Communications in Health Flashcards
(160 cards)
DETER
Plagiarism
Procrastination
Reliable Resources
Study Habits
Acupuncture
Adult Foster Home (Adult foster care)
Alternative Medicine
Alzheimer’s Disease
a progressive disease that eventually affects basic body functions and results in death.
Ambulatory Services
Assisted Living Residence
Chropractic
Complementary Medicine
Continuing Care Community
Dementia
a conditioned marked by a decline in memory and/or other thinking skills, caused by damage to the nerve cells in the brain.
Expanding Consciousness
Gene Therapy
Health Disparities
Differences in the health status of different groups of people.
Hippocrates
Hippocrates of Cos (460-379 B.C.) was the most famous Greek physician of ancient times. He stressed observation and conservative treatment. Called the “Father of Medicine,” he used dietetics before resorting to drugs or surgery.
Holistic Medicine
a general term to designate the belief that the traditional view of medicine must be expanded. All aspects of the individual - physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and environmental - contribute to states of health and diseases. In other others, the entire person must be considered when making therapeutic decisions. The prevention of disease, rather than simply the relief of symptoms, is emphasized.
Homeopathy
Hospice
Implicit Racism
Inpatient