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measuring device is used, there is less need for the student to discuss the reliability and accuracy of the instruments. Statisti...

public policy. These groups are normally organized for the purpose of being with people of like-minded moral reasons for the soci...

have different health care needs than their non-disabled counterparts (Donegan Shoaf, 1999). Medi-Cal is one such health c...

plan was due to fail on several fronts. First the plan itself was way too broad - and way too much for...

can be tricky. There are always hypochondriacs or the medically educated who do not necessarily agree with the doctors findings. P...

where there is reduced access and denial of necessary services to patients in general (Lens, 2002). This situation causes increa...

field of medicine was not a very stable one, with almost anyone hanging out a shingle and calling themselves a doctor (American Me...

criticized for cutting costs when it comes to health care delivery. For another thing, consumers generally make a choice o...

nurses which makes job searching easier. Registered nurses are in great demand and it is thought that there will be a significa...

struggled with the shift to maintain services and provide support for this population. There is little dispute that the aggrega...

background and knowledge to evaluate when there is a need to consult a transcultural nurse specialist, as these specially trained ...

Obviously, the cost of administering such a program entails the running of a department and employing social workers and other sta...

with advancing age. Care providers cannot set lower fees for uninsured individuals and then penalize the insured and their insure...

not want his father informed), presenting a rationale for signing a health care proxy becomes extremely problematic. Guidelines us...

protection. It seems that the purpose of the old system was typical as the facility needed communications. However, in health care...

of the true nature of their illnesses. While keeping such facts from the patients may be considered merciful it does, at times, en...

there was a problem of infections in long-term care facilities and in hospitals (Dimond, 1994). These are called nosocomial infect...

to body changes due to issues of self-image and acceptance speaks to a very vulnerable group of individuals whose focus is more up...

As a socially committed citizen who addresses health needs of the local, national, and global community, nursing will forever be h...

of all of these organizations is to help provide quality behavioral health care while containing costs for its members. APS...

Most of those insured by third-party payers have had all or part of their healthcare premiums paid by employers. Competitive pres...

dilemma of a single woman who is part of what the politicians and social scientists refer to as a member of the "working poor" soc...

without mentioning their love affair with olive oil, and the esteem which this precious ingredient holds in this culture (Miller, ...

health of the individual and to their success in recuperation. The Association for Spirit at Work is comprised of medical profess...

resolve. Our nations seniors are responsible for most health care expenditures, merely because of their age and the increased nee...

who were in need of an epidural block in order to anesthetize the severe birth-related pain. Unable to hand over the several hund...

policies in regard to the PSDA. I have been fortunate in that I was chosen to be a member of that team. Consequently, I have at ...

paralleled by the employers duty towards the worker. Legal accountability is that which is delineated by the civil and criminal la...

for further self-harm to occur. Pembrooke and Smith recommend, for example, that triage staff assume that even minor injuries repr...

are, of course, special considerations which go into treating the elderly. We know, for example, that the elderly often experienc...