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Insights 4 Glossary: Society and healthcare

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