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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 ...

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 ...

Various Factors That Contribute to Obesity

care physician (Ridings, Rapp, Boosalis, and Pomeroy, 1998). Millions of Americans, in fact, can be classified as obese. Obesity...

Deafness and Differing Perceptions

of the physical changes that can be made to repair or improve a deaf persons ability to perceive sound. For example, the developme...

Artificial Insemination Dilemmas

process that has been practiced for several years, but it has become simpler - and therefore more complicated - in recent years. ...

Skin Cancer Literature Review

when Coco Chanel made the look desirable. Since that time, legions of youth and adults have sought to possess the "perfect" tan, ...

Issues of Medical Malpractice

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

Software Development and Ethics

desire to increase revenue to allow further development and facilitate increased benefits to the users. The errors may not be as s...

American Hospitals and Medical Mistake Causes

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...

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...

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...

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

compounds and has been implicated in a high percentage of automobile crashes and workplace accidents" (Medical Marijuana ProCon.or...

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 ...

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...

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....

Concept of Medical Futility

In twenty pages legal case law is examined in an argument that opposes medical paternalism and medical futility. Twenty sources a...

A Medical Perspective on Abuse

In eight pages medical intervention into instances of domestic violence is examined through statistics that support the contention...

California Nonprofit Hospital Tax Exempt Status Assessment

In ten pages this position paper discusses challenging the tax exempt status of a California nonprofit hospital in terms of legali...

Health Care Cost Reduction

In one hundred pages an exhaustive literature review considering how to reduce medical care costs in the United States is presente...

Careers in Health Information

produce accurate medical records and health information will be in increasing demand for some time, according to the Bureau of Lab...

Hepatitis Types and EMS Implications

In four pages hepatitis is discussed in terms of its different types, process of transmission, symptoms, and signs with an evaluat...

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...