| SP | sacroposterior; sacrum to pubis; salivary progesterone; schizotypal personality; semi-private [room]... |
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| SPI | Self-Perception Inventory; serum precipitable iodine; serum protein index; Shipley Personal Inventor... |
| SPOD | spouse's perception of disease |
| SSP | Sanarelli-Shwartzman phenomenon; subacute sclerosing panencephalitis; slice sensitivity profile; sub... |
| VPT | vibratory perception threshold |
| social values | <psychology> Abstract standards or empirical variables in social life which are believed to be important and/or desirable. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| social welfare | Organised institutions which provide services to ameliorate conditions of need or social pathology in the community. (12 Dec 1998) |
| social work | The use of community resources, individual case work, or group work to promote the adaptive capacities of individuals in relation to their social and economic environments. It includes social service agencies. (12 Dec 1998) |
| social work department, hospital | Hospital department responsible for administering and providing social services to patients and their families. (12 Dec 1998) |
| social worker | <specialist> An individual, usually with a university degree in social work, who provides counsel and aid to individuals with emotional and family problems. (05 Mar 2000) |
| social work, psychiatric | Use of all social work processes in the treatment of patients in a psychiatric or mental health setting. (12 Dec 1998) |
| united states social security administration | The social security administration administers a national program of contributory social insurance whereby employees, employers, and the self-employed pay contributions that are pooled in special trust funds. When earnings are reduced because of retirement, death, or disability, monthly benefits are paid to partially replace lost earnings. Part of the contributions go into a separate hospital insurance trust fund for workers when they become 65 to provide help with medical expenses. Other programs include the supplemental social security income program for the aged, blind, and disabled and the old age survivors and disability insurance program. Ssa became an independent agency march 31, 1995. It had previously been part of the department of health, education, and welfare, later the department of health and human services. (12 Dec 1998) |