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Child care Child care
Child Care IN-HOME CHILD CAREAmy Harris-Solomon INSTITUTIONAL FORMSKerstin Holmlund UNITED STATESGeraldine Youcha IN-HOME CHILD CARE The phrase child care is a broad term used to describe any number of arrangements or settings in which the primary responsibility is caring for a young child. There... Read more
Ambulatory care facilities Ambulatory care facilities
DAY HOSPITALS Geriatric day hospitals have been part of the health care of older adults for many years. The global increase in the number of older adults has combined with fiscal pressures to decrease lengths of stay in acute care facilities and resulted in shortages of long-term care space in most... Read more
ophthalmology ophthalmology
ophthalmology , branch of medicine specializing in the anatomy, function and diseases of the eye . Ophthalmologists specialize in the medical and surgical treatment of eye disorders, vision measurements for glasses (refraction), eye muscle exercises (orthoptics), and the prevention of blindness and... Read more
Emergency Medical Technicians Emergency Medical Technicians
E MERGENCYM EDICALT ECHNICIANS The struggle between life and death is the fundamental responsibility of the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) professional; EMS systems provide a medical safety net for the public. Since the inception of the EMS profession,... Read more
Medical economics Medical economics
LONG-TERM CARE FINANCING The financing of long-term care services comes from a patchwork of funds from the federal, state, and local levels, and from private dollars, primarily paid from the consumer's own pocket. According to data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), almost... Read more
Cross infection Cross infection
Hospital-acquired infections Definition A hospital-acquired infection, also called a nosocomial infection, is an infection that first appears between 48 hours and four days after a patient is admitted to a hospital or other health-care facility. Description About 5–10% of patients admitted to... Read more
Stranger Anxiety Stranger Anxiety
Stranger anxiety Definition Stranger anxiety is fearor wariness of people with whom a child is not familiar. Description An infant learns to recognize her parents within the first few months of birth by sight, sound, and smell. Until about six months of age, the baby will... Read more
Keratitis Keratitis
Keratitis Definition Keratitis is an inflammation of the cornea, the transparent membrane that covers the colored part of the eye (iris) and pupil of the eye. Description There are many types and causes of keratitis. Keratitis occurs in both children and adults. Organisms cannot generally invade... Read more
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Shampoo Shampoos are cleaning formulations used for a wide range of applications, including personal care, pet use, and carpets. Most are manufactured in roughly the same manner. They are composed primarily of chemicals called surfactants that have the special ability to... Read more
health-care proxy health-care proxy
health-care proxy legal document in which a person assigns to another person, usually called an agent or proxy, the authority to make medical decisions in case of incapacitation. It is, in essence, a power of attorney for health care. In many cases, the health-care proxy is used in conjunction with... Read more

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