| D010030 |
Ostomy |
Surgical construction of an artificial opening (stoma) for external fistulization of a duct or vessel by insertion of a tube with or without a supportive stent. |
Ostomies |
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| D010353 |
Patient Education as Topic |
The teaching or training of patients concerning their own health needs. |
Education of Patients,Education, Patient,Patient Education |
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| D003681 |
Dehydration |
The condition that results from excessive loss of water from a living organism. |
Water Stress,Stress, Water |
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| D005190 |
Family |
A social group consisting of parents or parent substitutes and children. |
Family Life Cycles,Family Members,Family Life Cycle,Family Research,Filiation,Kinship Networks,Relatives,Families,Family Member,Kinship Network,Life Cycle, Family,Life Cycles, Family,Network, Kinship,Networks, Kinship,Research, Family |
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| D006801 |
Humans |
Members of the species Homo sapiens. |
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man |
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| D017028 |
Caregivers |
Persons who provide care to those who need supervision or assistance in illness or disability. They may provide the care in the home, in a hospital, or in an institution. Although caregivers include trained medical, nursing, and other health personnel, the concept also refers to parents, spouses, or other family members, friends, members of the clergy, teachers, social workers, fellow patients. |
Family Caregivers,Informal Caregivers,Spouse Caregivers,Care Givers,Carers,Care Giver,Caregiver,Caregiver, Family,Caregiver, Informal,Caregiver, Spouse,Caregivers, Family,Caregivers, Informal,Caregivers, Spouse,Carer,Family Caregiver,Informal Caregiver,Spouse Caregiver |
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| D017144 |
Focus Groups |
A method of data collection and a QUALITATIVE RESEARCH tool in which a small group of individuals are brought together and allowed to interact in a discussion of their opinions about topics, issues, or questions. |
Focus Group,Group, Focus,Groups, Focus |
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| D054047 |
Surgical Stomas |
Artificial openings created by a surgeon for therapeutic reasons. Most often this refers to openings from the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT through the ABDOMINAL WALL to the outside of the body. It can also refer to the two ends of a surgical anastomosis. |
Stomas, Surgical,Stomata, Surgical,Surgical Stomata,Stoma, Surgical,Surgical Stoma |
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| D019468 |
Disease Management |
A broad approach to appropriate coordination of the entire disease treatment process that often involves shifting away from more expensive inpatient and acute care to areas such as preventive medicine, patient counseling and education, and outpatient care. This concept includes implications of appropriate versus inappropriate therapy on the overall cost and clinical outcome of a particular disease. (From Hosp Pharm 1995 Jul;30(7):596) |
Disease Managements,Management, Disease,Managements, Disease |
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| D024802 |
Nurse's Role |
The expected function of a member of the nursing profession. |
Nurse's Scope of Practice,Nurses Role,Nurses' Role,Nurse Role,Nurse Scope, Practice,Nurse's Roles,Nurses Roles,Nurses Scope, Practice,Nurses' Roles,Practice Nurse's Scope,Practice Nurse's Scopes,Role, Nurse's,Role, Nurses,Role, Nurses',Roles, Nurse's,Roles, Nurses,Roles, Nurses' |
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