pseudopatient

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A person who pretends to be ill, especially to gain some benefit.

   “His friends inform me my pseudo patient is still in bed enjoying a good appetite and apparently as well and fleshy as ever. His father when about the same age was troubled with the same malingering trouble; although in seeming good health, he persisted in keeping his bed for five years.”

2. isim A person who poses as a patient so that research may be conducted or staff trained.

   “Most of the pseudopatients were falsely diagnosed with mental disorders.”