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the insertion of thin, stainless steal needles into the skin at specific loctions to affect the flow of energy in the body.
what is acupuncture?
Social workers help people solve and cope with problems in their everyday lives. Clinical social workers also diagnose and treat mental, behavioral, and emotional issues.
what is a social worker?
A condition for which curative treatment may be feasible but can fail. A life-threatening condition is usually of short duration with an acute or unexpected onset and may or may not occur in the context of a preexisting life-limiting condition.
what is threatened by illness?
Physicians and medical students are typically encouraged to shake hands with the patient, address the patient by name, and introduce themselves.
what is greeting?
Traditional Chinese medicine remains popular. Chinese medicine is based on keeping the body's yin (cold) and yang (hot) energies in harmonious balance through diet, lifestyle, acupuncture, and herbal regimens.
what is the asian medical culture?
Homeopathy is a medical system based on the belief that the body can cure itself with plants, mineral products or animals greatly diluted in water or alcohol
what is homepathy?
A midwife is a health professional who cares for mothers and newborns around childbirth, a specialization known as midwifery.
what is a midwife?
communication support needs if they need support with understanding, expressing themselves or interacting with others.
what is communication needs?
The hand-gesture control system, Gestix, allows doctors to remain in place during an operation, without the need to operate traditional computer-based interfaces.
what is hand gestures?
Traditional Chinese medicine is a system of medicine partly based on the idea that an energy, called qi (say "chee"), flows along pathways in the body called meridians. In this belief, if the flow of qi along these meridians is blocked or unbalanced, illness can occur.
what is the chinese medical culture?
Massage is the manipulation of the body's soft tissues. Massage techniques are commonly applied with hands, fingers, elbows, knees, forearms, feet, or a device.
what is massage therapy?
A psychologist is a professional who practices psychology and studies normal and abnormal mental states, perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and social processes and behavior by experimenting with, and observing, interpreting, and recording how individuals relate to one another and to their environments.
what is a psychologist?
Cultural needs are things that are necessary or helpful for an individual to thrive due to their cultural background. This is relevant to employment, marketing and services including public services such as policing and healthcare.
what is cultural needs?
Eye contact is another important nonverbal behavior and is especially essential for building good rapport with elderly individuals. It is mostly taken as a sign of respect, care, and attention from a doctor.
what is eye contact?
Hispanics expect health care personnel to be warm and personal and express a strong need to be treated with dignity. Older person should be addressed by their last name. Avoid gesturing, some may have adverse connotations. necessary so that best care can be planned.
what is hispanics medical culture?
Naturopathy, or naturopathic medicine, is a form of alternative medicine. It employs an array of pseudoscientific practices branded as "natural", "non-invasive", or promoting "self-healing".
what is naturopathic medicine?
a healthcare provider who specializes in acupuncture. Acupuncture is a form of alternative medicine that involves needle therapy, inserting very thin needles into the skin to promote alternative pain relief, healing and wellness.
what is a acupuncturist?
An observation report is a piece of document that contains comprehensive information about a child.
what is reporting and recording observations?
Personal space is 18 inches to 4 feet and consists of interactions among friends and personnel in a healthcare facility that do not have direct patient care, such as dietary department staff. Touch can be used to bridge the emotional and physical gap between a physician and patient. It can directly express care, compassion, and comfort.
what is personal space and touching?
In Korean gastronomic culture, food and medicine are usually considered as one and the same thing. The idea that health starts with food means that medical treatment should be tried if any effect is not seen after trying to treat all diseases first with food.
what is koreans medical culture?
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is a complete medical system that has been used to diagnose, treat, and prevent illnesses for more than 2,000 years. TCM is based on a belief in yin and yang, defined as opposing energies, such as earth and heaven, winter and summer, and happiness and sadness.
what is chinese traditional therapy?
a practitioner of the system of integrative medicine based on the diagnosis and manipulative treatment of misalignments of the joints.
what is a chiropractor?
the ability to communicate with each patient, resident or client in a way that is appropriate to his/her particular age, capabilities or disabilities, temporary impairments, emotions, stresses, culture, and individual station.
what is age specific and communication needs?
Speaking and writing in a clear and concise manner when communicating with a patient will mean that the correct message will have been delivered. It will be easy for the patient to ask questions and seek clarification of anything that has been shared, whether in direct communication or via phone or email.
what is speaking clearly?
they believe that health is spiritual and cleanliness essential, and believe males dominate and make decisions on health care, and in spiritual causes of illness, such as the evil eye.
what is middle easterners medical culture?