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2. Health - Wikipedia

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   Advanced industrial countries (with the exception of the United States) and many developing countries provide medical services through a system of universal health care that aims to guarantee care for all through a single-payer health care system, or compulsory private or co-operative health insurance. This is intended to ensure that the entire ...

3. What You Need to Know About Informed Consent - Healthline

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   As the patient, you have the right to make informed choices about your medical care and what works best for you. Last medically reviewed on October 11, 2019 How we reviewed this article:

4. Health care - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

5. Preventive Health: What Is It and Why Is It Important?

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   Preventive health refers to routine care you receive in order to maintain your health. It’s key to diagnosing medical conditions before they become a problem. Preventing serious diseases before ...

6. What Are Health Equality and Equity, and Why Do They Matter?

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   Three people are standing behind a fence, trying to watch a parade as it passes by. One is tall, one is shorter, and one is a small child. The tall person can see over the fence, but the other two ...

7. Health communication - Wikipedia

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   Health communication is the study and practice of communicating promotional health information, such as in public health campaigns, health education, and between doctor and patient. [1] The purpose of disseminating health information is to influence personal health choices by improving health literacy. Health communication is a unique niche in ...

8. Advocate for Your Own Health Care - WebMD

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   You and your doctors make decisions as a team. You speak up with your questions, needs, concerns, and preferences. Take some time to think about your health goals. Ask yourself how you define a ...

9. Uninsured? How Health Reform Affects You: Getting ... - WebMD

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   If you don't have health insurance -- or Medicare or Medicaid -- now, find out what health care reform will mean for you. Medically Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD on September 08, 2010.