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Hospitalism (or anaclitic depression in its sublethal form) [1] was a pediatric diagnosis used in the 1930s to describe infants who wasted away while in a hospital. The symptoms could include decreased physical development and disruption of perceptual-motor skills and language. [2]
For example, an ambulance paramedic would typically limit their history to important details, such as name, history of presenting complaint, allergies, etc. In contrast, a psychiatric history is frequently lengthy and in depth, as many details about the patient's life are relevant to formulating a management plan for a psychiatric illness.
In medicine, a social history (abbreviated "SocHx") [1] is a portion of the medical history (and thus the admission note) addressing familial, occupational, and recreational aspects of the patient's personal life that have the potential to be clinically significant.
Under Medicare guidelines, hospice patients require a terminal diagnosis or markers of a life-threatening condition — such as severe weight loss or loss of mobility — indicating the person will likely die within six months or sooner. Maples did not have a terminal illness. Her diagnosis was “debility, unspecified,” according to her records.
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Bland was the first patient in English legal history to be allowed to die by the courts through the withdrawal of life-prolonging treatment. Carol Carr: United States Georgia: 2002 A mother euthanizes her adult sons to relieve their suffering from Huntington's disease. Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health: United States Missouri: 1990
James Robertson was born in Rutherglen, Scotland, and grew up in a working-class, close-knit loving family where children were cuddled, loved and protected. [1] He intrinsically understood that children needed their mother and was sensitive to pain due to separation. [1]
Its treatment centers are modeled after the Healing Place, also part of the network, in Louisville. “Clients work with peers in similar circumstances to motivate one another to adopt social skills and to learn core principles central to Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous programs,” according to the facility’s promotional materials.