2. The Health Care Team and the Medical Environments, Past and Present Flashcards
(33 cards)
The insertions of needles at various points in the body to treat disease or relieve pain.
Acupuncture
A period of time when one is bound by an agreement to learn some trade or craft.
Apprenticeship
An early term for pharmacists.
Apothecaries
The traditional healing system of India addresses mental and spiritual well-being and physical health.
Ayurvedic Medicine
A method that enables a person to learn to control otherwise involuntary bodily functions.
Biofeedback
A medical symbol is depicted by a staff with a serpent coiled around its shaft.
Caduceus
Treatments used in addition to traditional care or therapies.
Complementary Alternative Medicine (CAM)
An individual who has met all the requirements in the state to become licensed as a medical doctor.
Doctor of Medicine (MD)
Doctor licensed by the state to practice medicine that specializes in the body’s musculoskeletal and nervous systems.
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO)
Persons who hold doctoral degrees have attained advanced knowledge through higher education.
Doctorate
A disease affecting large numbers of individuals in a population.
Epidemic
Guilds
Hippocratic Oath
Homeopathy
Hospitalist
Magnet therapy
Medical biller
Medical coder
Medical Office Manager
Midlevel Practitioner
Naturopathy
Nurse anesthetist
Nurse midwife
Nurse Practitioner (NP)
