Preferred label
Sick persons
Alternative labels
Convalescents
Ill persons
Invalids
Patients
Broader term
People associated with health & safety
Narrower term
Sick children
Related terms
Diseases
Healing
Health care
Medical aspects of war
Nausea
Pain
People with disabilities
Shut-ins
Wounds & injuries
Scope note
Persons affected with unspecified diseases or ill health; also, persons awaiting or under medical treatment. Search under DISEASES and NTs for specific illnesses. Search also under the subdivisions --HEALTH used with names of persons (Appendix B) and --HEALTH & WELFARE used with names of ethnic, racial, and regional groups and with classes of persons (Appendix A).
Editorial note
Used in a note under DISEASES.
Change note
Formerly TGMI term.