Communications in Health Flashcards
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
Integrative Medicine
Intermediate Nursing Care Facility (INCF)
Massage Therapy
Medicaid
Medical Malls
Medication Adherence
Mutate
Nursing Homes
Opioid Pain Medication
Osteopathy
Outpatient Services
Palliative
Pandemic
Personlized Medicine
Preauthorization
Precision Medicine
Psychiatric Hospitals
Psychosomatic
Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Targeted Drug Therapy
Vital Statistics
Wellness
Wellness is the promotion of health through preventive measures and the practice of good health habits.
Western Medicine
Compassion
Empathy
Leadership
Professional Distance
Professionalism
Continuing Education
Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
Continuing Medical Education
Continuing Professional Education (CPE)
Inservice Training
Lifelong learning
Mentor
Professional development
Role Model
Self-Directed Learning
Active Listening
Asking Questions