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Medical Jargon as a Communication Barrier

Bagley looks at the problem as rather simplistic and uses the example that it is just as easy to say that word kidney as it is to ...

Analysis of Incurred but Not Reported

payment has yet to be received. Given this, IBNR can end up being a problem for hospitals and/or health care organizations...

The Politics and Economics of Stem Cell Utilization

fetal stem cells raises the ethical problems surrounding abortion. This presented a scenario where politicians found themselves p...

Nature v. Nurture, a Review

It is true that most people still believe that the problems are behavioral rather than medical. This 7 paper explores the issue of...

Hip Dysplasia in Dogs

The abnormal movement eventually causes arthritis, discomfort and lameness" (Boyd, 1997, p. 10E). Even though dogs can - and usua...

Preemie Birth Issues

In ten pages this research paper discusses the medical problems and health issues associated with babies who are born prematurely....

Death, Resurrection, and Eternal Life

In seven pages the texts Eternal Life? Life After Death As a Medical, Philosophical, and Theological Problem by Hans Hung and The...

Health Care Change Theories

gained to practice on the job (Kopelman, Olivero, and Hannon, 1997). The specific problem that was addressed was missing patient...

Acute Care Facility and Polypharmacy Responsibility

is properly prescribed and that the patient is aware of any potential difficulties. First, what is polypharmacy and what are its p...

An Emergency Medical Services Overview

or has been found floating in the water for example. Local first aid squads are often dispatched by the police departments and ...

Book 2 of Social Transformation of American Medicine by Paul Starr

the American population was not native born American; in the minds of United States citizens, the foreign-born populace -- mostly ...

Patients Going to Latin America for Treatment

Medical and dental costs have soared in the United States. Insurance plans are sometimes tricky in their language and they do not ...

Primary Care and Specialists

managed care, hospitals have found that there is a higher margin of profit in specialized services, such as cardiology, pediatrics...

Patient-Centered Medical Homes an Article Analysis

This 3 page paper gives an analysis of the article titled Guiding Transformation: How Medical Practices Can Become Patient-Centere...

Marijuana Bills Introduced by Reps. Blumenauer and Farr

This paper reports the history of the use of marijuana as a medical intervention and when it became illegal in this country. It po...

Technology Implementation at SJMCH, A Case Study

This research paper presents a case study of the implementation of electronic technology at St. Joseph Medical Center at Houston, ...

Product Description, Voice Over Medical Dictation

This research paper presents an overview of the Dragon Medical Practice Edition 2, which is a voice-over medical dictation system....

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...

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 Marijuana

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

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...

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 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...

Caribbean and African Culture and Medical Considerations

require significant generalizations as to how this broad cultural group interacts with modern medical professionals. One of...

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...

Consideration of Medical Negligence

In ten pages medical negligence is considered with such cases as 1957's Bolam v. Friern HMC and 1997's Bolitho v. Hackney HA refer...

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...

Traditional and Modern Medicine

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

Medical Research Project and Ethical Considerations

In five pages a medical research project is examined in terms of ethical considerations regarding specialty medical care employees...