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Insights 4 Glossary: Society and healthcare

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  • a branch of medicine trying to ward off disease
    preventive care
  • time spent in hospital
    hospital stay
  • the opposite of majority
    minority
  • the process of restoring a person to their previous state due to, for example, drug addiction or an accident
    rehabilitation
  • a grant by the government to help with the rent
    housing benefit
  • a leave of absence from a job for a mother to care for a new baby
    maternity 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
  • when you cannot go to work due to illness
    sick leave
  • someone fleeing their country because their life is in danger
    refugee
  • withdrawing from, for example, society
    alienation
  • the opposite of dicrimination
    equality
  • person looking for refuge in a foreign country
    asylum seeker
  • health care one gets through their place of employment
    occupational health care
  • the opposite of an emigrant
    immigrant
  • a grant by a government to a private person or company
    subsidy
  • a member of a state or nation a native or naturalized member of a state or nation
    citizen
  • 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
  • the opposite of public sector
    private sector
  • the state of being extremely poor
    poverty
  • a physical, mental, cognitive, or developmental condition that impairs or limits a person's ability to engage in certain tasks
    disability
  • a leave of absence from a job for a father to care for a new baby
    paternity leave