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11Prison Advice and Care Trust — The Prison Advice and Care Trust (pact) is an independent UK charity that provides practical services for prisoners and prisoners families. First established as the Bourne Trust in 1898, pact works at several prisons across the South of England… …
12Health care reform debate in the United States — See also: Health care reform in the United States, Health care in the United States, and Uninsured in the United States Health care in the United States Public health care Federal Employees Health Benefits Program Indian Health Service… …
13Coronary care unit — A coronary care unit (CCU) is a hospital ward specialized in the care of patients with heart attacks, unstable angina, Cardiac dysrhythmia and (in practice) various other cardiac conditions that require continuous monitoring and treatment.… …
14Bureau of Primary Health Care — The Bureau of Primary Health Care is a part of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Overview HRSA’s Primary Health Care Programs have provided access to primary… …
15community care — An imprecise and much abused concept embracing a diverse set of policies for dependent persons particularly those chronically dependent by virtue of age, mental illness, or mental or physical handicap which involve, in some way or another,… …
16National Center for Trauma-Informed Care — The National Center for Trauma Informed Care is a United States based medical charity, funded by the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS). Created in 2005, it assists publicly funded agencies, programs, and services in making the important… …
17Michigan Compassionate Care Initiative — The Michigan Compassionate Care Initiative is an indirect initiated state statute that will allow the medical use of marijuana for seriously ill patients. The measure has met all requirements and appeared as Question 1 on the November 2008 ballot …
18Дневные дошкольные центры (day-care centers) — Д. д. ц., дневные ясли (day nursery) или детские ясли (cruche), определяемые как «организованное оказание услуг по присмотру за детьми вне дома в течение определенной части дня», впервые появились во Франции. В США Д. д. ц., обеспечивающие… …
19symptom management — Care given to improve the quality of life of patients who have a serious or life threatening disease. The goal of symptom management is to prevent or treat as early as possible the symptoms of the disease, side effects caused by treatment of the… …
20William Breitbart — William S. Breitbart, FAPM, is an American psychiatrist who is an international leader in the fields of Psychosomatic Medicine, Psycho oncology, and Palliative Care. Dr. Breitbart, a renown clinician, researcher, and educator, is the Chief of the …
