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MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

Specialty Definition: MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

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Health

Financing of medical care provided to public assistance recipients. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

Specialty definitions using "MEDICAL ASSISTANCE": ALARM OPERATORCHILD-CARE ATTENDANT, SCHOOL, court officerELIGIBILITY WORKER, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES COORDINATORFinancing, Personal, fire-alarm dispatcherPASSENGER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

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Books

  • MAP: The Co-Creative White Brotherhood Medical Assistance Program (reference)

  • Guaranteeing Health Care! How to Get Medical Assistance for Pennsylvanias Uninsured (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  • Pharmaceutical Benefits Under State Medical Assistance Programs (reference)

  • Staff Manual - Medical Assistance (reference)

    (more periodical examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

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Public Medical Assistance Program. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

[Disaster Medical Assistance Team meeting]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Medical assistance : In times of conflict, the Red Cross helps all wounded. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

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Health

Medical assistance should be obtained as soon as possible after an exposure. (references)

In turn, these admissions cost millions of dollars to families and medical assistance programs. (references)

Business

Public healthcare institutions must provide certain types of medical assistance free of charge. (references)

Children

India

During one 6-month period, the help lines received 25,000 calls, including 2,190 seeking medical assistance for children, 1,056 seeking shelter, 138 reporting missing children, and 125 reporting physical or sexual abuse of children. (references)

Civil Liberties

Yemen

The UNHCR provides food and medical assistance for up to 14,265 Somalis and Ethiopians at the new al-Kharaz refugee camp in Lahaj governorate. (references)

Colombia

On January 25, an estimated 400 to 500 persons received food aid and medical assistance from local NGO's and the Venezuelan military and returned to La Cooperativa in Northeast Colombia. (references)

Economic History

Brazil

According to ABASPE, this type of medical assistance plan covers about 7.8 million people. (references)

Brazil

Brazilian health insurance companies provide medical assistance to approximately 3,9 million of people. (references)

Ukraine

Ukraine's National Health Service is now in the process of being restructured to incorporate modern methods and higher levels of medical assistance. (references)

Human Rights

Turkey

There were allegations that prisoners were badly beaten during the transfer and denied medical assistance for severe injuries. (references)

Cuba

Diosdado Amelo reportedly had requested medical assistance the day before, but only was taken to the hospital at dawn; he died while being treated. (references)

Cape Verde

Sanitation and medical assistance is poor; a doctor and a nurse were available and prisoners were taken to the public hospitals for serious problems. (references)

Travel

Belgium

The emergency numbers for the police and medical assistance are 101 and 100 respectively and for cellular phones (locally) 112. Visitors to Belgium requiring additional information should contact the Brussels Regional Security Office 32/2/508-2370. (references)

Women

Kyrgyz Republic

In Naryn a crisis center operated by the NGO Tendesh maintained a hotline to support women affected by violence and provided psychological, legal, and medical assistance. (references)

Lebanon

The Government has no separate program to provide medical assistance to battered women; however, it provides legal assistance to victims who cannot afford it regardless of the gender of the victim. (references)

Worker Rights

Lithuania

The NGO Demetra provided medical assistance in Vilnius for women engaged in prostitution. (references)

Kyrgyz Republic

It provides both legal and medical assistance and conducts support groups and consultations. (references)

Italy

During this time, victims are provided with shelter, benefits, and services such as counseling and medical assistance, in cooperation with NGO's. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Modern Translation: MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

Language Translations for "MEDICAL ASSISTANCE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

lægehjælp. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

medische hulp (medical attention). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

turvautua lääkäriin (seek medical assistance). (various references)

   

French

  

assistance médicale (medical care). (various references)

   

German

  

ärztliche Versorgung, ärztliche Betreuung. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ιατρική βοήθεια, ιατρική πρόνοια. (various references)

   

Italian

  

assistenza medica (medical aid, medical attention, medical care). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

edicalmay assistanceay

   

Portuguese

  

cuidados médicos (clinical care, medical attention, medical care). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

asistencia médica (medical aid). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-c-d-e-e-i-i-l-m-n-s-s-s-t"

-4 letters: antiacademics.

-5 letters: academicians, acclimatised, acclimatises, acetanilides, antiacademic, disseminates, essentialism.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Images: Slideshow
4. Images: Photo Album
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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