neglect (redirected from Unilateral neglect)

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 [nĕ-glekt´]

disregard of or failure to perform some task or function.

unilateral neglect

1. hemiapraxia with failure to pay attention to bodily grooming and stimuli on one side but not on the other, usually due to a lesion in the central nervous system, as after a stroke. Called also selective inattention.

2. a nursing diagnosis accepted by the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association, defined as a state in which there is a lack of awareness and attention to one side of the body.

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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.