OSCAR is a compilation of all the data elements collected by surveyors during the inspection survey conducted at nursing facilities for the purpose of certification for participation in the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
The Chinese philosophy of Taoism (or Daoism) developed in the latter part of the Chou Dynasty, during a period of turmoil in which it was not clear that Chinese civilization would survive.
The founder of Daoism is believed to have been Laozi, a spiritualist who probably lived in the 4th century. . The religion centers on the Dao (sometimes referred to as the Way or Path), the original force of the cosmos that is an eternal and unchanging principle that governs all the workings of the world.