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political science
campaigns, elections and electoral behavior
campaigns, elections, and the law
health care
Preferred term
medical care
Definition
- The realm of medical care encompasses the continuum of services and products consumed by individuals to maintain health or to cure or ameliorate a clinical condition or disease. The scope of medical care is very broad and includes services provided in numerous settings from highly sophisticated medical centers and universities to neighborhood clinics in rural areas. [Source: Encyclopedia of Health Care Management; Medical Care]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/medical_care
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