Medical dictionary. 2011.
Patient safety and nursing — Nurses are knowledge workers whose main responsibility is to provide safe and effective care within constantly evolving health care systems. Nurses collaborate with one another, as well as doctors, aides and technicians, to provide holistic care… … Wikipedia
Autonomy, patient — The right of patients to make decisions about their medical care without their health care provider trying to influence the decision. Patient autonomy does allow for health care providers to educate the patient but does not allow the health care… … Medical dictionary
Autonomy — For other uses, see Autonomy (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Autotomy. Not to be confused with Catautonomous. Autonomy (Ancient Greek: αὐτονομία autonomia from αὐτόνομος autonomos from αὐτο auto self + νόμος nomos, law one who gives… … Wikipedia
autonomy — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, substantial ▪ greater, increased, increasing, more ▪ absolute, complete, full … Collocations dictionary
Patient safety organization — A patient safety organization (PSO) is a group, institution or association that improves medical care by reducing medical errors. In the 1990s, reports in several countries revealed a staggering number of patient injuries and deaths each year due … Wikipedia
autonomy — n. self determination, or the freedom to behave in ways that accord with one s own values and objectives. Respect for the autonomy of the patient is one of the four principles of medical ethics. In practice, this usually takes the form of… … The new mediacal dictionary
Medical ethics — is a system of moral principles that apply values and judgments to the practice of medicine. As a scholarly discipline, medical ethics encompasses its practical application in clinical settings as well as work on its history, philosophy, theology … Wikipedia
MEDICINE AND LAW — This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction Judicial Decision – A Value Determination the values of a jewish and democratic state in the image of god PHYSICIAN S DUTIES AND PATIENTS RIGHTS the physician and the judge … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Psychoanalysis — is a body of ideas developed by Austrian physician Sigmund Freud and his followers, which is devoted to the study of human psychological functioning and behavior. It has three applications: 1) a method of investigation of the mind; 2) a… … Wikipedia
Misattributed paternity — is the situation when a child’s putative father is not the child’s biological father. Misattributed paternity is not a rare phenomenon, its true incidence is not known, but medical students are routinely taught that the figure is in the 10 30%… … Wikipedia
