Health day 1 and 2 Flashcards
People who use health services
HEALTH CONSUMERS
Concept that various sources give to aid the health status of an individual
HEALTH INFORMATION
Aim to appraise the health condition
HEALTH SERVICES
Heart
CARDIOLOGIST
Skin, hair, nail and mucous membraine
DERMATOLOGIST
Gastrointestinal track and liver
GASTROENTEROLOGIST
Elderly
GERIATRICIAN
Women’s reproductive health and pregnancy
GYNECOLOGIST
Brain, spinal cord and nerves
NEUROLOGIST
Bones
ORTHOPEDIST
Eye
OPHTHALMOLOGIST
physical, behavioral and mental care for children
PEDIATRICIAN
respiratiory system (lungs)
PULMONOLOGIST
urinary track (men and women)
UROLOGIST
person you may see first for checkups and health problems
Primary care provider
trained to care for the sick
Licensed practical nurses
Anesthesia or spinal block for pain control
ANESTHESIOLOGY
heart disorders
CARDIOLOGY
hormonal and metabolic disorders
ENDOCRINOLOGY
digestive system
GASTROENTEROLOGY
common surgeries
GENERAL SURGERY
blood
HEMATOLOGY
immune system
IMMUNOLOGY
kidney
NEPHROLOGY
nervous system
NEUROLOGY
cancer
ONCOLOGY
ear, nose and throat disorders
OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
lowback injury, spinal chord injury and stroke
PHYSICAL THERAPY AND REHABILITATIVE MEDICINE
emotional and mental disorder
PSYCHIATRY
xray
RADIOLOGY
joints
REUMATOLOGY
stay inside the hospital for treatment
INPATIENT CARE
does not require to stay
OUTPATIENT CARE
operated by an individual to gain profit
PRIVATE HOSPITAL
owned by community or organization
VOLUNTARY HOSPITAL
run by the state and treatment fees are subsidized
PUBLIC HOSPITAL
