title: Who is a patient and why does it matter?
authors.affiliation: Center for Bioethics, Health and Society, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, USA. Iltisas@wfu.edu
authors.forename: Ana S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Iltis
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000941:ethics*; D032984:Ethics, Research; D005260:Female; D005328:Fetal Viability; D005333:Fetus; D006805:Human Experimentation / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D028681:Moral Obligations; D010361:Patients; D011247:Pregnancy; D037841:Pregnant People; D035842:Research Subjects