Category: C

This is applied to a broken leg in such a way that in walking, the weight of the body is taken by the hip-bone and not by the foot.  

A two-pronged instrument with pointed ends, for the measurement of diameters, such as that of the pelvis in obstetrics.  

A senior health professional in all NHS trusts, whose responsibility it is to preserve the confidentiality of patient information.  

The general name given to concretions in, for example, the urinary bladder kidneys or gall-bladder. Unusual mineral salt formations occurring within the body of an animal.  

The operation used to deliver a baby through its mother’s abdominal wall. It is performed when the risks to mother or child of vaginal delivery are thought to outweigh the problems associated with operative delivery. An elective section is one that is preplanned because of a known hazard; an emergency section is one performed urgently…

A type of community rating in which prepaid premium rates may vary from group to group based on demographic “class” differences, such as age, sex, marital status, etc. All enrollees in the same class, however, must receive the same rates, no matter which group they belong to. Using this method of rate setting preserves the…

A United States Supreme Court case which ruled that physicians are not immune from liability for antitrust violations in connection with their activities on hospital peer review committees.  

An allied health professional for whom the American Medical Association’s Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation (CAHEA) has accredited education programs. A medical laboratory technologist who works under the supervision of a pathologist to examine cells in order to diagnose cancer or other diseases.  

Obtaining psychological advice or other counseling via the Internet. The number of online therapy services is rising. Included are professional psychologists, advice-column-type counselors, support groups, and so forth. Some give advice free, while others charge a fee.  

A computer model of a body. Two human cybercadavers exist (1996), the Visible Human Male and the Visible Human Female. They were produced by the University of Colorado’s Center for Human Simulation for the $1.4 million dollar Visible Human Project of the National Library of Medicine (NLM).