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2. Medical terminology - Wikipedia

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   Medical terminology. Medical terminology is a language used to precisely describe the human body including all its components, processes, conditions affecting it, and procedures performed upon it. Medical terminology is used in the field of medicine . Medical terminology has quite regular morphology, the same prefixes and suffixes are used to ...

3. List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions - Wikipedia

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   This list includes all that are frequently encountered in today's health care in English-speaking regions. Some of these are obsolete; others remain current. There is a risk of serious consequences when abbreviations are misread or misinterpreted.

4. Tricare - Wikipedia

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   Tricare (styled TRICARE) is a health care program of the United States Department of Defense Military Health System. [1] Tricare provides civilian health benefits for U.S Armed Forces military personnel, military retirees, and their dependents, including some members of the Reserve Component. Tricare is the civilian care component of the ...

5. Home care - Wikipedia

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   Homecare is also known as domiciliary care, social care or in-home care. [2] [3] It comprises a range of activities, especially paramedical aid by nurses and assistance in daily living for ill, disabled or elderly people. Clients receiving home health care may incur lower costs, receive equal to better care, and have increased satisfaction in ...

6. Acronyms in healthcare - Wikipedia

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   Acronyms are very commonly used in healthcare settings. [1] They are formed from the lead letters of words relating to medications, organisations, procedures and diagnoses. [2] They come from both English and Latin roots. [2] [3] Acronyms have been described as jargon. [1] and their use has been shown to impact the safety of patients in ...

7. Glossary of medicine - Wikipedia

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   Health care – Health care, health-care, or healthcare is the maintenance or improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, recovery, or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people. Health care is delivered by health professionals and allied health fields.

8. List of healthcare occupations - Wikipedia

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   Mental Health Nurse Practitioner; Occupational Therapist; Social Worker; Mental Health Counselor; Public Health and Preventive Medicine. Medical Officer of Health; Environmental Health Officer; Epidemiologist; Public Health Nurse; Orthopedics, rheumatology, and movement. Orthopedic Physician; Orthopaedic Physician´s Assistant; Sport Psychologist

9. Health care - Wikipedia

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   Health care, or healthcare, is the improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, amelioration or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people. Health care is delivered by health professionals and allied health fields. Medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, midwifery, nursing, optometry ...