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  2. Alternative fashion - Wikipedia

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    Alternative fashion or alt fashion is fashion that stands apart from mainstream, commercial fashion. It includes both styles which do not conform to the mainstream fashion of their time and the styles of specific subcultures (such as emo, goth, hip hop and punk ). [1] Some alternative fashion styles are attention-grabbing and more artistic than ...

  3. Pharmaceutical care - Wikipedia

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    The patient care process is a cognitive process in which the drug-related needs of patients are approached systematically and comprehensively. "The patient care process, which must be consistent with the patient care processes of the other health care providers, consists of: an assessment of the patient's drug-related needs,

  4. Alternative education - Wikipedia

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    Alternative education encompasses educational philosophy differing from mainstream pedagogy and evidence-based education. Such alternative learning environments may be found within state , charter , and independent schools as well as home-based learning environments.

  5. Holistic nursing - Wikipedia

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    Holistic nursing. Holistic nursing is a way of treating and taking care of the patient as a whole body, which involves physical, social, environmental, psychological, cultural and religious factors. There are many theories that support the importance of nurses approaching the patient holistically and education on this is there to support the ...

  6. End-of-life care - Wikipedia

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    End-of-life care. End-of-life care ( EOLC) is health care provided in the time leading up to a person's death. End-of-life care can be provided in the hours, days, or months before a person dies and encompasses care and support for a person's mental and emotional needs, physical comfort, spiritual needs, and practical tasks. [1] [2]

  7. Internet of things - Wikipedia

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    Fog computing is a viable alternative to prevent such a large burst of data flow through the Internet. The edge devices' computation power to analyze and process data is extremely limited. Limited processing power is a key attribute of IoT devices as their purpose is to supply data about physical objects while remaining autonomous.

  8. Orphanage - Wikipedia

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    An orphanage is a residential institution, total institution or group home, devoted to the care of orphans and children who, for various reasons, cannot be cared for by their biological families. The parents may be deceased, absent, or abusive. There may be substance abuse or mental illness in the biological home, or the parent may simply be ...

  9. Chronic care - Wikipedia

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    Chronic care. Chronic care refers to medical care which addresses pre-existing or long-term illness, as opposed to acute care which is concerned with short term or severe illness of brief duration. Chronic medical conditions include asthma, diabetes, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, congestive heart disease, cirrhosis of the liver, hypertension ...