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| A group of people born at the same time who thus share similar experiences (e.g. people born in the late 1940s were young adults in the Vietnam era) |
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| The belief that every movement (of living or nonliving objects) is caused by animating spirits |
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| The process of listening for sounds within the human body |
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| a model that assumes that illness can be fully accounted for by a person's deviations from the norm on measurable biological variables |
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| a model that requires that psychological and social factors be included in any attempt to understand symptoms and the experience of illness |
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| a system in which all healthcare needs are provided for a fixed monthly or quarterly fee per person |
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| a definitive statement about the cause of a phenomenon |
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| in an experiment, the group that is randomly assigned to receive no treatment |
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| the phenomenon in which it is believed that unconscious psychological anxiety is transformed into physical symptoms |
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| an association between 2 variables |
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| to correlate, to relate in a specified and predictable way |
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| an assessment of the degree of association between 2 variables, one of which is viewed as a lagged value of the outcome variable |
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| research that compares subjects on one or more variables at a single point in time |
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| the identification of disease based on signs and symptoms |
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| a process of mechanically filtering toxic by-products from the blood |
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| physical findings and symptoms that form a definable disease entity |
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| the idea that mind and body are separate and independent entities |
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| a group or condition in which the participants receive a manipulation or intervention |
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| a study that is conducted in a natural setting |
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| a physician trained to treat a wide variety of diseases |
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| the idea that microorganisms cause disease |
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| a method of care for the terminally ill in which the goal is not to cure, but to provide comfort and emotional support to the patient and family |
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| the 4 bodily fluids (phlegm, blood, black bile, yellow bile) related to personality; disequilibrium was proposed by the Greeks to result in disease |
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| may or may not involve clinical signs, symptoms, and a disease entity. involves functional impairment as well as effects on cognitions, emotions, and behaviors |
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| a study conducted in the laboratory as opposed to the natural environment |
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| compares subjects on one or more variables over time |
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| a research technique in which the "cases" are research studies; allows researchers to statistically combine all of the findings on a particular topic |
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| the idea that the mind and body are one entity |
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| the application of the fingers with light pressure to the surface of the body to determine the consistency of parts beneath in physical diagnosis |
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| the forecast of the course of disease |
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| research in which the predictor variable is measured in advance of the outcome variable |
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| a method of sorting participants into experimental vs control group; uses random methods (coin toss, random number table) so that each participant has an equal chance of being chosen for either group |
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| randomized clinical trial |
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| in the medical field, the term for a "true experiment" |
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| retrospective data collection |
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| data collection method in which participants report past events that they recall (although recall can be biased) |
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| the tendency of people to remember most easily the events of the past connected with the emotional state they feel as they report |
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| a type of study in which participants are assigned randomly to either a treatment or control group; groups are assumed to be equivalent prior to the treatment and therefore the researcher can infer causality |
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| a measurable characteristic of people, objects, or events that may change or vary |
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| giving complete attention to the speaker as well as reflecting back to him or her precisely what is understood |
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| a model of the practitioner-patient relationship that occurs when the patient is unable, because of medical condition, to participate in his or her own care and to make decisions for his or her own welfare |
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| a model that incorporates aspects of biological, psych |
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