Definition of Greyhound therapy

Greyhound therapy    

noun - uncountable

• "health care" provided by purchasing a no- or low-income patient a ticket on the Greyhound bus system, to get them out of that geographic area.

                                                                                                                                                                                       
  
  Citation from "Editorial: Is 'Greyhound therapy' the norm in Nevada?", The Sacramento Bee, written by "the Editorial Board", Mar. 16, 2013 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: medicine (related to).

  Last edited on Apr 14 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Apr 14 2013.

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