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A

  • ADHD, ADD
  • Adult representation
  • Adult-centered healthcare system
  • Angina pectoris
  • Assistive devices for healthcare
  • Austrian constitutional law
  • Autonomy

B

  • Barriers to employment
  • BVAEB

C

  • Cancer
  • Child-centered healthcare system
  • Chronically ill
  • Chronological age
  • Contracted doctor
  • Convention on the Rights of the Child

D

  • Decision-making capacity
  • Decubitus
  • Dementia
  • Diabetes
  • Diabetes
  • Disability
  • Disability Equality Act

E

  • EACH
  • ECG
  • EEA state
  • Employee
  • Employer
  • Exploitation

F

  • Family hospice leave
  • Family hospice leave hardship allowance

G

  • Gainful employment
  • General practitioner

H

  • Hardship supplement
  • Health literacy
  • Healthcare professions
  • Heart attack
  • Heart failure
  • High blood pressure
  • Hormone therapy
  • Hospice and palliative care

I

  • ID Austria
  • Inclusion
  • Income tax
  • Incontinence
  • Inhalation devices
  • Inpatient

L

  • Labour Market Promotion Act
  • Living will
  • Living Will Act
  • Long-term care

M

  • Medical aids
  • MRI scan

N

  • Net annual income
  • Net income

O

  • Occupational therapy
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Osteoporosis
  • outpatient

Ö

  • ÖGK

P

  • Palliative care
  • Palliative care beds
  • Palliative counselling service
  • Pension insurance
  • Pension insurance institution
  • Pneumonia
  • Power of attorney
  • Public Employment Service Act

R

  • Relatives
  • Risk of poverty or social exclusion

S

  • Salary
  • Severance pay
  • Short-term care
  • Speech therapy
  • Supported self-help groups
  • SVS
  • Symptom, symptom control

T

  • Transition
  • Transitional care

U

  • UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
  • Unemployment Insurance Act

V

  • Video telephony

Y

  • Young Carers

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