Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term
utenza
dunque, non solo patients, forse users? ma si usa (scusate il pun) in sanità?
May 5, 2011 16:55: Anna V Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (1): philgoddard
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Proposed translations
United Kingdom
Award-winning Italian translator
Native in: Italian (Variant: Standard-Italy)
Works in: English to Italian, French to Italian
users
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Pleasure!
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Lawboy
: Agree. Users would seem to be the best term to cover all categories of persons to whom "utenza" refers. The term healthcare users in used in English.
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Thank you, also for your suggestion - I think 'healthcare users' is perfect.
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philgoddard
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Thanks Phil!
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Monia Di Martino
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Grazie Monia!
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Ursula Armstrong
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Thanks Ursula!
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Dr Lofthouse
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Thank you!
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patients and (their) carers
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oops! Ho appena letto meglio...allora 'patients, carers and anybody requiring information regarding/about an illness'.
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Italy
35+ years experience in tech translation
Native in: Italian 
Works in: English to Italian, Italian to English
target users
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clients/customers/end customers
I think it's a bit like the word "outsourcers" meaning a lot, being politically correct and addressing a lot of possibilities of "the other side of the counter".
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Sara Maghini
: Scusa Rafaela ma in ambito medico (e di servizi in generale) non si parla di 'clienti' ma di 'utenti'.
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philgoddard
: Sara: I don't know about Italian, but "clients" is fine in English.
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Lawboy
: I think the point is that in certain contexts (although perhaps not this one) the italian word "utenza" can be translated with the English word "clients" or "clientele"
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Italy
BA, MA Linguistics, DipTransIoLET, MCIL
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Italian to English, English, English to Italian
patients and other interested parties
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United States
Laudable Lady Linguist
Native in: English 
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medical consumer(s)
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