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Magnification
Use: Low vision
Mainstreaming
Use: Inclusion
Males
Related Terms: Adults, Diversity, Family life, Gender issues, Older adults, Youth
Use for: Boys, Men
Managed care [SCOPE NOTE: A health care delivery system in which services, fees,
providers, and/or delivery methods are pre-determined by insurers
or government agencies. Term added July 1998.]
Narrower terms: HMO, Health care
Related Terms: Costs, Health insurance, Medical treatment, Service delivery
Use for: System of care
Management [SCOPE NOTE: Includes administration, performance of executive duties, management of facilities, theory of management, and management practices]
Narrower terms: Time management
Related Terms: Accounting, Administrators, Budget, Consulting, Cost benefit analysis, Cost control strategies, Costs, Decision support systems, Marketing, Operations research, Planning, Problem solving, Public relations, Supervisors, Systems analysis, Task analysis
Use for: Administration, Decision making, Management Information Systems
Management Information Systems
Use: Information systems, Management
Mandate
Use: Legislation, Regulations
Manpower [SCOPE NOTE: Existence or availability of an adequate supply of qualified personnel]
Related Terms: Careers, Consulting, Employment, Health personnel, Medical personnel, Paraprofessionals, Personnel, Professional occupations, Professionals, Volunteers
Manual dexterity
Use: Dexterity
Manuals
Use: Handbooks
Marketing [SCOPE NOTE: Functions involved in moving goods and services from producer to consumer; includes advertising, promoting, distributing, identifying customer needs, and providing goods and services to meet those needs]
Related Terms: Management, Planning, Public relations
Use for: Advertising, Outreach
Marriage
Related Terms: Children, Parents, Sexuality, Spouses
Math skills [SCOPE NOTE: Includes ways to develop the ability to do arithmetic and math, term added December 1994]
Related Terms: Learning
Measurements
Use: Functional evaluation, Intelligence tests, Psychological tests, Tests
Mechanical stress [SCOPE NOTE: Testing, evaluating, or measuring stress on mechanical
parts, usually on devices or equipment]
Related Terms: Physical stress
Use for: Stress
Media [SCOPE NOTE: Particularly attitudes of media towards persons with disabilities, or ways persons with disabilities are depicted in the media]
Narrower terms: Radio, Television
Medical aspects [SCOPE NOTE: Includes medical aspects of disability]
Related Terms: Health care, Medical evaluation, Medical treatment, Medicine, Psychological aspects
Medical care
Use: Health care, Medical treatment
Medical evaluation [SCOPE NOTE: Evaluation by a physician to determine a client's capabilities from a medical viewpoint; part of a total evaluation process]
Broader Terms: Evaluation
Related Terms: Diagnosis, Disability determination, Medical aspects, Medical treatment, Medicine, Vocational evaluation
Use for: Client evaluation
Medical implants
Use: Implants
Medical intervention
Use: Medical treatment
Medical personnel [SCOPE NOTE: Individuals employed in the medical field]
Narrower terms: Physicians
Broader Terms: Health personnel, Medicine, Personnel
Related Terms: Certification, Counselors, Dentistry, Manpower, Nursing, Psychiatry, Therapists
Use for: Allied health personnel
Medical records
Use: Client records
Medical research [SCOPE NOTE: Pure research in the field of medicine or medical treatment; use research terms sparingly]
Broader Terms: Research
Related Terms: Medicine
Use for: Clinical trials
Medical technology [SCOPE NOTE: Includes technologies related to the field ofmedicine]
Broader Terms: Devices, Technology
Related Terms: Assistive technology, Engineering, Technology development, Technology transfer
Use for: Instrumentation
Medical treatment [SCOPE NOTE: Process or technique not surgery or therapy; include intervention]
