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Healthcare industry. The healthcare industry (also called the medical industry or health economy) is an aggregation and integration of sectors within the economic system that provides goods and services to treat patients with curative, preventive, rehabilitative, and palliative care. It encompasses the creation and commercialization of products ...
Health technology. Health technology is defined by the World Health Organization as the "application of organized knowledge and skills in the form of devices, medicines, vaccines, procedures, and systems developed to solve a health problem and improve quality of lives". [1] This includes pharmaceuticals, devices, procedures, and organizational ...
Orthopedic Physician. Orthopaedic Physician´s Assistant. Sport Psychologist. Physical Therapist. Occupational Therapist. Physical Therapy Assistant. Occupational Therapy Assistant. Orthopaedic Technologist or Prosthetist & Orthotist. Chiropractor.
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 ...
Glossary of Dental Health Terms. Abrasion: Tooth wear caused by improper brushing or excessively forceful use of toothpicks or floss. Holding objects between the teeth or frequently placing and ...
Amyloid: A protein that’s found in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease. It builds up into a “plaque” or “tangles.”. Apathy: Lack of interest, concern, or emotion. Aphasia ...
Medical–industrial complex. The medical–industrial complex (MIC) refers to a network of interactions between pharmaceutical corporations, health care personnel, and medical conglomerates to supply health care-related products and services for a profit. [1][2] The term is derived from the idea of the military–industrial complex. [3]
Equality provides the same level of care to everyone. Equity means that doctors can cater care so that people from historically marginalized groups can achieve their best possible health outcomes ...