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Concept of Medical Futility

In twenty pages legal case law is examined in an argument that opposes medical paternalism and medical futility. Twenty sources a...

Careers in Health Information

produce accurate medical records and health information will be in increasing demand for some time, according to the Bureau of Lab...

Vital Signs/Multi-Ethnic Groups in US

pressure) is a chronic condition that constitutes a major risk element for both coronary heart disease and cerebrovascular disease...

Medical Coding - Informed Consent Forms

researchers found that persons who had diabetes were often readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of discharge (Robbins and Web...

Medical Marijuana

and medical marijuana would be sold in pharmacies and likely grown by pharmaceutical companies. In one particular article it is ...

Medical Futility And Ethics

2000). Here is an example: A young person is in an accident and has been in a persistent vegetative state for months. The family...

Expanding Primary Care at Blackwell Health System

from large teaching hospitals, leaving them with the more seriously ill patients, whose care also is the most costly (Johnson and ...

Medical Error Disclosure: Is It Safe To Say You're Sorry?

Appropriate treatment decisions and planning require this level of honest communication. The decision to disclose shouldnt revolv...

Applying to Medical School

had an aptitude for math and science courses that would support my pursuit of a Bachelors of Science degree. As I developed in my...

Traditional and Modern Medicine

was sometimes stronger, sometimes weaker depending on the individual. Over the counter medicines do not offer this flexibility. ...

Hunter 'Patch' Adams

as an opposing force rather than one that works for all living beings. Based upon his functionalist theory, Durkheim would not be...

Emergency Medical Situations and Family Attendance

In five pages this paper considers family member inclusion or exclusion in various medical situations and the medical and ethical ...

Nurse Practitioner Cost Analysis

In a paper consisting of twenty five pages that includes an annotated bibliography of nine pages the addition of a staff nurse pra...

Rapid Response Team: Quick Recognition And Intervention Of Problems At Va Medical Centers

being more capable of acting proactively and preventively. The philosophy of nursing is something much grander and more complex t...

Medical Marijuana

compounds and has been implicated in a high percentage of automobile crashes and workplace accidents" (Medical Marijuana ProCon.or...

Satellites: Contribution To Technology

and diabetes are just two of myriad diseases and conditions that modern medical sensors serve to help in situations beyond the ind...

Mountain Formation: The Caledonians and the Appalachians

another and to the north and south poles. The Caledonians and the Appalachians alike , however, are obviously more than the produ...

Nursing Shortage In The United States: Causes, Effects And Solutions

Budget cutbacks, burnout and lack of student enrollment have precluded sufficient staffing in many critical areas of healthcare. ...

The Impact on the Quality of Life for the Tube Fed Elderly

quality of life represents the extent to which an individual can continue living his or her normal existence without the overwhelm...

Ethical Position Paper

The Chinese organization provides a range of services for the poorest families free of charge, which include post natal care, incu...

Park's "The Siege: The First Eight Years Of An Autistic Child"

they could understand. Even so, Park believed this was the best option for Elly if she was going to assimilate into any semblance...

Truth in Patient Care

"become a universal law" (Kant, 1993, p. 30). In other words, Kants main criteria for action is that the individual should conside...

Comparative Analysis of Cherokee and Appalachian Native American Cultures

quite unique as well and has played a significant role in shaping various aspects of the culture. Three parallel belts of distinc...

Appalachian Female Coal Miners

men and women around the country to the strength and perseverance of Appalachian women" (Appalachian Women 2002, PG). THE STRENGT...

Contemporary Nursing Ethics

this development and left orders for both analgesia and sedation, which helped at first, but became less effective as the hours pa...

Medical Emergency Teams (METs)

intensive care unit (ICU) (Scholle and Mininni, 2006, p. 37). Bedside nurses are encouraged in many hospitals to make a MET call...

Appalachian Regional Politics

several spotlights have been placed on the region and those spotlights lit a fuse under politicians who are always willing to do a...

Determining the Safety and Effectiveness of a New Anti-Cancer Agent

epitope using an IgG antibody from a breast cancer patient. This epitope, KASIFLK, is one expressed preferentially by breas...

Appalachian History and the Notarious Feud Between the Hatfields and McCoys

This paper argues that Appalachia as a whole has been shaped both directly and indirectly by this notorious event. There are eigh...

Debate on Caps Being Placed on Medical Malpractice

While some might consider this a step in the right direction, trial lawyers and victims of medical abuses do not agree. The Associ...