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health care en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈhɛlθ ˌkɛə(ɹ)/
• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The prevention, treatment, and management of illness or the preservation of mental and physical well-being through the services offered by the medical, nursing, and allied health professions.
   • In 2009, the Obama Administration released guidelines on enhanced interrogation written in 2003 and 2004 by the CIA Office of Medical Services. ^((OMS).1-3(appendix F)) The OMS guidelines, even in redacted form, and opinions from the US Department of Justice's (DOJ’s) Office of Legal Counsel show that CIA physicians, psychologists, and other health care personnel had important roles in enhanced interrogation. 2010 August 4, Leonard S. Rubenstein, JD; Stephen N. Xenakis, MD, “The Ethics of Enhanced Interrogations and Torture: A Reappraisal of the Argument”, in JAMA, volume 304, number 5, American Medical Association, →DOI, pages 569–570:
   • I think free health care should also cover nearsightedness.

Forms

Deriveds

hallway health care · mental health care · managed health care · Canadian healthcare

Hyponyms

optometry · medicine · veterinary medicine · nursing · allied health · dentistry

Translations (59)

sh здравствена заштита (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · mk здравство (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · ro îngrijirea sănătății (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · hu betegellátás (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · sk zdravotníctvo (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · sv vård (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · de Gesundheitswesen (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · hi स्वास्थ्य सेवा (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · ko 의료 (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · my ကျန်းမာရေးစောင့်ရှောက်ခြင်း (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · hy առողջապահություն (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · id layanan kesehatan (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · sv sjukvård (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · nb helsevesen (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · ms penjagaan kesihatan (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · cmn 醫療保健 /医疗保健 (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · ja 医療 (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · pt assistência médica (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · be ахо́ва здаро́ўя (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · de Gesundheitsfürsorge (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · it servizio sanitario (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · fi terveydenhuolto (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · nn helseomsorg (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · sh zdravstvena zaštita (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · sv hälsovård (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · fi sairaanhoito (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · et tervishoid (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · it assistenza sanitaria (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · nb helseomsorg (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · nl gezondheidszorg (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · uk охоро́на здоро́в'я (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · de medizinische Versorgung (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · it sanità (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · hu egészségügyi ellátás (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · sh здравство (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · cmn 醫療 /医疗 (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · es atención médica (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · fr soins de santé (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · yi געזונט־אַסיגנאַציע (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · sh zdravstvo (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · fi terveydenhoito (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · hu egészségügy (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · cmn 衛生保健 /卫生保健 (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · ar رِعَايَة صِحِّيَّة (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · vi y tế (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · da sundhedsvæsen (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · io sanesoflego (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · tl palagamutan (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · sl zdrávstvo (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · pl opieka zdrowotna (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · el φροντίδα υγείας (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · cs zdravotnictví (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · es asistencia sanitaria (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · hu közegészségügy (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · bg здравеопазване (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · ota صحیه (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · az səhiyyə (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · ja ヘルスケア (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses) · ru здравоохране́ние (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses)