Chapter 3: Key Terms
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- 5. consciousness Some traditional health care providers are becoming more interested in extending the definition of health to mean more than the absence of disease. Margaret Newman, RN, developed a theory she calls expanding consciousness
- 8. therapy the transplantation of normal genes into cells in place of missing or defective ones in order to correct genetic disorders
- 13. living residence provides housing, meals, and personal care to individuals who need help with daily living activities but do not need daily
- 16. is a condition marked by a decline in memory and/or other thinking skills, caused by damage to the nerve cells in the brain
- 17. 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.
- 18. nursing care facility Provides personal care, social services, and nursing supervision for at least 8 hours per day
- 21. is a federally funded program for low-income individuals
- 22. provides palliative (relieves but does not cure) care and support to patients who are expected to die within 6 months and their families
- 24. Medicine comprises methods other than those traditionally used in Western medicine but that are used together with Western medicine. One example is using meditation, along with medication, to help patients lower their blood pressure
- 27. medicine The most significant change predicted for the way health care is practiced
- 28. medication drugs that contain addictive substances, such as heroin), reassuring health care providers that they were not addictive.
- 30. hospitals offer treatment to individuals with psychiatric and behavioral disorders, including assistance with crises, medication management, counseling, and monitoring of activities of daily living.
- 31. nursing care facility (INCF): 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.
- 35. which means they change in ways that reduce or eliminate the effectiveness of antibiotics to destroy them.
- 39. Disorders caused by mental or emotional factors are known as psychosomatic
- 42. adherence means taking medications correctly: the right dosage at the right time and as often as prescribed
- 43. disease is the most common dementia, accounting for 60% to 80% of cases. Alzheimer’s is a progressive disease that eventually affects basic body functions and results in death. It is now ranked as the seventh leading cause of death in the United States.
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- 1. nursing facility (SNF): 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.
- 2. is the promotion of health through preventive measures and the practice of good health habits.
- 3. services they are provided by the many diagnostic, treatment, and rehabilitation facilities that account for most patient care activities
- 4. medicine The most significant change predicted for the way health care is practiced is called personalized medicine or precision medicine.
- 6. homes There are two types of facilities commonly referred to as nursing homes:
- 7. medicine is a general term to designate the belief that the traditional view of medicine must be expanded
- 9. The global outbreak
- 10. services are for patients who do not require hospitalization.
- 11. 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
- 12. medicine refers to practices used instead of Western medicine
- 13. may be the oldest application of this theory. 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.
- 14. was the most famous Greek physician of ancient times. Hippocrates stressed observation and conservative treatment
- 15. drug therapy treatment that uses drugs or other substances to identify and attack specific types of cancer cells with less harm to normal cells
- 19. Osteopathy and chiropractic health care practices have become so widely accepted that they are no longer gen- erally considered to be alternative
- 20. relieves but does not cure
- 23. 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.
- 25. 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
- 26. 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
- 29. medicine To understand complementary and alternative medicine, we must start by differentiating it from Western medicine, which is based on a scientific approach
- 31. Patients may be treated on an outpatient or inpatient (hospitalized) basis, depending on their needs
- 32. therapy when administered by a trained practitioner, is widely recognized as a beneficial health practice. It involves using pressure or friction on the body
- 33. medicine which is based on a scientific approach.
- 34. Permission is required in advance for certain procedures, a process called preauthorization
- 36. foster home provides 24 hour personal care and supervision for a small number of residents in a family type home or similar setting.
- 37. racism The first step in eliminating racism is to acknowledge that it exists, often in the form of implicit racism
- 38. statistics such as births and deaths
- 40. disparities differences in the health status of different groups of people
- 41. malls facilities that provide a variety of outpatient services, some of which were previously provided by the hospitals. Box 3-1 lists examples of typical services.