| 释义 |
ˈpseudopatient
[f. pseudo- + patient a. and n.]
Someone who pretends to have the signs, symptoms, and history of a medical case in order to gain admission to a hospital as a patient. Cf. Munchausen b.
1973Science 19 Jan. 251/1 If the sanity of..pseudo⁓patients were always detected, there would be prima facie evidence that a sane individual can be distinguished from the insane context in which he is found. 1974Med. Jrnl. Austral. II. 385/2 The fact that studies using pseudo⁓patients as a means of evaluating health services have until the present been poorly conceived should not blind us to the possible values of the technique. 1977Times Lit. Suppl. 4 Feb. 125/1 Research workers and journalists are increasingly lying their way into hospitals with the intention of writing up their experiences. It is high time that the World Health Organisation added the diagnostic category of ‘pseudo-patient’ to its International Classification of Diseases. |