Narrower terms: Chemotherapy, Physical therapy, Psychotherapy
Related Terms: Diagnosis, Drugs, Early intervention, Health care, Intervention, Managed care, Medical aspects, Medical evaluation, Medicine, Physical medicine, Psychiatry, Rehabilitation medicine, Surgery, Therapy
Use for: Informed consent, Medical care, Medical intervention, Primary care, Subacute care, Treatment, Treatment decisions
Medicine [SCOPE NOTE: Relating to the study and practice of medicine; for medications, use DRUGS]
Narrower terms: Diagnosis, Etiology, Histology, Medical personnel, Orthopedics, Pathology, Physical medicine, Physiology, Psychiatry, Rehabilitation medicine, Surgery
Related Terms: Anatomy, Health personnel, Medical aspects, Medical evaluation, Medical research, Medical treatment, Nursing, Physicians
Use for: Obstetrics, Pediatrics
Memory [SCOPE NOTE: Ability to remember, recall,or recognize]
Related Terms: Learning
Men
Use: Males
Mental health [SCOPE NOTE: Concerns aspects of maintaining healthy mental and emotional responses; includes mentally restored and prevention of mental illness]
Related Terms: Counseling, Emotions, Group counseling, Health care, Prevention
Mental illness
Use: Psychiatric disabilities
Mental retardation
Use: Intellectual disabilities
Mental stress [SCOPE NOTE: Includes mental strain]
Related Terms: Burnout, Physical stress, Posttraumatic stress disorders
Use for: Stress
Mentoring
Use: Modeling
Metabolism disorders [SCOPE NOTE: Abnormalities in the processes of utilizing substances entering the body for energy or body repair]
Narrower terms: Diabetes
Methodology
Use: Research methodology
Micrographics [SCOPE NOTE: Includes micrographics and information on micrographic equipment]
Related Terms: Audiovisual materials
Migrants [SCOPE NOTE: Persons who move regularly in order to find work, especially in harvesting crops]
Related Terms: Agriculture, Employment, Rural services
Milieu therapy [SCOPE NOTE: Form of psychotherapy which takes into account the social
and physical aspects of the patients' environment; environmental
therapy rather than attitudinal or behavioral therapy]
Broader Terms: Psychotherapy, Therapy
Use for: Environmental therapy
Military [SCOPE NOTE: Includes military personnel]
Broader Terms: Federal agencies
Related Terms: Veterans
Use for: Armed forces
Minorities
Use: Ethnic groups
Mobile facilities [SCOPE NOTE: Vehicles with specialized equipment to allow diagnosis and treatment of homebound or otherwise isolated persons; includes mobile facilities to sell goods made by homebound persons or others]
Broader Terms: Facilities
Related Terms: Clinics, Community resources, Home based
Mobility [SCOPE NOTE: Techniques used in moving or traveling]
Related Terms: Ambulation, Body movement, Daily living, Mobility aids, Mobility impairments, Orientation, Transportation, Wheelchairs
Use for: Body coordination, Locomotion
Mobility aids [SCOPE NOTE: Devices that enhance one's ability to move; includes
walkers, canes, crutches, lifts, transfer devices, elevators,
emergency safety equipment, stretchers, and standing aids]
Narrower terms: Orthotics, Prosthetics, Wheelchairs
Broader Terms: Assistive technology, Devices
Related Terms: Ambulation, Communication devices, Driving, Mobility, Mobility impairments, Mobility training, Motor vehicles, Safety, Seating
Use for: Crutches, Walking aids
Mobility impairments [SCOPE NOTE: Broad term; when possible, use specific disability terms, see under DISABILITIES]
Related Terms: Mobility, Mobility aids, Mobility training
Mobility training [SCOPE NOTE: Teaching persons with disabilities to move within and interact with their environment; used for training blind persons]
Broader Terms: Training
Related Terms: Ambulation, Blind, Deaf blind, Mobility aids, Mobility impairments, Visual impairments
