| PCW | pericanalicular web; personal care worker; primary capillary wedge; pulmonary capillary wedge; purif... |
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| HPA | Health Care Practice Act; Health Policy Agenda for the American People; health promotion advocates; ... |
| PH | parathyroid hormone; partial hepatectomy; partial hysterectomy; passive hemagglutination; past histo... |
| PHD | pathological habit disorder; personal health data; post-heparin plasma diamine oxidase; potentially ... |
| CCN | caudal central nucleus; community care network; coronary care nursing; critical care nursing |
| personal construct theory | A psychological theory based on dimensions or categories used by a given person in describing or explaining the personality and behaviour of others or of himself. The basic idea is that different people will use consistently different categories. The theory was formulated in the fifties by george kelly. Two tests devised by him are the role construct repertory test and the repertory grid test. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| personal equation | A slight error in judgment, perceptual response, or action peculiar to the individual and so constant that it is usually possible to allow for it in accepting the person's statements or conclusions, thus arriving at approximate exactness; observed in persons whose work involves readings of events in time, such as navigators and air traffic controllers. (05 Mar 2000) |
| personal growth laboratory | A sensitivity training setting in which the primary emphasis is on each participant's potentialities for creativity, empathy, and leadership. See: sensitivity training group. (05 Mar 2000) |
| personal motivation | An individual's predispositions and expectations that give meaning and direction to personality functioning. (05 Mar 2000) |
| personal probability | An idiosyncratic judgment about the outcome of an event; it may include evidence too subtle to be disposed of in a subjective probability. (05 Mar 2000) |
| personal satisfaction | A subjective evaluation, judgment, or attitude expressed by an individual with respect to the attainment of certain goals or needs based on his level of aspiration or expectation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| personal space | Invisible boundaries surrounding the individual's body which are maintained in relation to others. (12 Dec 1998) |
| financing, personal | Payment by an individual or his family for health care services which are not covered by a third-party payer, either insurance or medical assistance. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ambulatory care | Medical care (including diagnosis, observation, treatment and rehabilitation) provided on an outpatient basis. Ambulatory care is given to persons who are not confined to a hospital but rather are ambulatory and, literally, are able to ambulate or walk about. (A well-baby visit is considered ambulatory care even though the baby is not walking). (12 Dec 1998) |
| ambulatory care facilities | Those facilities which administer health services to individuals who do not require hospitalization or institutionalization. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ambulatory care information systems | Information systems, usually computer-assisted, designed to store, manipulate, and retrieve information for planning, organizing, directing, and controlling administrative activities associated with the provision and utilization of ambulatory care services and facilities. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cancer care facilities | Institutions specializing in the care of cancer patients. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cardiac care facilities | Institutions specializing in the care of patients with heart disorders. (12 Dec 1998) |
| care | In medicine and public health, a general term for the application of knowledge to the benefit of a community or individual. (05 Mar 2000) |
| care, ambulatory | Medical care (including diagnosis, observation, treatment and rehabilitation) provided on an outpatient basis. Ambulatory care is given to persons who are not confined to a hospital but who are ambulatory and literally able to ambulate, to walk about. (A well-baby visit is considered ambulatory care even though the baby is not walking). (12 Dec 1998) |