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HLHS ch 3 vocab
health careers
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acupuncture | Chinese medication treatment in which needles are inserted into specific points of the body to alleviate pain and relieve various physical, mental, and emotional conditions |
| adult foster home / care | a setting providing 24-hour personal care, meals, and supervision for a small number of residents |
| alternative medicine | practices instead of Western medicine |
| Alzheimer's disease | progressive, degenerative disorder that attacks the brains nerve cells resulting in memory loss, impaired thinking and language skills, and changes in behavior |
| ambulatory service | services for patients who do not require hospitalization (a.k.a outpatient services) |
| assisted living residency | facility providing housing, meals, and personal care to individuals needing help with daily activities but may not need daily nursing care |
| chiropractor | based on the belief that pressure on the nerves leaving the spinal column causes pain and dysfunction of the body |
| complementary medicine | health care practices, products, and approaches that are used instead of the ones in Western medicine |
| continuing care community | variety of living arrangements that support lifestyles as they change from independent living the need for regular medical and nursing care |
| dementia | condition marked by a decline in memory and / or thinking skills caused by damage to the nerve cells in the brain |
| expanding consciousness | a theory developed my Margaret Newman to assist patient in making their lives as meaningful as possible by focusing on their possibilities rather than limitations |
| gene therapy | the transplantation of normal genes into cells in place of missing or defective ones in order to correct genetic disorders |
| health disparities | differences in the health status of different groups of people |
| Hippocrates | the most famous Greek physician of ancient times; stressed observation and conservative treatment |
| holistic medicine | general term to designate the belief that traditional view of medicine must be expanded |
| homeopathy | a method of treatment developed by a German physician based on the idea of stimulation the body's own healing response |
| hospice | facility or service offering palliative care and supports dying patients and their families |
| implicit racism | racism outside one's consciousness or awareness |
| inpatient | hospitalized |
| integrative medicine | when a health care provider offers a combination of western medicine with complementary and alternative medicine |
| intermediate nursing care facility (INCF) | provides personal care, social services, and nursing supervision for at least 8 hrs per day |
| message therapy | manipulation of soft tissues by rubbing or kneading to achieve health benefits |
| Medicaid | a federally funded program for low-income individuals |
| medical malls | facilities offering a variety of outpatient services, some that may have been previously provided by hospitals |
| medication adherence | taking medications correctly |
| mutate | bacteria chasing in ways the reduce or eliminate the effectiveness of antibiotics to destroy them |
| nursing homes | facilities for individuals who do not require hospitalization but need general nursing care and assistance performing daily living activities |
| opioid pain medication | medications that relieve pain by reducing the intensity of pain signals reaching the brain |
| osteopathy | based on the belief that the body can protect itself against disease in the musculoskeletal system (spine) |
| outpatient services | health services that do not require hospitalization (a.k.a ambulatory services) |
| palliative | reducing pain or severity of a disease or condition rather than curing it |
| pandemic | rapidly spreading disease that attack many people at the same time |
| personalized medicine | most significant change predicted for the way health care is practiced |
| preauthorization | permission required in advance for certain procedures |
| precision medicine | study of genetics, environment, and lifestyle of a person in order to administer treatment that could work best for them |
| psychiatric hospitals | facilities offering treatment to individuals with mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders |
| psychosomatic | disorders caused by mentally or emotional factors |
| skilled nursing facility (SNF) | provides nursing and rehabilitation services on a 24-hr basis |
| targeted drug therapy | treated that uses drugs or other substances to identify and attack specific types of cancer cells with less harm to normal cells |
| vital statistics | the number of occurrences related to a specific event (birth or death) for the purposes of reporting |
| wellness | promotion of health through preventive measures and the practice of good health habits |
| western medicine | medicine based on a scientific approach |
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