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neglect
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neglect /ne·glect/ (nĕ-glekt´) disregard of or failure to perform some task or function.
unilateral neglect  hemiapraxia with failure to pay attention to bodily grooming and stimuli on one side but not the other, usually due to a lesion in the central nervous system.

neglect
[nəglekt′]
a condition that occurs when a parent or guardian fails to provide minimal physical and emotional care for a child or other dependent person.

neglect,
n/v the failure to do something that one is bound to do; lack of due care. See also child neglect.

neglect
Neurology Neglect syndrome The inability to perform a particular motor activity, often residual to a CVA. See Neglect patient Patient care The conscious ignoring–by a physician or other provider–of a clinical finding that might, in another setting and/or in another Pt, trigger further evaluation or therapy. See Benign neglect. Cf Negligence Psychology '…the failure of a caretaker to provide basic shelter, supervision, medical care, or support.', neglect of children or elders, a form of maltreatment, which may be linked to poverty. See Child abuse, Elder abuse, Elder neglect, Self-neglect, Willful patient neglect.


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