Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Department of homeland security
Organized after September 11,2001, assists in emergency preparedness, with respect to public health.
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Department of health, education and welfare (HEW)
Reorganized as the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in 1979. The antecedent of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) in the executive branch of the federal government. DHHS was formed when the separate Department of Education was established. DHEW was sometimes referred to as HEW. It replaced the Federal Security Agency.…
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Department of education
The federal, cabinet level office responsible for education. The department of the executive branch of the federal government in charge of educational policy. The DOE was derived from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (DHEW).
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Department of defense
From a health viewpoint, the federal agency concerned with health services for military personnel. The department of the executive branch of the federal government in charge of the military and national defense.
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Department of commerce
From a health viewpoint, it is concerned with census taking and analysis, and medical services for merchant seamen.
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Departmentalization
In organizational structure, the process of establishing departments within the management system.
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Department
In organizational structure, a unique group of resources established by management to perform some organizational task. A functional or administration division of hospital, health program or government agency. Sometimes also known as a service. A department within a hospital or medical school is typically headed by a responsible individual, either a chairman or director, has…
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Deoxyribose
A 5-carbon sugar, ribose, reduced by the removal of an atom of oxygen. A pentose sugar that is part of DNA.
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Deoxygenated blood
Blood that has lost or been deprived of oxygen. Blood from which most of the oxygen has been removed by the tissues. It is darker than arterial oxygenated blood.
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Deontology
The theory of professional obligations. The ethics of duty and of what is morally right or wrong. A system of ethical decision making that considers the intrinsic moral significance of an action as the basis of decisions. The study of ethics and correct behavior or duty. In medicine this includes consideration of the proper behavior…
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