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| 19th century medical code used to guide professional conduct without relying on the term morality but based on the presumption of "an upright man instructed in the art of healing" |
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| term used for the medical etiquette of the Hippocratic Oath |
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| oath sworn by new physicians declaring that they will place the welfare of their patients first and will do no harm |
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| laws that define what constitutes a legal injury and establish the circumstances under which one person may be help liable for another's injury. They cover intentional acts and accidents |
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| penalties for noncompliance |
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| the use of a professional's expertise for patient well-being |
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| the individual right of a patient to exercise own judgment |
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| the nondisclosure of information |
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| Institutional Review Boards (IRBS) |
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| independent ethics committees that oversee medical research on humans |
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| assessment of the risk versus benefit of treatment or a research experiment to make a decision |
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| list of a patients rights |
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| Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) |
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| legal standard applied to protect privacy and security of patient information, especially when insurance reimbursements are made and information is exchanged |
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| taking advantage of another person, usually financially |
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| psychological mechanism in which conflict in mind is resolved by disavowal of that conflict |
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| actual physical violence, involving physical contact with another person |
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| child under 18 who is emancipated (i.e. a child that is free from parental control or power, and may assume most of legal responsibility of an adult) |
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| sexual penetration or its reasonable intent, without the subjects consent |
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| person appointed by probate court to take care of financial aid and/or personal decision making for an incompetent person |
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| the granting of power by a competent person to another person to make specified decision |
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| loss or absence of intellectual capacity |
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| Feeling of social disgrace connected with a social impairment |
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| description of a person with obvious social stigma |
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| description of a person with hidden social stigma |
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| unfair treatment of person on the basis of group, class, or category to which that person belongs rater than on individual merit |
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| prejudgment about a person |
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| Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) |
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| administered by EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) |
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| unavailability or improper discontinuation of medical care |
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| Formal approval of an institution or educational program given by an outside agency |
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| A testament that an individual has attained qualifications for a specified part of his or her occupation |
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| court that handles actions by private litigants |
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| court in which government prosecuter prosecutes defendant for crime |
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| person or institution with lots of money or high malpractice insurance |
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| Abraham Flexners report on the quality of medical education (1910), which led to accreditation |
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| a system in which a jury of peers rather than a judge decides the outcome of the case |
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| Mechanism designed to assure patients that the care they receive from a professional meets a reasonable standard |
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| untoward event (not necessarily actionable) |
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| maloccurrence that is actionable |
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| unintentional tort that reasonable person would not have committed or omitted |
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| treatment not based on scientifically proven methods, often eschewing surgery or drugs, and used instead of conventional medicine |
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| American Indian or Alaskan Native |
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| A person who has origins in any of the original people of North America and who maintains cultural identification through tribal affiliation or community recognition |
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| Asian or Pacific Islanders |
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| A person having origins in anyof th eoriginal peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, or the Pacific Islands. This area includes: China, India, Japan, Korea, the Philippine Islands, and Somoa |
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| theory that we draw overall conclusions solely on the basis of first impressions |
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| A person having origin in any of the black racial groups of Africa |
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| alternative and conventional medicine used together |
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| composite of beliefs, practices, religions, and languages that make up a group. |
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| Pertaining to a belief of values of your own group are superior to other groups |
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| syndromes occurring within a culture and not found in tradition American health care |
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| ability to transcend one's own cultural values and to work within the cultural norms of another group |
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| the difficulty of breaking away from poverty when that is all one has ever known |
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| inclusion of people from different backgrounds and cultures, different physical abilities and genders, and differing beliefs and practices. |
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| characterized by a strong belief in people who are ethnically like yourself to the exclusion of other ethnic groups |
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| working with entire families as a means to bridging cultural barriers and to broadening the impact of health care interventions |
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| taking indiviuals' ethnic and cultural background into account, especially when "formulating" a mental health diagnosis |
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| A person who is from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Central or South America, or another Spanish culture |
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| body language that conveys attention and interest, such as moving closer to an individual and maintaining eye contact during a dialogue. |
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| under president andrew jackson, the congressional act that forced the north georgian cherokee nation to relocate in oklahoma |
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| individual discrimination/racism |
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| a personal belief or bias against a group/race that differs from one's own race |
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| institutional discrimination/racism |
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| treatment by a group holding majority power over differing ethnic/racial groups that promotes the values of the group in power |
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| the combination of conventional and alternative medicine for which there is evidence of safety and efficacy; it focuses on mind, body and spirit |
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| campts consisting of poorly constructed barracks surrounded by barbed wire, sentry posts, and armed guards to which over 100,000 Japanese Americans, mostly American citizens, were shipped during WWII |
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| inclusive of and valuing many cultures and cultural diversity |
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| Planned Approach to Community Health (PATCH |
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| CDC's model for strategically planning for work within communities |
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| inclusive term emphasizing common experiences of racism. It frames the subject positively unlike the terms nonwhite, which defines people in terms of what they are not(white), and minority, which places the subject in a subordinate position. The term has a positive connotation and has often been preferred by people of color in the U.S. |
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| Associating a string of traits with an individual or group, generally on the basis of a single factor about the individual or group (i.e. all men are...) |
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| the forced march of 17,000 members of the Norht Georgian Cherokee Nation from their land in Georgia to unwanted land in Oklahoma, resulting in the death of 4,000 along the way |
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| first African American pilots in the US Army |
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| U.S. demographics by 2050 |
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| White: 4%, Hispanic 30%, Black 15%, Asain 12% |
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| Beliefs that hold meaning to an individual or group and by which the y try to guide decisions |
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| a person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, North Africa, or Middle East |
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