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acute care
Aesculapian authority
assisted living facility
bridge programs
burnout
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
caregiver stress
chronic illness
compassion fatigue
congregate housing
continuing care community
critical incident stress management (CISM)
depersonalization
diagnosis-related groups (DRGs)
elder care
gerontology
golden hour
home care
hospice care
hospital
iconics
institutional neurosis
interventional cascade
life review
life-threatening illness
managed care
Medicare Hospice Benefit
notification of death
nursing home
palliative care
paternalism
peaceful death
personal care home
primary caregiver
proxemics
rationing
relationship-centered care
respite care
secondary mordibity
six-month rule
skilled nursing facility
social support
technological imperative
terminal illness
total care
trauma/emergency care
triage
whole patient care







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