PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Marshall Marinker TI - Why make people patients? AID - 10.1136/jme.1.2.81 DP - 1975 Jul 01 TA - Journal of Medical Ethics PG - 81--84 VI - 1 IP - 2 4099 - http://jme.bmj.com/content/1/2/81.short 4100 - http://jme.bmj.com/content/1/2/81.full SO - J Med Ethics1975 Jul 01; 1 AB - People confront their doctors with three modes of unhealth - disease, illness and sickness. Each is discussed, and the question is asked and answered as to why in this situation people wish to become patients.