It rather depends on perspective. The potential customer will use different names (often less than complimentary) to those used by the seller
To Customers...
- Often just 'Reps'
- Drug reps
- Pharma reps
- Or, as a GP friend insists - 'Pushers'
To the reps and the pharma companies
Many of these are generic but the following are all genuine job titles for drug reps from a quick trawl of the major job sites from the US, Britain and Australia
- Pharmaceutical sales representative
- Customer Sales & Service Executive
- Pharmaceutical Territory Manager
- Scientific Sales Specialist
- Field Sales - Life Sciences
- Hospital Sales Specialist
- Business Development Manager - Pharmaceutical
- GP & Medical Sales Specialist
- Rx Regional Account Manager
... And so on
Many, many names for what is, essentially, the same job.
Looking around the job sites, it is clear that there are some regional variations - names that you only see in the US for example.
If you want to be safe, I'd go with Pharmaceutical sales representative that one is used everywhere
The word itself will vary depending on who is delivering the service.
Many professionals who offer services will refer to them as cases when talking about the overall situation. This includes medical professionals, legal professionals, social workers, and others.
Public defenders are routinely overworked and can have an overwhelming case load.
Health care workers (doctors, nurses, physical therapists, psychologists, acupuncturists, etc.) have patients. Some mental health professionals may refer to their patients instead as clients, to avoid the implication that there is something medically wrong with them.
The doctor-patient confidentiality protects communications between a patient and his or her doctor from being used against the patient in court.
The renowned psychiatrist primarily was a professor at the medical school, but still occasionally saw clients on the side.
Social workers who work with adults have clients. Certain social workers work with families. Others work with children. School counselors work with students. Still others work with veterans. With each, the more specific term is often used in place of client.
When working with clients, social workers must maintain clear boundaries to assure professional integrity and responsibility.
Today's school counselors help all students in the areas of academic achievement, career, and social/emotional development.
Parole/probation officers have clients, but these are also frequently called offenders.
While GPS units can help monitor offenders, probation and parole officers must use them in conjunction with other supervision methods.
Police officers serve the public, but individual situations that require a police response are calls. Individuals who are arrested by the police are referred to variously as perpetrators, suspects, or defendants, depending on the context, and whether they have been charged with a crime.
Two Falmouth police officers were wounded responding to a call Friday afternoon, and a suspect was shot multiple times by the officers.
In your specific example, you can use client or case depending on the context.
My client has severe anxiety and has trouble talking with anyone he doesn't know. He's a difficult case because sometimes he refuses to even answer the door when I come by.
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A common term in Canada for when our moods are dictated by the weather is seasonal depression. Typically experienced in the winter, seasonal depression sums up the sad and gloomy feelings brought on by the weather.
Seasons depression is accurate in casual conversation, however it should be noted that it is formally known as seasonal affective disorder.
Seasonal Affective Disorder:
Full wikipedia: here