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this were not a political issue then the attention would be focused elsewhere, also that with increasing costs in healthcare the n...

those Aboriginal people living on reserves--in fact--the entire history of "colonialist and paternalistic relations" between the g...

This research team selected homeless adolescents as the focus for their study. While, in general, the concept that informed parent...

(Briggs, 2003). At the lower levels of the hierarchy there is also a very clear and specified role to accept "personal responsibil...

well as making it clear that HIV/AIDS is not only an issue which affects other countries but is also very relevant to residents of...

In addition to these operational benefits, the state in which databases exist today enable organizations to use the data contained...

absence of disease and infirmity" ("Definitions of Health and Fitness," 2006). Health promotion, on the other hand, " is the combi...

regulation has been broadly down controlled by the integrity of medical practitioners. This model was one which was mainly self-re...

cost effectiveness (The Conference Board of Canada, 2005). In Australia, for example, a physician located in one area can examine ...

hallways of hospitals, it does seem to contain a great deal of minority workers. Yet, it is not clear who are in managerial roles ...

markets that can be quite lucrative. The industry can expect greater numbers of patients in the future, resulting both from demog...

those under stress or who are unhappy with their lives. For this reason there has been a higher use in poorer social classes where...

in a Scottish farmhouse that is more than 10 miles from the nearest village and more than 50 miles from the nearest hospital. Jame...

apple shaped rather than a pear shaped body) has been associated with an increased risk for heart disease" (The metabolic syndrome...

(Jennings, 2005). The reason for the huge increases in health care costs is not the insurance companies, Jennings found, but the f...

uncommon for this stage to go unnoticed inasmuch as "there is usually little or no discomfort" (American Academy of Periodontology...

To consider public health issues we heed to start by looking at models of health. Health is seen and defined as the way the physic...

agony? Medicine was not always the assembly line it is today. According to Pescosolido and Boyer, there were three events that ch...

agony? Medicine was not always the assembly line it is today. According to Pescosolido and Boyer, there were three events that ch...

gum disease in one form or another (Cardiovascular Week, 2005). Gingivitis is the first step of periodontal disease. The...

knowledge safely and appropriately" (p. 17). Morath (2003) went so far as to state clearly that the U.S. healthcare system is dang...

of linking to other programs that also serve very young children and their families, and tertiary (indicated) prevention, or clini...

conversation with MaryAlice Mowry," 2003). Many people do not realize that government benefits aligned with disabilities would be ...

has proven effective for eradicating its presence. In order for Calcasieu Parish to address the overwhelming air and water pollut...

to focus on the therapeutic relationship. Counselor C, who is a biblical counselor, rejects all secular approaches and turns to Sc...

reported that periodontal disease is a cause of low birth weight. Delta Dental stated their research suggests that oral infections...

E-Health resources are utilized not just by the healthcare establishment itself but also by patients and consumers (HIMSS, 2006; E...

and three stores," which served as "stock rooms, milk stations, clinics," etc. (Lillian Wald). Roughly 3,000 people typically were...

Foundation, 2006). In 2003, at least US$700 million was spent by Americans purchasing drugs from Canadian pharmacies (Kaiser Famil...

now our nations elderly have depended on Medicare/Medicaid for their medical needs. The Medicare/Medicaid system upon which these...