community networks |
Organizations and individuals cooperating together toward a common goal at the local or grassroots level.
(12 Dec 1998) |
community nurse |
A nurse who provides care to individuals or groups in a community outside of institutions. Usually works through the auspices of a state or city health department.
Synonym: community health nurse, community nurse.
(05 Mar 2000) |
community pharmacy services |
Total pharmaceutical services provided to the public through community pharmacies.
(12 Dec 1998) |
community psychiatry |
Branch of psychiatry concerned with the provision and delivery of a coordinated program of mental health care to a specified population. The foci included in this concept are: all social, psychological and physical factors related to aetiology, prevention, and maintaining positive mental health in the community.
(12 Dec 1998) |
community psychology |
The application of psychology to community programs, e.g., in the schools, correctional and welfare systems, and community mental health centres.
(05 Mar 2000) |
plant community |
<botany, ecology> The plant populations existing in a shared habitat or environment.
(31 Dec 1997) |
hospitals, community |
Institutions with permanent facilities and organised medical staff which provide the full range of hospital services primarily to a neighborhood area.
(12 Dec 1998) |
therapeutic community |
Psychotherapeutic technique which emphasizes socioenvironmental and interpersonal influences in the resocialization and rehabilitation of the patient. The setting is usually a hospital unit or ward in which professional and nonprofessional staff interact with the patients.
(12 Dec 1998) |
edaphic community |
A community of plants which results from or is influenced by factors about the soil, for example amount of drainage, level of salinity (salt concentration), or amount of sediment movement. Marsh environments often have edaphic communities of plants specially adapted to marsh conditions.
(09 Oct 1997) |
admitting department, hospital |
Hospital department responsible for the flow of patients and the processing of admissions, discharges, transfers, and also most procedures to be carried out in the event of a patient's death.
(12 Dec 1998) |
american hospital association |
A professional society in the united states whose membership is composed of hospitals.
(12 Dec 1998) |
anaesthesia department, hospital |
Hospital department responsible for the administration of functions and activities pertaining to the delivery of anaesthetics.
(12 Dec 1998) |
ancillary services, hospital |
Those support services other than room, board, and medical and nursing services that are provided to hospital patients in the course of care. They include such services as laboratory, radiology, pharmacy, and physical therapy services.
(12 Dec 1998) |
base hospital |
A hospital unit located in a military or recreational encampment; usually of small size and limited facilities, for immediate care of illnesses and injuries.
Synonym: camp hospital.
(05 Mar 2000) |
camp hospital |
A hospital unit located in a military or recreational encampment; usually of small size and limited facilities, for immediate care of illnesses and injuries.
Synonym: camp hospital.
(05 Mar 2000) |