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1Medical torture — (also known as a medical interrogation) describes the involvement and sometimes active participation of medical professionals in acts of torture, either to judge what victims can endure, to apply treatments which will enhance torture, or as… …
2Medical Teams International — (formerly Northwest Medical Teams) is a non profit humanitarian aid and global health organization. Medical Teams International has: mobilized 2,000 teams since 1979. shipped $1.3 billion in medical aid since 1986. provided care to 4.5 million… …
3Medical social work — is a sub discipline of social work, also known as hospital social work. Medical social workers typically work in a hospital, skilled nursing facility or hospice, have a graduate degree in the field, and work with patients and their families in… …
4Workers' compensation — (colloquially known as workers comp in North America or compo in Australia) a form of insurance that provides compensation medical care for employees who are injured in the course of employment, in exchange for mandatory relinquishment of the… …
5Medical Reserve Corps — Logo The Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) is a network in the U.S. of community based units initiated and established by local organizations to meet the public health needs of their communities. It is sponsored by the Office of the Surgeon General of… …
6workers' compensation — work·ers compensation n 1: compensation for injury to an employee arising out of and in the course of employment that is paid to the worker or dependents by an employer whose strict liability for such compensation is established by statute ◇… …
7Medical tourism — (also called medical travel, health tourism or global healthcare) is a term initially coined by travel agencies and the mass media to describe the rapidly growing practice of travelling across international borders to obtain health care. It also… …
8Medical model — is the term cited by psychiatrist Ronald D. Laing in his The Politics of the Family and Other Essays (1971), for the set of procedures in which all doctors are trained. This set includes complaint, history, physical examination, ancillary tests… …
9Workers' Compensation Acts — State statutes that 1) require employers to purchase insurance to protect their workers and 2) establish the liability of employers for injuries to workers while on the job or illnesses due to the employment. Workers compensation is not based on… …
10Workers' Party (Czech Republic) — Workers Party Dělnická strana Leader Tomáš Vandas Founded 18 January 2003 Dissolved 17 February 2010 Headquarters Ciolkovského 853, 161 00 Praha 6 …
