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The Washington State Department of Health launched a new suicide and crisis lifeline website. ... a national law went into effect, changing the crisis Hotline from a 10-digit 1-800 number to three ...
The community health center ( CHC) in the United States is the dominant model for providing integrated primary care and public health services for the low-income and uninsured, and represents one use of federal grant funding as part of the country's health care safety net. The health care safety net can be defined as a group of health centers ...
The Community Mental Health Act of 1963 ( CMHA) (also known as the Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act, Mental Retardation Facilities and Construction Act, Public Law 88-164, or the Mental Retardation and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act of 1963) was an act to provide federal funding for community mental health ...
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights in the U.S. state of Washington have evolved significantly since the late 20th century. Same-sex sexual activity was legalized in 1976. LGBT people are fully protected from discrimination in the areas of employment, housing and public accommodations; the state enacting comprehensive anti ...
Physician-assisted dying is when a doctor gives a patient a prescription for a lethal dose of medication that they can use to end their life when they're ready. Other terms used by medical, legal ...
t. e. Initiative 1000 (I-1000) of 2008 established the U.S. state of Washington 's Death with Dignity Act ( RCW 70.245 [1] ), which legalizes medical aid in dying with certain restrictions. Passage of this initiative made Washington the second U.S. state to permit some terminally ill patients to determine the time of their own death.
The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a Washington state law prohibiting licensed health care professionals from practicing “conversion therapy” – a scientifically discredited practice ...
Community health workers are public health workers. Their goal is to connect communities with their health care systems and state health departments. Community health worker (CHW) is an umbrella ...