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PHS Ch1
vocabulary 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| alternative, complementary, or integrative therapies | healthcare practices and treatments that minimize or avoid the use of surgery and drugs |
| holistic care | herapies that treat the patient as a whole person after assessing the individual’s physical, social, mental, and spiritual well-being |
| Western medicine | The most common form of medical care in the United States; uses medication and surgery to treat the signs and symptoms of illness |
| genomic medicine | personalized medical care that uses a patient’s unique combination of genes and chromosomes to prevent illness and maintain health |
| nanotechnology | a field of science that manipulates individual atoms and molecules to create devices that are thousands of times smaller than current technologies allow |
| regenerative medicine | a form of medical care that creates living tissue to replace tissue or organ functions lost due to age, disease, injury, or birth disorder |
| telesurgery | surgery performed by robotic equipment that is monitored and controlled from a remote site |
| integrative medicine | care that combines practices and treatments from alternative medicine with conventional medicine |
| Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) | a healthcare reform law that increased access to and coverage by health insurance plans |
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PHS 2026