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Concierge medicine, also known as retainer medicine, is a relationship between a patient and a primary care physician in which the patient pays an annual fee or retainer. . In exchange for the retainer, doctors agree to provide enhanced care, including commitments to ensure adequate time and availability for each patie
Direct air capture (DAC) is the use of chemical or physical processes to extract carbon dioxide directly from the ambient air. [1] If the extracted CO 2 is then sequestered in safe long-term storage (called direct air carbon capture and sequestration ( DACCS )), the overall process will achieve carbon dioxide removal and be a "negative ...
Jeffrey R. Balser (born in 1962) is the president and CEO of Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and dean of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM). [1] Balser is a 1990 graduate of the Vanderbilt M.D./Ph.D. program in pharmacology and subsequently completed residency training in anesthesiology and fellowship training in ...
SmileDirectClub sued a competitor, Candid Care, calling it "a copycat model". U.S. District Judge Colm Connolly invalidated the patent. [26] On April 14, 2021, the company was the subject of a cyberattack. In a filing, SmileDirectClub reported that they were "able to successfully block the attack, no ransom was paid, and the Company's systems ...
The ethics of care (alternatively care ethics or EoC) is a normative ethical theory that holds that moral action centers on interpersonal relationships and care or benevolence as a virtue. EoC is one of a cluster of normative ethical theories that were developed by some feminists and environmentalists since the 1980s. [ 1 ]
Abigail is a 2024 American horror comedy film directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, and written by Stephen Shields and Guy Busick.It stars Alisha Weir as the title character alongside Melissa Barrera, Dan Stevens, Kathryn Newton, Will Catlett, Kevin Durand, Angus Cloud, and Giancarlo Esposito.
Tribal members might care for mixed-race children of White fathers, but they were considered outside the hereditary clan and kinship fundamental to tribal society. [41] The social construction of hypodescent also related to the racial caste system associated with slavery. It was made explicit by Virginia and other colonies' laws as early as 1662.
Botswana established a free healthcare system that operates a system of public medical centers, with 98% of health facilities in the country run by the government. [citation needed] All citizens are entitled to be treated in taxpayer funded facilities, though a nominal fee of ~70 BWP (~US$6.60) is typically charged for public health services except for sexual reproductive health services and ...