_patient-facing_ adj.

[Ben Zimmer]

On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 8:01 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
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> 56,400 hits.
>
> Apparently, any medical personnel, apparatus, or procedure that
> involves coming into direct - "face-to-face," as it were - contact
> with a patient.

Cf. "client-facing," corporate-speak for jobs requiring face-to-face
interaction with customers.

--bgz

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