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auto-surveillance [2 records]

Record 1 2013-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Psychology
DEF

[The ability to] pay closer attention to a social situation [in order to] change ... behaviors to fit the situation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie sociale
DEF

Capacité à observer les indices provenant d'autrui dans une situation sociale et à ajuster ses propres actions à cette situation.

Key term(s)
  • auto-surveillance

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Cancers and Oncology
DEF

The capacity of detecting suspicious signs, either passively (discharge, bleeding, persistent hoarseness) or actively (regular self-examination of breasts, testes or moles).

Key term(s)
  • self observation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Cancers et oncologie
DEF

Capacité à détecter des signes suspects pouvant être passive (constatation d'écoulements, de saignements, d'un enrouement persistant) ou active (auto-examen régulier des seins, des testicules ou des grains de beauté).

Key term(s)
  • auto surveillance

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Procedimientos diagnósticos (Medicina)
  • Tipos de cáncer y oncología
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