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U.S. government (The Malcolm, 2002). Originally a national award for manufacturing industries, the award was expanded to include h...

scientific investigation and treatment of trauma and/or death of victims of abuse, violence, criminal activity, and traumatic acci...

In modern plastics history, one should note that cellulose acetate had been developed about the same time as the urea-based resins...

goes way beyond the paradigm of nursing as simply a "handmaiden" to physicians. The nursing professional is required to know virtu...

responsible for most health care expenditures, merely because of their age and the increased need for direct care with advancing a...

the problem and to eliminate it where possible. Nester (1998) quantifies the extent of the problem relating that an estimated 1,2...

back for treatment and who would be left behind and not treated. In the 1800s, unless a patient was dying those in the emergency r...

a problem that is difficult to define adequately. There is much competition in the health field, and in the mental health field t...

How governments accomplish this purpose, of course, varies considerably. In Great Britain, the government via the National Health...

providers fees be "normal and customary," and those care providers who have attempted to set lower fees for those without any safe...

process is made more difficult by cultural and linguistic barriers (Murty, 2002). These women frequently bear the brunt of fulfill...

issues along a continuum of health and good health is defined as a "state of complete physical, mental and social well-being" (Ada...

its critics -- has been a goal of the U.S. government for many, many years and, for the most part, has had the support of most of ...

referrals, and so on. Messages are recorded by human workers, on message pads, then the message is placed in the appropriate locat...

learned long ago the value of yet another Deming (1986) exhortation, that of continuous improvement. By definition, the concept i...

medical education, it changed all aspects of medical care and the relationships that exist between physician and patient (pp. 395)...

The advent and growth of health insurance was a great advance at the time, but it created the scenario in which those receiving he...

Press Releases (June 2000). Wyoming Senator Says Dem Plan Would Lead to a Nationalized Healthcare System. This the speech of a...

income" (Helms, 2001). The policy was established during WWII at a time when providing health care to workers was relatively inex...

suggestions for future action in regards to this problem. Section A: Problem identification The Problem and its importance The G...

make a real difference. In helping professions, such leadership is desirable. The health care industry today is fraught with probl...

at least not accessing the system as much as they could. For example, it was reported in BMJ that a telephone healthcare service o...

Security system and others had begun to focus on the idea of a program aimed at insuring Social Security beneficiaries" (Anonymous...

characteristics of the group, interpersonal relationships within the group and the characteristics of the culture. The leader must...

into a receiving country, this population has the same entitlement to social benefits - such as health care - as the native popula...

or state agencies may seek and implement studies. II. Nursing Home Care for the Elderly Whenever nursing home care is an...

government and distort the issues by using unethical practices. Their dealings with government officials are sometimes damaging t...

in the world where health care is able to benefit from the best and the latest technologies (Improving Quality in a Changing Healt...

Hence, one sees in this example that patients and physicians demand the newest and latest technologies but many insurance companie...

(HMOs), the explosive growth of Medicare and Medicare abuses and the resulting "crackdown" on Medicare policies and procedures. T...