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Overview of the Evaluation and Quality Improvement Program by the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards

of standards with sets of criteria that must achieved. Standards related to information management span the operations of the orga...

Health Care Communication

patient (Seidel, 2004). This author also states that effective communication is something that can and must be learned (Seidel, 2...

Psychological Approaches to Counseling

ask these questions because he is trying to find out if the patient has any understanding as to why his behavior makes him uneasy;...

Causes and Interventions Regarding Coronary Artery Disease

In twelve pages coronary artery disease is examined in terms of causes, approaches, and methods of intervention, discussing causat...

Theoretical Comparison of Hildgard Peplau and Dorothea Orem on Self Care Deficit

In seven pages this paper compares the self care deficit health care theories of Peplau and Orem in terms of similarities regardin...

An Examination of Selective Immunoglobulin Isotype Deficiencies and Agammaglobulinaemia

were widely available, many children affected with XLA did not live through their first decade. The less common alymphocytotic ty...

Variation and Central Tendency Measures

In five pages this paper consists of two sections and discusses patient counseling and the measures of variance and central tenden...

In Home Cancer Treatment

In a paper consisting of six pages the growing trend towards treating cancer patients at home rather than at a medical facility is...

Fidelity, Fiduciary, and Managed Health Care

their doctors fidelity and integrity to put their medical needs ahead of the doctors financial interests. "The most significant s...

Planning and Intervention in the Disease Process of Childhood Asthma

In ten pages this report examines childhood asthma in terms of causes and symptoms, planning and intervention possibilities, and a...

Medical Research Project and Ethical Considerations

In five pages a medical research project is examined in terms of ethical considerations regarding specialty medical care employees...

Insurance Companies, Health Professionals, and HMO

In ten pages this paper examines the issues involving health care professionals and insurance companies as they relate to HMO and ...

DNR Orders and Medical Ethics

In six pages this report considers medical ethics and the impact of 'do not resuscitate' orders upon patients, their families, the...

Advance Directives and Right to Life Decisions

This paper consists of five pages and discusses how the Patient Self Determination Act of 1990 pertains to health proxies, living ...

Right to Live and Medical Ethics

Study Andrew is a 68-year-old male who was admitted to a medical intensive care unit after experiencing a stroke. On life ...

Social Workers and Critically Evaluating the Practice and Theory of Inter-Personal Joint Working

(Leason, 2002). The idea of joint working may have different manifestations, one of these may be the development of single ...

An Article on Nursing Spirituality Critiqued

of spirituality is not uniform and that "spirituality" as a term is frequently used as a synonym for religion, which is not necess...

Article Critique of Prader Willi Syndrome and Food Preferences

a chromosome deletion. The major symptoms of PWS are: infantile hypotonia, failure to thrive, hypogonadism; developmental delay;...

All About Anorexia Nervosa

and height), an intense fear of becoming fat, and (in females) skipped menstrual periods for at least three months" (Grilo, Sinha,...

National Health Service and Community Care Act of 1990 and Depression Treatment

diagnosing it. It is not as if depression is difficult to diagnose. What is difficult is getting clients into facilities and to ad...

Considerin a Medicare Fraud Case

responsible for their actions of over or under treating patients, and when can one say that the fine line is too sketchy? A case s...

Mental Health Clients and Increasing Independence

to adulthood or general maturation processes. In an institutionalised environment, this can be a difficult transition, yet in a co...

Asperger's Disorder and DSM IV Assessment

However, as indicated in the main heading, this behavior alone is not sufficient to indicate Aspergers Disorder. The fact that Bil...

Considerations Involving Medical Data

In five pages this paper examines the problems posed by electronic medical information and the assistance offered by SISTeM in ter...

Ethics, Politics, and Quality of Life

In six pages this paper discusses the importance of the quality of life and how the medical industry can become humanized by valui...

Computerized Charting, Ethical and Legal Considerations

In six pages this paper examines the increased hospital use of computers to record charts of patients from ethical and legal persp...

Australian's Negligence Tort

In eight pages this paper discusses issues of negligence in this examination of Australia's tort law and the relationship between ...

Younger Victims of Stroke and Depression

This paper examines the stroke recovery of young patients and the effects of depression in twelve pages. Six sources are cited in...

Health Care Proxy for New York

In five pages this paper discusses New York's health care proxy regarding the wishes of incompetent patients passed in light of t...