| GRECC | Geriatric Research and Education Clinical Center |
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| SEBM | Society of Experimental Biology and Medicine |
| ERF | Education and Research Foundation; external rotation in flexion; Eye Research Foundation |
| ISR | information storage and retrieval; Institute for Sex Research; Institute of Surgical Research; insul... |
| ABC | absolute basophil count; absolute bone conduction; acalculous biliary colic; acid balance control; a... |
| controlled thermonuclear research | General label for research on controlled thermonuclear fusion reactions. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| health outcomes research | The measurement of the value of a particular course of therapy. Health outcomes research is based on the principle that every clinical intervention produces a change in the health status of a patient and that change can be measured. (12 Dec 1998) |
| health services research | The integration of epidemiologic, sociological, economic, and other analytic sciences in the study of health services. Health services research is usually concerned with relationships between need, demand, supply, use, and outcome of health services. The aim of the research is evaluation, particularly in terms of structure, process, output, and outcome. (12 Dec 1998) |
| nursing administration research | research concerned with establishing costs of nursing care, examining the relationships between nursing services and quality patient care, and viewing problems of nursing service delivery within the broader context of policy analysis and delivery of health services (12 Dec 1998) |
| nursing education research | Investigations into the problems of integrating research findings into nursing curricula, developing problem solving skills, finding approaches to clinical teaching, determining the level of practice by graduates from different basic preparations, etc. (12 Dec 1998) |
| nursing evaluation research | Research carried out by nurses that uses interviews, data collection, observation, surveys, etc., to evaluate nursing, health, clinical, and nursing education programs and curricula, and which also demonstrates the value of such evaluation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| nursing methodology research | Research carried out by nurses concerning techniques and methods to implement projects and to document information, including methods of interviewing patients, collecting data, and forming inferences. The concept includes exploration of methodological issues such as human subjectivity and human experience. (12 Dec 1998) |
| nursing research | Research carried out by nurses, generally in clinical settings, in the areas of clinical practice, evaluation, nursing education, nursing administration, and methodology. (12 Dec 1998) |
| dental research | The study of laws, theories, and hypotheses through a systematic examination of pertinent facts and their interpretation in the field of dentistry. (12 Dec 1998) |
| operations research | A group of techniques developed to apply scientific methods and tools to solve the problems of decision making in complex organizations and systems. Operations research searches for optimal solutions in situations of conflicting goals and makes use of mathematical models from which solutions for actual problems may be derived. (12 Dec 1998) |
| therapeutic | 1. Pertaining to therapeutics or to the art of healing. 2. <pharmacology> Compounds that are used to treat specific diseases or medical conditions. 3. Curative. Origin: Gr. Therapeutikos = inclined to serve (13 Nov 1997) |
| therapeutic abortion | An abortion induced because of the mother's physical or mental health, or to prevent birth of a deformed child or a child resulting from rape. (05 Mar 2000) |
| therapeutic anaesthesia | Administration of an anaesthetic as a means of treatment. (05 Mar 2000) |
| therapeutic angiography | Use of angiographic catheters that have been modified to reduce or increase regional blood flow, or to deliver medicinal agents; interventional therapeutic angiography. See: angioplasty, balloon catheter, interventional angiography. (05 Mar 2000) |
| therapeutic community | Psychotherapeutic technique which emphasizes socioenvironmental and interpersonal influences in the resocialization and rehabilitation of the patient. The setting is usually a hospital unit or ward in which professional and nonprofessional staff interact with the patients. (12 Dec 1998) |