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31Patient lift — A patient lift (sometimes hoist) is a mechanical device that is used in health care to transfer physically disabled patients. There are three basic types of patient lifts: mobile lifts, overhead lifts and sit to stand lifts. Today, overhead lifts …
32Patient autonomy — The right of patients to make decisions about their medical care without their health care provider trying to influence the decision. Patient autonomy does allow for health care providers to educate the patient but does not allow the health care… …
33Patient and mortuary neglect — Neglect is defined as giving little attention to or to leave undone or unattended to, especially through carelessness. Mortuary neglect can comprise many things, such as bodies being stolen from the morgue, or bodies being mixed up and the wrong… …
34Patient-reported outcome — EPRO redirects here. For other uses, see EPRO (disambiguation). A patient reported outcome or PRO is a questionnaire used in a clinical trial or a clinical setting, where the responses are collected directly from the patient. PRO is an umbrella… …
35patient movement — The act or process of moving a sick, injured, wounded, or other person to obtain medical and/or dental care or treatment. Functions include medical regulating, patient evacuation, and en route medical care. See also patient; patient movement… …
36Patient empowerment — The patient empowerment concept, a recent outgrowth of the natural health movement, asserts that to be truly healthy, people must bring about changes in their social situations and in the environment that influences their lives, not only in their …
37Care Bears — The Care Bears are a set of characters created by American Greetings in 1981 for use on greeting cards. The original artwork for the cards was painted by artist Elena Kucharik. In 1983, Kenner turned the Care Bears into plush teddy bears.Each… …
38care — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 caring for sb/sth ADJECTIVE ▪ good, great ▪ He loved his books and took great care of them. ▪ proper ▪ With proper care, the plants may last for fifty years …
39patient — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ AIDS, cancer, cardiac, diabetic, heart, etc. ▪ surgical, transplant ▪ …
40patient — patientless, adj. patiently, adv. patientness, n. /pay sheuhnt/, n. 1. a person who is under medical care or treatment. 2. a person or thing that undergoes some action. 3. Archaic. a sufferer or victim. adj. 4. bearing provocation, annoyance,… …
