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A Radiographic Overview of Emphysema

This paper examines the various classifications of emphysema as well as the use of radiographic techniques in the diagnosis, asses...

Sample of a Community Health Assessment

As well, a full seventy-five percent of low-income citizens lack even the most basic of medical screenings, having typically gone ...

Union History and Reform Legislation

Union history is the focus of this paper consisting of ten pages in which the Wagner Act, the Taft Hartley Act, and the Labor Mana...

Asylums and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

In five pages this paper considers the practice of institutionalizing people who are mentally ill but still capable of functioning...

'Clockwork Orange' and 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'

Social implications suggested in each film is discussed in this 5 pages comparative analysis paper that ponders the bureaucratic h...

Program of Continuing Education

In five pages this paper considers educating patients about menopause in a seminar by exploring its core objectives. Two sources ...

Medical Technology and Computers

In seven pages medicine and its computer history are considered with such concepts as telemedicine, computer aided surgery, and 'v...

Suicide and AIDS

In a paper consisting of twelve pages the ethical, social, and cultural issues involved in the issue of suicide and AIDS patients ...

Dangerous Practice of Assisted Suicide by Dr. Jack Kevorkian

In six pages this essay presents and argument against Dr. Jack Kevorkian's practice of assisting terminally ill patients to commit...

Dr. Jack Kevorkian's Actual Motives

In five pages this paper argues that the intent of Dr. Jack Kevorkian was to perform human experimentation and not to assist termi...

Marijuana for Medical Purposes

In ten pages this paper argues in favor of a medical need for marijuana to be legally used citing the similar character properties...

An Emergency Medical Perspective on AIDS

In a paper consisting of six pages AIDS' causes and treatment are considered with particular emphasis upon the minimal risks to he...

AIDS Patients and Nursing

In five pages this paper discusses issues relating to patients with AIDS and nurses. Twelve sources are cited in the bibliography...

Pregnant Patients Smoking Cessation Through Nurse Intervention Programs

in a general form that not only is not useful, but also can lend the appearance of the issue being of less importance than it trul...

Neck and Head Cancer Patients and Quitting Smoking

In nine pages a research proposal on this topic is presented. Twenty sources are cited in the bibliography....

Article 'Power to the Patient' by Mattie Tolley, RN, MS

This paper consists of five pages and discusses long term health care facilities and senior citizens' loss of autonomy. One sourc...

Animal Assisted Therapy and the Relationship Between Dogs and Humans

emotional, physical and mental care. Dogs establish a fierce loyalty to their human families in a very short amount of time; bond...

Terminal Illness and Counseling

In fifteen pages this research paper discusses how psychologists, clerics, physicians and nurses can counsel patients who are term...

Dignified Dying Through Hospice Care

In four pages this paper examines the important assistance hospices offer in terms of the process of dying and specifically discus...

Withholding Treatment and Ethical Issues Pertaining to Nursing

In four pages this paper examines the ethics of withholding treatment in the form of hydration and nutrition from patients who are...

Assisted Suicide, Ethics, and Nursing

way, before his mind too, was gone." As a nurse, this presented me with what I felt were two conflicting goals. On the one hand, ...

Terminally Ill Patient, a Nurse's choice Not to Resuscitate, and the Resulting Lawsuit

In six pages this nurse's job loss is examined in terms of the reasons behind it after her failure to save a terminally ill patien...

Hospice Care, Dying, and Death

In three pages a nursing perspective is applied to a hospice program that deals with terminal patients through investigative resea...

Standard Coronary Bypass and MIDCAB Benefits

In eight pages this literature review emphasizes the benefits of the minimally invasive MIDCAB direct coronary bypass surgical pro...

Elective Cholecystectomy Stress Levels Study

In seventeen pages this research paper examines the effects preoperative education has on patients electing to undergo elective ga...

Pros and Cons of Chemotherapy for Cancer Patients

In ten pages an evaluation of cancer patients using chemotherapy treatment is presented through a consideration of its recovery ad...

Artificial Nutrition, Hydration, and Ethics

In twelve pages patient ethics are examined in a consideration of issues associated with artificial hydration and nutrition. Twel...

A Discussion of Anorexia Nervosa

In five pages patients suffering from anorexia are examined in terms of onset, occurrence, frequency and also considers the relati...

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders and Alcoholism

In a paper consisting of ten pages the treatment of patients suffering from post traumatic stress disorders and alcoholism is exam...

Journal of Advanced Nursing Article 'An Exploratory Study of Recipients' Perceptions of Bone Marrow Transplantation' III

This paper consists of three pages and presents an article analysis involving post surgery and recovery investigation of patient r...