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| Any duty or profession that supports primary health-care provides, such as physicians, nurse practitioners, or midwives, in delivering health-care services. |
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Alternative Health Care
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| Non-traditional methods and practices based on a natural approach, including chiropractic, acupuncture, massage, and aromatherapy. |
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| An inborn personal or characteristic |
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| A person’s right to self-determination. In health care it refers to a client’s right to make his own decisions. |
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| A person seeking or receiving health care |
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| A facility providing medical care on an outpatient basis. It may be free-standing or associated with a hospital. |
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| A set of guidelines for ethical conduct. |
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An individual who manages the administrative and communication needs of a client-care unit.
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| The philosophical study of standards accepted by society that determine what is right and wrong in human behaviour. |
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| A cooperative or workplace experience or period of training for a student that is provided by the student’s educational facility. |
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| A legal document, obtained after passing written and clinical examinations, which is required for health-care practitioners in regulated fields. |
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| A person who is trained to assist a physician with various clinical tests, examinations, and procedures. |
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| A person who handles primarily administrative responsibilities, but also some clinical duties, in a health office. The title varies (e.g., medical secretary, medical office manager.) |
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| What a person believes to be right and wrong pertaining to how to act, treat others, and get along in an organized society. |
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| A mentor who guides and supervise a student throughout a workplace experience. |
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| A field legally restricted to practitioners with a specific professional qualification and/or provincial or territorial registration. |
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| A moral, legal, cultural, or traditional claim. |
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| The parameters of duties and responsibilities outlined by one’s professional training and skill set. |
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| A medical transcriptionist produces medical reports, correspondence, records, client-care information, statistics, medical research, and administrative material. |
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| A transcriptionist listens to recorded reports or reads rough notes and produces formal reports in document form. |
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Assessing the seriousness of a client’s presenting problem to determine who needs to have medical help first.
For example, someone coming to the emergency department with chest pain would be brought in to see the doctor immediately, whereas someone with a sore throat would be considered a non-urgent case and able to wait. |
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| Good judgment is essential and is required in almost every task or duty that you perform. Good judgment relies not only on a strong knowledge base but also on the ability to weigh consequences and outcomes and make effective decisions. |
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| The beliefs a person holds dear and that guide that person’s decisions and behaviour or conduct. |
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