sociology & Centre of Excellence for Public Health, Queens University, Belfast BT7 1NN, UK. l.prior@qub.ac.uk
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