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Study participants ranged from 20 to 79 years and noted that the mere exchange of information is not enough to accomplish the desi...
are told what they should do by their physicians. For example, if a patient visits a doctor and due to age parameters, he or she w...
hypoglycemia require different nursing responses. Mild hypoglycemia, which is defined by the symptoms listed above and a glucose r...
as individuals, "healthcare executives must evaluate the possible outcomes of their decisions and accept full responsibility for t...
classify medical errors (Pace et al., 2005). In fact, there are taxonomies to classify errors but they are not standardized (Pace ...
to take expensive prescription medications as prescribed. This acerbates medical conditions and results in increases in acuity lev...
"encouragement of facing probl4ems/fears, support of efforts to master problems/ears, affective experiencing/catharsis" (Coady 15)...
movement disorders, such as Parkinsons and dystonia. This procedure was initially developed in 1987 in France (Song, 2006). This a...
to base their arguments on more spiritual and ethereal ground, such as the idea that a persons life ends when God chooses to end i...
in place for some time, and none of the fears surrounding it have ever materialized (Seale, 2006). Research shows that 171 people ...
and Blood Institute, 2007). Zardi and colleagues (2008) referred to this procedure as the "gold standard" (p. 48) for assessing th...
patient, the attending nurse is seldom in the room at the same time. The attending physician may refer the patient to a cardiologi...
points out, medicalization is a process that defines a problem in terms of the practitioners perspective and cultural biases, rath...
the patient die (1975). Consider the case of a patient with terminal throat cancer, who is in terrible pain which cannot successfu...
there are those that are relevant to childrens protection as well, such as confidentiality. For example, during a recent visit tw...
is not an expectation based on fact or knowledge, it is based on hope. 2. Clinicians personal and professional values Personal ...
Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Tulsa. Linda W. Cardillo is a doctoral student in the School of Journali...
at any given time. More than a decade ago, Bigelow and Arndt (1995) suspected value in TQM in the hospital setting but wrote, "Th...
Visiting Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Tulsa. Linda W. Cardillo is a doctoral student in the School of...
are theoretically viable, but there is actually no evidence to support the claim that UPs will actually reduce the number of expos...
to adulthood or general maturation processes. In an institutionalised environment, this can be a difficult transition, yet in a co...
primary function is to "pump blood coming into the ventricles from the lower pressure venous system against the higher pressure ar...
and height), an intense fear of becoming fat, and (in females) skipped menstrual periods for at least three months" (Grilo, Sinha,...
diagnosing it. It is not as if depression is difficult to diagnose. What is difficult is getting clients into facilities and to ad...
responsible for their actions of over or under treating patients, and when can one say that the fine line is too sketchy? A case s...
are, of course, special considerations which go into treating the elderly. We know, for example, that the elderly often experienc...
However, as indicated in the main heading, this behavior alone is not sufficient to indicate Aspergers Disorder. The fact that Bil...
most pragmatic and meaningful of treatments in terms of how it shows where and how a person may have distorted thoughts regarding ...
have different health care needs than their non-disabled counterparts (Donegan Shoaf, 1999). Medi-Cal is one such health c...
to be an essential element in the overall aspect of human life. Without its influential element, myriad individuals would not be ...