Patients
The word patient is resulting from the Latin word patients, the present participle of the deponent verb pati, sense one who suffers. The lively patient is a challenge in terms, and it is the declaration underlying the obedience that is the mainly risky part. Unfortunately not any of the various terms look as if to suggest a better definition.
In itself the meaning of patient doesn't involve suffering but the function it describes is often associated with the definitions of the adjective form: enduring trying condition with even temper. Some have argue lately that the expression should be dropped, since it underlines the substandard status of recipients of the health care.