Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

The legal or ethical mandate that a manufacturer of a potentially hazardous product pay for diagnostic tests to determine whether individuals exposed to the product may be developing early signs of injury or disease before they demonstrate any clinical evidence of disease.  

A technician who performs biological and chemical tests requiring limited independent judgment or correlation competency under the supervision of a medical technologist, pathologist, or physician.  

An individual who claims to be able to make diagnoses or treat illnesses on the basis of his or her feelings and intuition rather than grounded in specialized education, training, or scientifically evaluated experience.  

The application of information technology and processing to all aspects of medical knowledge, practice, and management, including medical education and research. This process is facilitated by computer technology.  

One who has not graduated from an accredited medical school and practices medicine without a license.  

The study of disease patterns as influenced by regional or global climate, microbiology, pollution, or other environmental factors; the relationship between the health of populations and the places in which they live.  

A nonprofit foundation that provides a bracelet or pendant with an emblem on which is contained crucial information about a patient’s medical history and a warning in case of emergency. The company also keeps a file of the medical information and provides an emergency phone number that medical personnel can call collect. The goal is…

The person or agency responsible for making final decisions about emergency medical care provided by first responders and emergency medical technicians.  

A systematic approach to reviewing, analyzing, and evaluating medical care in order to identify discrepancies in the quality of care and to provide a mechanism for improving that quality.  

The study of the impact of biology, culture, ecology, economics, environment, language, politics, and society on healing, health, health care, illness, and treatment.