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

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

sense that it is actively intended to cause harm, but negligence occurs when it is established that any reasonable person would ha...

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

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...

at where it was spent in 1997 20.7% was spent on inpatient care, 25.6 on out-patient care and 14% on pharmaceuticals (Anonymous, 2...

into a receiving country, this population has the same entitlement to social benefits - such as health care - as the native popula...

Security system and others had begun to focus on the idea of a program aimed at insuring Social Security beneficiaries" (Anonymous...

characteristics of the group, interpersonal relationships within the group and the characteristics of the culture. The leader must...

has been declining, the level was only 50% of the budget in Framework Programme I that took place between 1984-7, which amounted t...

Hence, one sees in this example that patients and physicians demand the newest and latest technologies but many insurance companie...

government and distort the issues by using unethical practices. Their dealings with government officials are sometimes damaging t...

at least not accessing the system as much as they could. For example, it was reported in BMJ that a telephone healthcare service o...

back for treatment and who would be left behind and not treated. In the 1800s, unless a patient was dying those in the emergency r...

a problem that is difficult to define adequately. There is much competition in the health field, and in the mental health field t...

responsible for most health care expenditures, merely because of their age and the increased need for direct care with advancing a...

goes way beyond the paradigm of nursing as simply a "handmaiden" to physicians. The nursing professional is required to know virtu...

at regular prices, but interest increases when the store drops the price from $50 to $5. In other words, demand increases when pr...

them. In common with other regions, Massachusetts is currently looking towards ways in which policies relating to those with menta...

with them to the first American Colonies, and mostly served as a model as to who would provide what services in the early, fledgli...

from an advanced practice nurse. Patients value the nurse practitioner (NP) as a trustworthy source of medical information that a...

U.S. government (The Malcolm, 2002). Originally a national award for manufacturing industries, the award was expanded to include h...

How governments accomplish this purpose, of course, varies considerably. In Great Britain, the government via the National Health...

process is made more difficult by cultural and linguistic barriers (Murty, 2002). These women frequently bear the brunt of fulfill...

issues along a continuum of health and good health is defined as a "state of complete physical, mental and social well-being" (Ada...

its critics -- has been a goal of the U.S. government for many, many years and, for the most part, has had the support of most of ...

services. It was a clear presumption that womens contributions -- no matter how physically or mentally trying -- did not carry an...

time will tell if these bills will eventually be passed into national law. The purpose of this paper is to introduce five...

lib became quite the rage and Gloria Steinham spoke about issues which many thought were radical, obscene, and downright anti-fami...