Category: J

Covering, as of plaster of Paris, leather, or other material, placed over the torso to provide support or help correct a deformity. A bandage usually applied to the trunk to immobilize the spine or correct deformities.  

A business arrangement between two or more parties to share profits, losses, and control. In health care, the term usually indicates a formalized cooperative effort between the hospital and its medical staff (or physicians from its medical staff), as opposed to a relationship in which the two, hospital and physicians, are in competition with one…

A hospital committee with members from the governing body, the medical staff, and the hospital management (administration). Its purpose is to facilitate understanding and communication, not to introduce a channel of management which competes with the line channels of the hospital administration and the medical staff.  

A common pronunciation of the acronym JCAHO.  

Remaining in employment for fear of losing one’s health insurance coverage. This is caused by waiting periods for pre-existing conditions, high rates, and outright denials of coverage.  

An informal “think tank” founded by Paul Elwood, MD, President of Interstudy, in the early 1970s. Elwood convenes a small group of persons interested in the problems they perceive in the health care system at his home in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and leads informal discussions on possible solutions to the problems. Their commitment is to…

The type of court that handles most cases involving minors. Juveniles involved in criminal cases generally appear in juvenile court rather than criminal court, as do children considered incorrigible. In cases of child abuse and neglect or termination of parental rights, parents may sometimes be called before a juvenile court, with the minor’s interest often…

Jansen type metaphyseal dysplasia (JTMD) is an extremely rare, heritable disorder of bone and cartilage formation. Its distinguishing characteristics include severely short stature; short limbs; and wide, irregularly shaped ends (metaphyses) of the long bones.  

Juvenile cerebromacular degeneration is also called as Tay-Sachs disease (TSD). TSD is a rare, progressive, neurodegenerative, genetic disorder in which harmful quantities of a fatty substance called ganglioside GM2 accumulate in the nerve cells in the brain (McKusick, 2000; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke [NINDS], 2000; National Organization for Rare Disorders [NORDJ, 2000).…

Juberg-Marsidi syndrome (JMS) is a rare, multisystem, congenital condition characterized by pronounced mental retardation, stunted growth, sensory deficiencies, and microgenitalism. JMS is X-linked recessive; all affected cases have been males born to phenotypically normal mothers.