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wrong leg amputated. Ben Kolb was eight years old when he died during "minor" surgery due to a drug mix-up. These horrific cases t...

add more subheadings. Introduction The cost of medical malpractice insurance continues to be a nationwide issue of concern for h...

main advantage to sponsoring sports events is that the sponsorship can and should be used as a "catalyst for building corporate im...

to the physician to impart his personal morality upon a woman who is grappling with the final phase of her life and does not want ...

who "cheats" on his diet (1994). Doctors merely expect patients to comply with their dictums but this author says that some like S...

(Fawcett, 1995). Application of either model rests in large part on the appropriateness and completeness of nurse documentation (...

would be no point where it would be judged morally justified to harvest viable organs from donors (Browne, 1983). It often gives c...

becomes a solid is 371 Kelvin, 98 degrees Celsius or 208 degrees Fahrenheit (Barbalace, 2003). The atomic mass average is ...

the elderly. The Nurse Practitioner announced in its July 2000 issue that reports of the AMAs petition had been received as...

experience, particularly that immigrant experience as it occurs within the modern medical environment, revolves around cultural un...

states that "nearly 100,000 people [are] dying yearly because of preventable errors," and suggests that if the medical world would...

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

legislative requirements for working conditions. Acts such as the Employment Rights Act 1996, and Employment Protections (part tim...

disease, parents first must have access to health care services and then utilize such services. Marshall (2003) points to the im...

an overly religious nature. And, yet, Harvey was not remarkably religious either. Once he was incarcerated, the length of his tal...

infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) as well as the hepatitis B virus. Of health care workers infected with HCV, "85% become ch...

it is these issues of autonomy and personal rights that are concerned the sanctity of life is a secondary issue and cases such as ...

It can be assumed that the company qualifies as a mid-sized one, however, given the number of employees at its headquarters locati...

they loved. The student should give one more example, which could be written in the following style: Participating in athleti...

practitioner surgeries are run by practice nurses, only making referrals to other members of the healthcare team when required, Th...

MD, CM contended that the parents ultimate refusal/postponement of the recommended procedures resulted in the "increased patient s...

responsible body of medical men skilled in that particular art" (Lexis, 2005). This test is referred to as the Bolam test ...

a good university (Hole, 2005). "Marie studied physics and mathematics and quickly received her masters degrees in both subjects. ...

in Boeings FMLA literature). After a time, Boeing terminated the mans employment and he sued Boeing for violating the FMLA by term...

was initiated, however, the Sabias settled with Humes for $1.35 million, before then moving on to try to get what they could from ...

holds that terms such as "good" and "right" are defined on the basis of which behavior provides the greatest benefit to the larges...

Tort reform does make sense because the system is broken, encouraging people to sue anyone due to negligence or carelessness. The ...

is a very important consideration in nursing. Indeed, some four thousand of so documents were published annually about pain in th...

over their blood glucose levels; and (3) encouraging continuous improvement in nursing knowledge and patient education. The progr...

substance abuse among medical professionals. Discussion Hines defines...