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The rights people have simply because they are human beings, regardless of their

ability, citizenship, ethnicity, gender, language, nationality, race, or sexuality; human

rights become enforceable when they are codified as conventions, covenants, or

treaties, as they become recognized as customary international law, or as they are

accepted in national or local law.

Medical care is a human right. The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human

Rights states that "everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the

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This principle of human rights signifies that each individual, regardless of age, birth,

color, creed, disability, ethnic origin, familial status, gender, language, marital status,

political or other opinion, public assistance, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual

orientation, deserves to be honored, esteemed, and respected.

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Communication between organization. members on the same hierarchical level

(between two managers or between two subordinates, for example). (1)

 

(1) Glossary of communication, University of Jyväskylä

 

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A characteristic of systems whereby feedback seeks to maintain the system at the

current level. A steady state, equilibrium, balance. General systems theory claims that

living systems (relationships, for example) strive for, but never fully achieve,

homeostasis. Dialectical theory, on the other hand, claims that continuous change is

the very nature of relationships. (1)

 

(1) Glossary of communication, University of Jyväskylä

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A hoax is a deliberately fabricated fallacy that typically encourages people to believe in

some peculiar lie or object. A hoax differs from a magic trick or from fiction in that the

audience is unaware of being deceived.

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Culture in which most of the information in a message is encoded in the physical

context or in the person's mental catalog of rules, roles and values. The meaning of

the communication act is inferred from the situation or location. (1)

 

(1) Glossary of communication, University of Jyväskylä

 

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The resistance to an infectious agent of an entire group or community (and, in

particular, protection of susceptible persons) as a result of a substantial proportion of

the population being immune to the agent. Herd immunity is based on having a

substantial number of immune persons, thereby reducing the likelihood that an infected

person will come in contact with a susceptible one among human populations, also

called community immunity.

After an epidemic has subsided, the affected host population contains a sufficiently

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Acronym that stands for High-Efficiency Particulate Air and for High-Efficiency

Particulate Arrestor. HEPA filters are used for isolation and immunocompromise units,

operating rooms, removal of allergens from the air (for hay fever, asthma, etc.) and

other applications where maximum reduction or removal of submicron particulate

matter from air is required.

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Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to

improve, their health. (1)

 

(1) World Health Organization’s definition as stated in the Ottawa Charter for Health

 

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Paternalism is the intentional interference with a person’s freedom of action

exclusively—or primarily—to protect his or her health, safety, welfare, happiness, or

other interests. Opponents of paternalism value permitting individuals to decide for

themselves—even if, objectively, they make the unhealthy choice.

 

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