neglect (redirected from neglects)

neglect /ne·glect/ (nĕ-glekt´) disregard of or failure to perform some task or function.

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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.

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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.

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neglect,

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

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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.