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| written or oral statements by which a competent person makes known his or her tx preferences and/or designates a surrogate decision maker |
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| an intense fear of becoming obese, with disturbance in body image, resulting in strict dieting and excessive weight loss |
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Attention deficit disorder (hyperactivity)
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| inappropriate degree of inattention, impulsiveness, and hyperactivity for age and development |
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| the physical, psychological, emotional, social, and financial problems that can be experienced by those who provide care for impaired others |
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| Durable power of attorney |
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| a legal way for a client to designate someone else to make health care decisions when he or she is unable to do so |
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| five conditions believed to adversely affect the aging experience: intellectual impairment, immobility, instability, incontinence, and iatrogenic drug reaction |
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| the specialty of nursing concerned with the assessment of the health and functional status of older adults, planning and implementing health care and services to meet the identified needs, and evaluating the effectiveness of such care |
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| the combination of the effects of homelessness of children resulting in health problems, environmental dangers, and stress |
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| a process of protecting an individual from a disease through introduction of a live, killed, or partial component of the invading organism into the individual's system |
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| Instrumental Activities of Daily living (IADLs) |
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| those activities of daily living that help ind. manage their lives, such as cooking, shopping, paying bills, cleaning house, and using the telephone |
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| a document that allows a client to express wishes regarding the use of medical tx in the even of a terminal illness |
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| permanent cessation of menstruation resulting from loss of ovarian follicular activity |
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| condition characterized by increase bone brittleness |
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| patient self-determination act |
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| a law that requires providers who receive Medicare and Medicaid payments to give clients written information regarding their legal options for tx choices if they become incapacitated |
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| the period immediately before menopause when endocrinological, biological, and clinical features approaching menopause commence, continuing ofr at least the first year after permanent cessation of menstruation |
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| the second most common cancer among men in the United States; sometimes hard to dx becuase of the lack of sx |
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| a commonly found solid malignant mass that is found in the testicles of men |
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| testicular self-examination (TSE) |
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| a procedure performed by men to asses the condition of their testicles and detect abnormalities |
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| types of intellectual impairment: progressive intellectual impairment (dementia), mood disorder (depression), and acute confusion (delirium) |
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| the persistent concern with body shape and weight. recurrent episodes of binge eating followed by extreme methods to prevent weight gain such as purging, fasting, or vigorous exercise |
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