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- 3. A progressive disease causing a decline in memory and thinking skills that eventually affects basic body functions and results in death.
- 5. Famous ancient Greek physician known as the "Father of Medicine" who stressed observation and conservative treatment.
- 7. Uses pressure or friction on the body to relax muscles, promote blood circulation, speed healing, and relieve pain.
- 8. Requirement of permission in advance from insurance providers for certain medical procedures.
- 10. Provides palliative care and support to patients expected to die within 6 months and their families.
- 17. Involves the insertion of tiny needles into specific points in the body to relieve energy blocks.
- 18. Provides personal care, social services, and nursing supervision for at least 8 hours per day for individuals unable to care for themselves.
- 20. Care that relieves pain and symptoms without curing the condition.
- 26. Long-term care facilities that care for people who cannot live independently at home.
- 27. A global outbreak of an infectious disease.
- 30. Addictive painkilling medications containing natural or synthetic opioids.
- 31. Facilities offering treatment, counseling, and medication management for individuals with psychiatric and behavioral disorders.
- 33. Health practice based on the belief that the body protects itself against disease if the musculoskeletal system is in good order.
- 34. A patient who is hospitalized and occupies a bed in a health facility.
- 35. Facilities offering a variety of outpatient services in one location.
- 36. Taking medications correctly by sticking to the right dosage, time, and frequency prescribed.
- 37. Practices used instead of Western medicine.
- 38. Official recorded data on population health events such as births and deaths.
- 39. A condition marked by a decline in memory or thinking skills caused by damage to brain nerve cells.
- 40. A system in which medical professionals treat symptoms and diseases using drugs, radiation, or surgery.
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- 1. Provides housing, meals, and personal care to individuals who need help with daily living activities but do not need daily nursing care.
- 2. Treatment that uses drugs to identify and attack specific types of cancer cells with less harm to normal cells.
- 4. A treatment method that stimulates the body's healing responses using small amounts of natural substances that cause symptoms in healthy people.
- 5. Differences in the health status of different groups of people.
- 6. Racism and discrimination that operate outside of conscious awareness.
- 9. Physical disorders or symptoms caused by mental or emotional factors.
- 11. Methods other than those traditionally used in Western medicine that are used together with Western medicine.
- 12. The transplantation of normal genes into cells in place of missing or defective ones to correct genetic disorders.
- 13. To change, such as bacteria altering structure to reduce or eliminate the effectiveness of antibiotics.
- 14. Care provided to patients who do not occupy a bed in a facility.
- 15. A practice where a provider offers a combination of Western medicine along with complementary and alternative medicine.
- 16. The promotion of health through preventive measures and practice of good health habits.
- 19. Provides a variety of living arrangements supporting lifestyles as they change from independent living to needing regular medical and nursing care.
- 21. A nursing approach assisting patients in making their lives as meaningful as possible by focusing on possibilities rather than limitations.
- 22. A federally funded health insurance program for low-income individuals.
- 23. Prevention, diagnosis, and treatment based on each patient's unique biochemical makeup.
- 24. A belief that the entire person—physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and environmental—must be considered when making therapeutic decisions.
- 25. Health practice based on the belief that pressure on spinal nerves causes pain or dysfunction, treated by manipulating the spine.
- 27. Care tailored to a patient's individual biochemical makeup and genomic research.
- 28. Provides nursing and rehabilitation care on a 24-hour basis for patients with long-term illness or recovering from injury or surgery.
- 29. Health care services provided for patients who do not require hospitalization.
- 32. Provides 24-hour personal care and supervision for a small number of residents in a family-type home.