From Webster...
Client: a person who engages the professional advice or services of
another.

Patient: one who calmly tolerates and endures delays, confusion, pain,
trouble, etc., without complaining.

I've often wondered which came first, the experience of being
a "patient" of allopathic medicine or the title which subconsciously
lead to providing the experience. At any rate, I am more apt to call
my tribe "clients" and leave the term "patients" and the whole
experience associated with the title to the allopaths. What do y'all
think?