Share Insights 4 Glossary: Society and healthcare
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a leave of absence from a job for a father to care for a new baby
paternity leave
the probable number of years remaining in the life of an individual or class of persons determined statistically, affected by such factors as genes, physical condition, nutrition, and occupation.
life expectancy
a member of a state or nation a native or naturalized member of a state or nation
citizen
a branch of medicine trying to ward off disease
preventive care
when you cannot go to work due to illness
sick leave
an allowance paid to those out of work
unemployment benefit
providing economic security and social welfare for the individual through government programs maintained by money from public taxation
social security
the opposite of an emigrant
immigrant
the opposite of majority
minority
the opposite of public sector
private sector
a leave of absence from a job for a mother to care for a new baby
maternity leave
the state of being extremely poor
poverty
the process of restoring a person to their previous state due to, for example, drug addiction or an accident
rehabilitation
the opposite of dicrimination
equality
withdrawing from, for example, society
alienation
health care one gets through their place of employment
occupational health care
