Ch. 03 Key Terms

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2. adherence, taking medications correctly: the right dosage at the right time and as often as prescribed. mutate, They are not effective against viruses, the microorganisms that cause colds and flu as well as other illnesses. Antibiotic resistance occurs when the bacteria the drugs target mutate, which means they change in ways that reduce or eliminate the effectiveness of antibiotics to destroy them.
6. Medicine, the term used when a health care provider offers a combination of Western medicine with complementary and alternative medicine.
8. medicine, the genes of the patient's tumors are analyzed to learn which treatments will be most effective.
10. services, they are provided by the many diagnostic, treatment, and rehabilitation facilities that account for most patient care activities.
11. Called the "Father of Medicine, Hippocrates used dietetics before resorting to drugs or surgery.
13. medicine, a general term to designate the belief that the traditional view of medicine must be expanded.
16. services, for patients who do not require hospitalization.
18. care and support to patients who are expected to die within 6 months and their families.
19. therapy, when administered by a trained practitioner, is widely recognized as a beneficial health practice. It involves using pressure or friction on the body. By enabling the muscles to relax, massage therapy promotes better blood circulation, faster healing of injuries, and pain relief.
21. living residence, Provides housing, meals, and personal care to individuals who need help with daily living activities but do not need daily nursing care.
22. medicine, Long history of healthcare in the Western world.
24. pain medication, drugs that contain addictive substances, such as heroin), reassuring health care providers that they were not addictive.
25. Developed by the Chinese more than 5,000 years ago, it involves the insertion of tiny needles into specific points in the body to relieve energy blocks.
27. Monitoring and researching health issues must be ongoing. For example, although most infectious diseases are under control in this country, there are increasing concerns about a pandemic occurring in the near future.
28. a condition marked by a decline in memory and/or other thinking skills, caused by damage to the nerve cells in the brain.
29. medicine, Rather than treating diseases and conditions based on standard treatments used on all patients for the specific condition, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment will be based on each patient's own biochemical makeup.
32. hospitals, offer treatment to individuals with psychiatric and behavioral disorders, including assistance with crises, medication management, counseling, and monitoring of activities of daily living.
36. care community, Provides a variety of living arrangements that support lifestyles as they change from independent living to the need for regular medical and nursing care.
37. nursing care facility, Provides personal care, social services, and nursing supervision for at least 8 hours per day. It provides care for individuals who do not require 24-hour nursing but are unable to care for themselves.
38. therapy, the transplantation of normal genes into cells in place of missing or defective ones in order to correct genetic disorders.
39. nursing facility, Provides nursing and rehabilitation services on a 24-hour basis. Includes regular medical care for patients with long-term illnesses and those recovering from illness, injury, or surgery.

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1. medicine, refers to practices used instead of Western medicine.
3. Wellness is the promotion of health through preventive measures and the practice of good health habits.
4. disparities, differences in the health status of different groups of people.
5. statistics, Plymouth Colony collected vital statistics such as births and death.
7. Disorders caused by mental or emotional factors are known as psychosomatic.
9. consciousness, They would be living with an incurable disease or the results of an injury for the rest of their lives. Newman developed a nursing approach to assist patients in making their lives as meaningful as possible by focusing on their possibilities rather than on their limitations.
10. based on the belief that the body can protect itself against disease if the musculoskeletal system, especially the spine, is in good order.
12. medicine, comprises methods other than those traditionally used in Western medicine but that are used together with Western medicine (meditation).
14. 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.
15. drug therapy, Drugs or other substances to identify and attack specific types of cancer cells with less harm to normal cells.
16. disease, Alzheimer's is a progressive disease that eventually affects basic body functions and results in death.
17. Permission is required in advance for certain procedures, a process called preauthorization.
20. homes, There are two types of facilities commonly referred to as nursing homes.
23. foster home, Provides 24-hour personal care and supervision for a small number of residents (five is typically allowed by state regulations) in a family-type home or similar setting.
26. 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.
30. Patients may be treated on an outpatient or inpatient (hospitalized) basis, depending on their needs.
31. malls, To take advantage of the vacated buildings and provide truly needed services, health care providers and investors are developing medical malls, facilities that provide a variety of outpatient services, some of which were previously provided by the hospitals.
33. racism, The first step in eliminating racism is to acknowledge that it exists, often in the form of implicit racism (outside of our consciousness).
34. a federally funded program for low-income individuals.
35. to make the patient's last days as pain-free and meaningful as possible. Care may be provided in a special facility, known as a hospice,