Model cities [SCOPE NOTE: Program to identify and establish an ideal urban
environment]
Related Terms: Model programs, Pilot projects, Urban studies
Use for: Models
Model programs [SCOPE NOTE: Ideal programs which provide examples of exemplary
activities]
Broader Terms: Programs
Related Terms: Model cities, Pilot projects
Use for: Demonstration programs, Models
Modeling [SCOPE NOTE: Ideal behavior to be used as a guide, for imitation:
includes role models]
Related Terms: Self concept
Use for: Mentoring, Models, Role playing, Roles
Models
Use: Model cities, Model programs, Modeling, Pilot projects
Modular design [SCOPE NOTE: Created with interchangeable, standardized units; CIRRIE term added April 2000]
Morbidity
Use: Epidemiology
Mortality
Use: Death
Mothers
Use: Parents
Motion analysis
Use: Physical evaluation
Motivation [SCOPE NOTE: Includes incentive and drive]
Related Terms: Behavior, Disincentives, Incentives, Self concept
Motor skills [SCOPE NOTE: Ability to produce, direct, or control one's own
bodily movements as required in a specific situation]
Related Terms: Body movement, Learning disabilities, Muscles, Muscular impairments, Neuromuscular disorders, Physical therapy
Use for: Body coordination, Fine motor skills, Human motion, Locomotor skills, Range of motion
Motor vehicles [SCOPE NOTE: Includes types of vehicles, such as automobiles,
trucks, buses, vans, ambulances, and recreational vehicles, as well as driver training and licensing]
Broader Terms: Devices
Related Terms: Driving, Mobility aids, Rail transportation, Transportation
Movement therapy
Use: Dance therapy
Multiculturalism
Use: Diversity
Multimedia
Use: Audiovisual materials, Computer applications
Multiple disabilities [SCOPE NOTE: Formerly MULTIPLY DISABLED. Includes individuals with more than one disability, either physical or mental; see also terms
for specific disabilities]
Broader Terms: Disabilities
Related Terms: Deaf blind, Developmental disabilities, Physical disabilities, Severe disabilities
Use for: Multiply handicapped
Multiple sclerosis [SCOPE NOTE: Chronic degenerative disease of the central nervous system]
Broader Terms: Disabilities, Neurological disorders, Neuromuscular disorders
Multiply handicapped
Use: Multiple disabilities
Municipal/regional agencies [SCOPE NOTE: Government agencies at the local or regional level; term added June 1989]
Broader Terms: Organizations
Related Terms: Client assistance programs, Community resources, Federal agencies, Interagency relations, Regional agencies
Use for: Agencies, Government, Government policy, Government programs
Muscles [SCOPE NOTE: Includes muscle control, fatigue, endurance,
strength, and weakness; excludes muscular impairments]
Broader Terms: Anatomy, Body
Related Terms: Arthritis, Fibromyalgia, Joints, Motor skills, Muscular impairments
Muscular defects
Use: Muscular impairments
Muscular dystrophy [SCOPE NOTE: Hereditary disease characterized by progressive
wasting of the muscles]
Broader Terms: Disabilities, Muscular impairments, Musculoskeletal disorders
Muscular impairments [SCOPE NOTE: Impairments of muscles and muscular diseases]
Narrower terms: Cerebral palsy, Muscular dystrophy, Paralysis, Poliomyelitis, Spasticity
Related Terms: Facial disfigurement, Motor skills, Muscles, Musculoskeletal disorders, Neuromuscular disorders
Use for: Atrophy, Muscular defects
Musculoskeletal disorders [SCOPE NOTE: Disabilities concerning complex system of bones, muscles, ligaments, tendons, and other connecting tissues]
Narrower terms: Arthritis, Muscular dystrophy, Scoliosis
Broader Terms: Disabilities
Related Terms: Bones, Muscular impairments
Use for: Orthopedically disabled
Music therapy [SCOPE NOTE: Use of music in treatment; includes music therapists]
Broader Terms: Therapy
Related Terms: Art therapy, Arts, Bibliotherapy
Mutual help
Use: Self help
Myasthenia gravis
Use: Neuromuscular disorders
