Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

People who buy and use the products and services of others.  

Consumer advocacy and awareness.  

All children, youth, and adults are consumers of health in one way or another. The purposes of are to (a) inform people about health, illness, disability, and ways in which they can improve and protect their health, and more efficient use of the health care delivery system, (b) motivate people to want to change to…

One of the many content areas of the health education program. Any person who purchases health services and/or products.    

Principles devised by the late President Kennedy that states that consumers have the right to safety, to be informed, to choose, and to be heard.  

Usually, a board-certified specialist with experience and skill whose advice is sought by a hospital’s staff of physicians. The physicians and surgeons attached to a hospital who may be consulted by members of the attending staff.  

An assertion that visual patterns are constructed based on visual expectation.  

A theory holding that emotions are complex social performances that vary according to historical and cultural context.  

An abstract conceptualization such as intelligence, creativity, or dependence, that is inferred from what people do.  

A narrowing focus of the mind that is symptomatic of acute suicidal tendencies.