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health care

services and delivery related to the health and well-being of individuals and communities, including preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitative, maintenance, monitoring, and counseling services. In its broadest sense, health care relates to both physical and mental health and is provided by medical and mental health professionals. See also mental health care; mental health services.

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November 24th 2024

representation

representation

n. that which stands for or signifies something else. For example, in cognitive psychology the term denotes a mental representation, whereas in psychoanalytic theory it refers to an introject (see introjection) of a significant figure or to a symbol for a repressed impulse. —represent vb. —representational adj. —representative adj.