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  2. Informed consent - Wikipedia

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    Some informed consent laws have been criticized for allegedly using "loaded language in an apparently deliberate attempt to 'personify' the fetus," [35] but those critics acknowledge that "most of the information in the [legally mandated] materials about abortion comports with recent scientific findings and the principles of informed consent ...

  3. Language barrier - Wikipedia

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    A language barrier is a figurative phrase used primarily to refer to linguistic barriers to communication, i.e. the difficulties in communication experienced by people or groups originally speaking different languages (or different dialects in some cases).

  4. Linguistic discrimination - Wikipedia

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    The proportion is much lower for new immigrants. However, this low English literacy level and lack of translation discourages many Asian immigrants to obtain access to social services, such as health care. Asian immigrants, especially younger students, experience a language barrier. They are forced to learn a new language. [80]

  5. Speech and language impairment - Wikipedia

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    The semantic barriers of communication are the words and meaning of the words and how they are used. [16] Psychosocial barriers are the mental and emotional factors of communication. [16] These barriers are important because of how to treat and an acquired language disorder. [16]

  6. Conscience clause in medicine in the United States - Wikipedia

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    An informed consent clause, although allowing medical professionals not to perform procedures against their conscience, does not allow professionals to give fraudulent information to deter a patient from obtaining such a procedure (such as lying about the risks involved in an abortion to deter one from obtaining one) in order to impose one's belief using deception.

  7. Models of disability - Wikipedia

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    Models of disability are analytic tools in disability studies used to articulate different ways disability is conceptualized by individuals and society broadly. [1] [2] Disability models are useful for understanding disagreements over disability policy, [2] teaching people about ableism, [3] providing disability-responsive health care, [3] and articulating the life experiences of disabled people.

  8. Health literacy - Wikipedia

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    The ability to read and understand medication instructions is a form of health literacy. Health literacy encompasses a wide range of skills, and competencies that people develop over their lifetimes to seek out, comprehend, evaluate, and use health information and concepts to make informed choices, reduce health risks, and increase quality of life.

  9. Ethical guidelines for treating trauma survivors - Wikipedia

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    The APA ethics code [4] outlines many professional guidelines for clinicians including the maintenance of confidentiality, minimizing intrusions to privacy, and obtaining informed consent. Informed consent ensures the client has an adequate understanding of the techniques and procedures that will be used during therapy, expected timeline for ...