Ch. 03 Health Care Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow - Key Terms

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  1. 3. is a method of treatment developed by a German physician in the early 1800s based on the idea of stimulating the body's own healing responses.
  2. 7. Provides 24-hour personal care and supervision for a small number of residents
  3. 8. They change in ways that reduce or eliminate the effectiveness of antibiotics to destroy them.
  4. 12. Drugs that contain addictive substances, such as heroin), reassuring health care providers that they were not addictive.
  5. 14. Medicine practices used instead of Western medicine.
  6. 17. A system in which medical doctors and other healthcare professionals
  7. 20. Provides personal care, social services, and nursing supervision for at least 8 hours per day
  8. 21. Permission is required in advance for certain procedures
  9. 23. a condition marked by a decline in memory and/or other thinking skills, caused by damage to the nerve cells in the brain.
  10. 28. Relieves but does not cure
  11. 29. when administered by a trained practi- tioner, is widely recognized as a beneficial health practice. It involves using pressure or friction on the body.
  12. 31. Cos (460-379 B.C.) was the most famous Greek physician of ancient times. Hippocrates stressed observation and conservative treatment.
  13. 32. Many Americans have limited access to good housing, livable wages, quality schools, and other factors that contribute to good health.
  14. 33. Some traditional health care providers are becoming more interested in extending the definition of health to mean more than the absence of disease.
  15. 35. most common dementia
  16. 36. facilities that provide a variety of outpatient services, some of which were previously provided by the hospitals.
  17. 38. means taking medications correctly
  18. 39. insertion of tiny needles into specific points in the body to relieve energy blocks
  19. 40. is the promotion of health through preventive measures and the practice of good health habits
  20. 41. The most significant change predicted for the way health care is practiced
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  1. 1. is based on the belief that the body can protect itself against disease if the musculoskeletal system, especially the spine, is in good order.
  2. 2. Provides personal care, social services, and nursing supervision for at least 8 hours per day.
  3. 4. a general term to designate the belief that the traditional view of medicine must be expanded.
  4. 5. Provides a variety of living arrangements that support lifestyles as they change from independent living to the need for regular medical and nursing care.
  5. 6. for patients who do not require hospitalization.
  6. 9. comprises methods other than those traditionally used in Western medicine but that are used together with Western medicine.
  7. 10. Provides nursing and rehabilitation services on a 24-hour basis
  8. 11. provides palliative (relieves but does not cure) care and support to patients who are expected to die within 6 months and their families.
  9. 13. Births and deaths
  10. 15. is a federally funded program for low-income individuals.
  11. 16. The most significant change predicted for the way health care is practiced
  12. 18. Disorders caused by mental or emotional factors
  13. 19. is the term used when a health care provider offers a combination of Western medicine with complementary and alternative medicine
  14. 22. Individuals with psychiatric and behavioral disorders,
  15. 24. Provides housing, meals, and personal care to individuals who need help with daily living activities but do not need daily
  16. 25. (hospitalized) basis, depending on their needs
  17. 26. For patients who do not require hospitalization
  18. 27. Many social problems affect the country's health care deliv- ery systems, resulting in health disparities, differences in the health status of different groups of people.
  19. 30. is based on the belief that pressure on the nerves leaving the spinal column causes pain or dysfunction of the body part served by that nerve.
  20. 34. The transplantation of normal genes into cells in place of missing or defective ones in order to correct genetic disorders.
  21. 37. Killed between 20 and 40 million people across the globe.