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'''Health care''' is the maintaining and restoration of health by the treatment and prevention of disease especially by trained and licensed professionals (as in medicine, dentistry, clinical psychology, and public health).<ref name="Webster_healthcare">Merriam-Webster Dictionary. [http://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/health%20care "health care"], referenced 2011-11-20.</ref> | '''Health care''' or '''healthcare''' is the maintaining and restoration of health by the treatment and prevention of disease especially by trained and licensed professionals (as in medicine, dentistry, clinical psychology, and public health).<ref name="Webster_healthcare">Merriam-Webster Dictionary. [http://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/health%20care "health care"], referenced 2011-11-20.</ref> | ||
{{See also|Socialized healthcare}} | |||
{{See also|Private healthcare}} | |||
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* [http://news.yahoo.com/insight-think-preventive-medicine-save-money-think-again-051222908.html Think preventive medicine will save money? Think again] by Sharon Begley, January 2013 | |||
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Latest revision as of 12:58, 21 February 2013
Health care or healthcare is the maintaining and restoration of health by the treatment and prevention of disease especially by trained and licensed professionals (as in medicine, dentistry, clinical psychology, and public health).[1]
See also: Socialized healthcare
See also: Private healthcare
References
- ↑ Merriam-Webster Dictionary. "health care", referenced 2011-11-20.
Links
- Think preventive medicine will save money? Think again by Sharon Begley, January 2013
- Health care at Wikipedia