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care, including all ages of patients, patients of all socioeconomic and geographic origins, patients seeking to maintain optimal health, and patients...

palliative care exist. The World Health Organization (WHO) describes palliative care as "an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their...

Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient (LCP) was a care pathway in the United Kingdom (excluding Wales) covering palliative care options for patients in...

The Affordable Care Act (ACA), formally known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and colloquially as Obamacare, is a landmark U...

patient care as well as data gathering for patient safety. Primary care Reason for encounter Health care provider Ambulatist Ambulatory care nursing Ambulatory...

United States, hospice care is a type and philosophy of end-of-life care which focuses on the palliation of a terminally ill patient's symptoms. These symptoms...

department of a hospital or health care facility that provides intensive care medicine. Intensive care units cater to patients with severe or life-threatening...

health care" are concepts closely related to patient participation. Patient participation is also used when referring to collaborations with patients within...

Patient safety is a discipline that emphasizes safety in health care through the prevention, reduction, reporting and analysis of error and other types...

Hospice care is a type of health care that focuses on the palliation of a terminally ill patient's pain and symptoms and attending to their emotional and...

their patients' best interests. The scope of care UAPs are responsible for is delegated by RNs or other clinical licensed professionals. UAPs care for patients...

Intensive care medicine, also called critical care medicine, is a medical specialty that deals with seriously or critically ill patients who have, are...

practice of team nursing, functional nursing, or total patient care, in that primary nursing focuses on the therapeutic relationship between a patient and a...

The doctor–patient relationship is a central part of health care and the practice of medicine. A doctor–patient relationship is formed when a doctor attends...

Point-of-care testing (POCT), also called near-patient testing or bedside testing, is defined as medical diagnostic testing at or near the point of care—that...

Acute care is a branch of secondary health care where a patient receives active but short-term treatment for a severe injury or episode of illness, an...

utilization, the formation of a patient–provider partnership, action planning, and self-tailoring. While the concept of self care has received increased attention...

treat patients with a great deal of autonomy under the direction of a pulmonologist. In facilities that maintain critical care transport teams respiratory...

Clinical point of care (POC) is the point in time when clinicians deliver healthcare products and services to patients at the time of care. Clinical documentation...

self care, self-directed exercises, or therapy sessions. Both patient and health-care provider affect compliance, and a positive physician-patient relationship...