children's hospital

Young patients' clinic

A children's hospital is a medical facility specializing in the care of infants, children, and adolescents.

These hospitals employ pediatric specialists and provide equipment scaled for smaller patients.

Some treat only children; others operate as pediatric wings within general hospitals: She was transferred to the children's hospital for her surgery.

environment

ward

Protected person; division

toys · clowns · garden · rooftop · schoolroom · ambulance · wheelchair · gowns

pediatrics

neonatology

Care of newborn infants

  • NICUIntensive care for newborns
  • PICUCritical care for children
  • newbornInfant just delivered

preemie · toddler · infancy · congenital · genetics · immunizations · developmental · age-appropriate · infant · premature

care

nurses

Medical care professionals

comfort · support · empathy · family-centered · patient · chaplains · volunteers

recovery

healing

Restoration of health

convalescence · recuperation · discharge · follow-up · outpatient · prognosis · milestones · homecoming · survivorship · resilience

treatment

diagnosis

Identification of illness

oncology · cardiology · neurology · orthopedics · transplant · rehabilitation · immunology · hematology · nephrology · pulmonology

Categories
Opposites
patient age demographic

children's hospitalveterans hospital

Medical facility for ex-military

nursing home · elder care facility · hospice · retirement home · long-term care facility

health vs. illness institutional role

children's hospitalschool

Place of instruction

Family

children, hospital, child, childish, childlike, childless, childhood, childishly, childishness

Familiarity
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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G