- published: 13 Feb 2016
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A patient is any recipient of health care services. The patient is most often ill or injured and in need of treatment by a physician, advanced practice registered nurse, veterinarian, or other health care provider.
The word patient originally meant 'one who suffers'. This English noun comes from the Latin word patiens, the present participle of the deponent verb, patior, meaning 'I am suffering,' and akin to the Greek verb πάσχειν (= paskhein, to suffer) and its cognate noun πάθος (= pathos).
An outpatient (or out-patient) is a patient who is not hospitalized for 24 hours or more but who visits a hospital, clinic, or associated facility for diagnosis or treatment. Treatment provided in this fashion is called ambulatory care. Outpatient surgery eliminates inpatient hospital admission, reduces the amount of medication prescribed, and uses the physician's time more efficiently. More procedures are now being performed in a surgeon's office, termed office-based surgery, rather than in a hospital-based operating room. Outpatient surgery is suited best for healthy patients undergoing minor or intermediate procedures (limited urologic, ophthalmologic, or ear, nose, and throat procedures and procedures involving the extremities).
Actors: Nelson Villagra (actor), Abraham Lifshitz (producer), Abraham Lifshitz (director), Abraham Lifshitz (editor), Julio Alarcia (actor),
Plot: Based on an original recording found by the writer-philosopher Jean Paul Sartre in 1967 in which a patient confronts his psychologist after a long therapy that has given him no results. The tension mounts while the doctor wants to get rid of the patient but he's afraid the patient, who is a lawyer, could use the recording as an evidence of the psychologist's methods.
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Short,Actors: Hans De Weers (producer), Carice van Houten (actress), Holly Hunter (actress), Alex Gianopoulos (miscellaneous crew), Brent Morris (producer), Jaap Spijkers (actor), Chrisnanne Wiegel (composer), Melcher Meirmans (composer), Paul de Bont (miscellaneous crew), Merlijn Snitker (composer), Marc Bechtold (editor), Reinout Oerlemans (producer), Erwin Godschalk (producer), Karin van Holst Pellekaan (writer), Clea De Koning (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: Renata Green-Gaber (actress), Iris Karina (actress), Adam Huebner (editor), Sean Pritchett (actor), Kristen Hansen (actress), Kristen Hansen (producer), Kristen Hansen (writer), Nicholas Paul Ybarra (director), Ava Cantrell (actor), C. Duke Marsh (producer), Clay Bunker (actor), Pierre Adeli (actor), Rick Robinson (director), Trina Marguerite (actress), Michael Keith Allen (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Les Dennis (actor), Nigel Martin Davey (actor), Nigel Martin Davey (producer), Nigel Martin Davey (miscellaneous crew), Sally Lindsay (actress), Geoffrey Hughes (actor), John Alderton (actor), Kevin Powis (director), Kevin Powis (writer), Kevin Powis (producer), Kevin Powis (editor), Susan Jameson (actress), Phil Mountford (composer), Finty Williams (actress), Phil Howe (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Nicolas Bro (actor), Björn Kjellman (actor), Kristian Halken (actor), Vigga Bro (actress), Lars Ranthe (actor), Sidse Babett Knudsen (actress), Kim Fupz Aakeson (writer), Kim Fupz Aakeson (actor), Martin Buch (actor), Louise Mieritz (actress), Mette Agnete Horn (actress), Birgitte Hald (producer), Anna-Liisa Putkinen (miscellaneous crew), Kasper Leick (editor), Ida Dwinger (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance,Actors: Tom Wilkinson (actor), Craig Ferguson (actor), Michael Rapaport (actor), David Hyde Pierce (actor), Orlando Jones (actor), Peter Kelamis (actor), David Cross (actor), Mike Dopud (actor), Bill Dow (actor), John Cassini (actor), Michael Kopsa (actor), Jeff Goldblum (actor), Kevin Corrigan (actor), Steve Zahn (actor), Elijah Wood (actor),
Plot: "Chain of Fools" is a heist comedy-romance about a hapless barber whose life takes a turn for the worse when he ends up in possession of a stolen treasure of ancient coins (the "Shiny New Enemies") and simultaneously falls on the wrong side of the law and in love with the detective investigating the crime.
Keywords: babysitting, barbershop, botched-crime, boy-scout, coin, dog, dog-bite, female-agent, flashback, flowerActors: Rachael Robbins (actress), Hugh M. Hefner (producer), Daphne Duplaix (actress), Ken Waters (actor), Maritza Guimet (miscellaneous crew), Sam Patterson (editor), Keith Hampton (miscellaneous crew), Omar Chagall (actor), Todd Denkin (producer), Adrian Tridel (actor), Victoria Knight (actress), Jerry Simpson (producer), Styx Jones (director), John Collins (producer), Jessica Garvin (actress),
Genres: ,Actors: Jean-Michel Noirey (actor), Vincent Grass (actor), Gérard Depardieu (actor), Jean-Michel Dupuis (actor), Pierre Aussedat (actor), Jean-Pierre Gos (actor), Laurent Gamelon (actor), Thierry Frémont (actor), Jacques Boudet (actor), Didier Bénureau (actor), Michel Berto (actor), Jean Carmet (actor), Michel Blanc (actor), Philippe Clévenot (actor), François Perrot (actor),
Plot: Camille, a naive schoolgirl meets an intiguing influence in Joelle, a slightly older and much more experienced spirit. Camille follows her new friend through the discovery of sex and the darker side of life. As the film progresses Camille discovers Aids and the fear that she may have picked up the disease in her early encounters.
Keywords: aids, exploring-sexuality, film-in-film, infidelity, sexual-explorationActors: Tim Robertson (actor), John Scott (editor), Martin Armiger (composer), Gary Waddell (actor), Greig Pickhaver (actor), John Lee (actor), Bob Weis (producer), Bob Weis (writer), Bob Weis (actor), Max Gillies (actor), Bill Garner (actor), Red Symons (composer), Phil Motherwell (actor), Jane Clifton (actress), Bert Deling (writer),
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Plot: Actor Jason Steele plays a caring, godlike doctor on television. Off the set, he's the insecure fiancee of Melissa, a pretty art teacher. Jason doesn't know what to expect of marriage, especially after seeing how the fires have burned out in all of poker buddies' marriages. Complicating matters is that his friends' wives have confused Jason with his television persona and they keep popping up at his house ready to see what his bedside manner is like.
Keywords: actor, art-teacher, fake-marriage, friendship-between-men, friendship-between-women, husband-wife-relationship, independent-film, psychiatrist, question-in-title, receptionist