- heartsink patient
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A recurring patient who cannot be definitively cured, such as one whose condition is undiagnosable or untreatable or who presents nebulous symptoms.
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heartsink patient
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heartsink — noun A heartsink patient … Wiktionary
Medically unexplained physical symptoms — (MUPS) or medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) are patient symptoms for which the treating physician, other healthcare providers, and research scientists have found no medical cause. The term does not necessarily imply that a physical cause does… … Wikipedia
