Medical Terminology
mani-
What is madness?
Founder of modern nursing
Who is Florence Nightingale?
They were the first to believe that illness was the result of natural causes.
Who are the Ancient Greeks?
Controlling the rising cost of health care and achieve the maximum benefit for every dollar spent
What is cost containment?
Method of treatment used in conjunction with conventional medical therapies
What is complementary therapy?
-penia
What is decrease, deficiency?
Shared the Nobel Prize in 1962 for discovering the structure of the DNA
Who is Francis Crick & James Watson?
During this time, a pandemic of the bubonic plague (black death) killed 75% of the population of Europe and Asia
What are the Middle Ages?
Diagnostic related groups and shorter hospital stays have created a need for this type of care.
What is home health care?
Method of treatment that is used in place of conventional medical therapy
What is alternative therapy?
blephar-
What is eyelid?
Founder of the American Red Cross
Who is Clara Barton?
Earliest people known to maintain health records
Who are the Ancient Egyptians?
Involves the use video, audio, and computer systems to provide medical and/or health care services.
What is telemedicine?
Believe that the brain sends vital energy to all parts of the body through nerves in the spinal cord
Who are chiropractors?
-desis
What is binding, surgical fixation?
Used dissection to draw the human body more realistically
Who is Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci?
Father of Medicine
Who is Hippocrates?
The state of being in optimum health with a balanced relationship between physical, mental, and social health.
What is wellness?
The care that promotes physical, emotional, social, intellectual, and spiritual well-being by treating the whole body, mind, and spirit.
What is holistic health?
megaly-
What is enlarged?
One of several individuals who are called "Father of Microbiology" because of his discovery of bacteria and other microscopic organisms
Who is Anton van Leuwenhoek?
Formal training for nurses began during this century
What is the 19th century?
The name of the international agency sponsored by the United Nations that monitor health problems throughout the world and take steps to prevent pandemics.
What is the World Health Organization (WHO)
This alternative and complimentary method of health care involves individuals using only natural therapies such as fasting, special diets, and lifestyle changes.
What is a naturopath?