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121Patient Transport Compartment — Das Patient Transport Compartment (Abk.: PTC; dt.: Patiententransportabteil) ist eine Einrichtung der Lufthansa, mit deren Hilfe es möglich ist, Intensivpatienten mit einer Linienmaschine auf einem normalen Linienflug zu transportieren. Es wird… …
122Patient Zero — Als Indexpatient (auch „Patient Null“, engl. patient zero) bezeichnet man in der Epidemiologie jene Person, von der aus die Ausbreitung einer Erkrankung, meist einer Infektion, ihren mutmaßlichen Ursprung genommen hat. Der Indexpatient im… …
123patient advocate — A person who helps a patient work with others who have an effect on the patient s health, including doctors, insurance companies, employers, case managers, and lawyers. A patient advocate helps resolve issues about health care, medical bills, and …
124Patient trade-off — The trade off dilemma in prostate cancer treatment refers to the choice between different treatments for localized prostate cancer (a tumor that is contained within the prostate). The choice is a trade off between the expected beneficial and… …
125Patient autonomy — The right of patients to make decisions about their medical care without their health care provider trying to influence the decision. Patient autonomy does allow for health care providers to educate the patient but does not allow the health care… …
126patient-physician privilege — The right of one who is a patient to refuse to divulge, or have divulged by his physician, the communications made between he and his physician. This privilege is provided for by statute in most states, and, where recognized, it belongs to the… …
127Patient Self-Determination Act — The Patient Self Determination Act is an American law passed by the U.S. Congress in 1990. It requires most hospitals to give patients information on state laws regarding advance directives such as living wills.External links*… …
128Patient administration system — A patient administration system is one of the earliest components of a hospital computer system which records the patient s name, home address, date of birth and each contact with the outpatient department or admission and discharge …
