Health Care Disciplines Flashcards
health care discipline dealing with the community at large
Public Health
ability to cope with and adjust to the recurrent stresses of living.
Mental Health
inability to cope effectively with the recurrent stresses of living
Mental Illness
he sub-specialty of health care focused on anticipating, evaluating and controlling the environmental factors arising in or from the workplace
Occupational Health
OSHA accomplishes this mission in several ways including:
Enforcing health standards
Surveying
Putting up signages
Research
Training
Separate but dependent responsibilities
a body of people with specialized learning who exert mental rather than manual, labor and organize for a common purpose or object.
Professional Associations
nongovernmental organizations created to perform public work in health care through private means.
Voluntary Health Agencies
Voluntary Health Agencies
American Cancer Society
American Lung Association
Cystic Fibrosis Association
Easter Seals
Eye Bank Association
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
MD Association
National Kidney Foundation
United CP Association
organizations designed to distribute donated funds in an effort to better humankind.
Philanthropic Foundations
are composed of governmental and nongovernmental entitles that transcend national borders to perform public work in health care.
International Health Agencies
care provided by the health care professional at the initial point of contact and in the coordination of all aspects of the patient’s health care.
Primary care
care provided by a specialist, often at the request of the primary care physician.
Secondary Care
specialized medical and surgical care provided for complex or unusual medical problems.
Tertiary Care
most complex level of medical and surgical care available.
Quaternary Care
the care given to patients who are not confined to an institutional bed at the time care is rendered.
Ambulatory health care
