Integrated Health Care Delivery
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ICJ International Court of
Justice
Identity
US Emergency Care Research Institute, a nonprofit health services research agency and a Collaborating Center of the World Health Organization) longstanding collaboration with the US National Library of Medicine. It encompasses both peer-reviewed literature and the “gray” literature of hard-to-find technology assessment documents.
Synonyms Personal identity; Individuality
Illness Definition
Definition Identity denotes distinct personality of an individual which is regarded as a persisting entity. It refers to distinct features in regard to manners, way of life, beliefs, culture, by which person may be identified. Also, it may be used to denote social, ethnic or cultural identity of distinct group.
IEC Ethics
Committee, EC
Illness is the individual’s experience of disease; it varies from culture to culture and from individual to individual. It includes the patient’s: • sensations, feelings, discomforts, defenses, fears, understanding and beliefs about the condition; • decisions on where to get help and how to follow prescriptions; • attitude towards diseases and toward the physician; • perception of the effects that the condition has on private and social life. Cross-References Ailment
Igorot Illumination Indigenous Health,
Asian Synonyms Lighting; Light
IHTA Definition Definition The International Health Technology Assessment (IHTA) Database was created as a part of ECRI’s (the
Illumination refers to either artificial light sources such as lamps or to natural illumination of interiors from daylight. It is a term to express the density of luminous
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Illusion
flux incident on a surface. The symbol of illumination is E, and the equation is E = dF/dA, where A is the area of the illuminated surface and F is the luminous flux. It is the degree of visibility of our environment.
Illusion Definition A real existing object (e. g., a tree) appears to be an animated object (e. g., an angel).
Immunization Immunization, Passive Vaccination, Active
Immunization, Active M ONIKA KORN Klinik für Kinder und Jugendmedizin, Friedrich-Ebert-Krankenhaus GmbH, Neumünster, Germany [email protected]
Immaterial Synonyms Spiritual
Vaccination, active Definition
Immune Globulins Antibodies Immunization, Passive
Immune Privilege
Vaccination is a procedure following a fixed pattern, whereby weakened or dead pathogens or parts of the same are introduced into the organism, with the aim of inducing the production of specific antibodies. An antibody memory is created, with the result that, in the case of contact with the same pathogen, an onset of the disease will be prevented by the organism’s own defense mechanism.
Definition The immune cells of every individual organism mature by selection and enrichment of the immuno-competent cells, implying that the cells can recognize own and alien cells. The body’s immune system recognizes cells like bacteria or transplants because these express unknown surface markers, the major histocompatibility complexes (MHCs). S
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