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  • of palliative care exist. The World Health Organization (WHO) describes palliative care as "an approach that improves the quality of life of patients...
    97 KB (11,606 words) - 13:07, 3 September 2024
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    Self-care has been defined as the process of establishing behaviors to ensure holistic well-being of oneself, to promote health, and actively manage illness...
    70 KB (8,083 words) - 03:29, 1 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Hospice care in the United States
    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...
    61 KB (7,752 words) - 01:49, 18 August 2024
  • Transgender health care includes the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of physical and mental health conditions for transgender individuals. A major...
    131 KB (14,468 words) - 00:29, 21 September 2024
  • Primary nursing is a system of nursing care delivery that emphasizes continuity of care and responsibility acceptance by having one registered nurse (RN)...
    32 KB (3,349 words) - 15:42, 25 October 2023
  • purchase health insurance that complies with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA, known colloquially as "Obamacare") at ACA health exchanges...
    74 KB (6,950 words) - 20:42, 19 September 2024
  • on the patient's behalf if the patient does not receive them. A patient's bill of rights is a list of guarantees for those receiving medical care. It may...
    16 KB (1,829 words) - 03:24, 4 April 2024
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    informaticians use their knowledge of patient care combined with their understanding of informatics concepts, methods, and health informatics tools to: Assess...
    106 KB (12,507 words) - 04:29, 3 September 2024
  • doctor and patient. The purpose of disseminating health information is to influence personal health choices by improving health literacy. Health communication...
    70 KB (8,270 words) - 21:23, 18 August 2024
  • Clinical decision support system (category Health informatics)
    an active knowledge system that uses variables of patient data to produce advice regarding health care. This implies that a CDSS is simply a decision...
    45 KB (5,693 words) - 15:38, 22 September 2024
  • Online health communities are online social networks related to health. They primarily provide a means for patients and their families to learn about illnesses...
    41 KB (5,394 words) - 14:03, 18 September 2024
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    the cost of providing health care for homeless patients. Statistically, Texas and Illinois had the highest rates of patient dumping because of economic...
    27 KB (3,276 words) - 20:28, 22 September 2024
  • patients in hospice care often live the same length of time as patients in the hospital. A study of 3850 liver cancer patients found that patients who...
    49 KB (6,064 words) - 05:12, 12 April 2024
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    health, with some critics accusing the movement of "promoting a lifestyle that can have dire health consequences". The history of the fat acceptance movement...
    55 KB (5,649 words) - 13:56, 24 September 2024
  • (2016-03-02). "Electronic Health Record Patient Portal Adoption by Health Care Consumers: An Acceptance Model and Survey". Journal of Medical Internet Research...
    12 KB (1,352 words) - 12:44, 13 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Healthcare in Switzerland
    universal health care, regulated by the Swiss Federal Law on Health Insurance. There are no free state-provided health services, but private health insurance...
    19 KB (1,846 words) - 00:18, 28 September 2024
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    Hospice (redirect from Hospice care)
    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...
    48 KB (5,642 words) - 16:49, 13 September 2024
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    option that has gained consumer interest, acceptance, and confidence and can improve quality of care and patient satisfaction. There are benefits and trade-offs...
    116 KB (13,577 words) - 14:08, 4 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Healthcare in Canada
    territorial systems of publicly funded health care, informally called Medicare. It is guided by the provisions of the Canada Health Act of 1984, and is universal...
    224 KB (24,667 words) - 03:58, 24 September 2024
  • discretion of health care providers and the security of medical records. The terms can also refer to the physical privacy of patients from other patients and providers...
    64 KB (8,096 words) - 21:55, 26 September 2024
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