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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...

medical education, it changed all aspects of medical care and the relationships that exist between physician and patient (pp. 395)...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

providers fees be "normal and customary," and those care providers who have attempted to set lower fees for those without any safe...

are several factors to consider when presenting a safety meeting in order to make sure that it is truly helpful and meaningful dur...

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

the problem and to eliminate it where possible. Nester (1998) quantifies the extent of the problem relating that an estimated 1,2...

with more knowledge than they may have had in the past. On the other hand, as they say, too much knowledge can be dangerous. Physi...

radiologist must travel to a rural hospital to examine the images (Gamble et al, 2004). If he or she cant travel, then a courier w...

the rise, more people are needing the drug therapies to help with controlling the disease (Buono, 2008). Its estimated that diabet...

remainder in expanded Health Savings Accounts" (Straight talk, 2008). As for the currently uninsured, McCains plan is to work with...

The other ideological camp would be the socialist camp, a camp comprised of those that believe health care is a universal right. ...

such as Massachusetts and California, the pros and cons of universal health care and others. Some of the articles reviewed are lis...

outgoing because of the particular medication. And yes, the commercials list the side effects, but usually as an afterthought. Bec...

a machine, as it were, even if the machine is connected to a health-care professional on the other end. Along those lines,...

nurses which makes job searching easier. Registered nurses are in great demand and it is thought that there will be a significa...

struggled with the shift to maintain services and provide support for this population. There is little dispute that the aggrega...

criticized for cutting costs when it comes to health care delivery. For another thing, consumers generally make a choice o...

the people involved (Oberle and Allen, 2002). The principal focus of the simultaneity paradigm is on the clients perspectives of t...

regimes and goals are instituted to bring about change that is viewed to be best for the people involved (Oberle and Allen, 2002)....

are intrinsically connected to behaviors that cope with stress factors in the environment (Roy, 1999). The goal within this nursi...

where there is reduced access and denial of necessary services to patients in general (Lens, 2002). This situation causes increa...

field of medicine was not a very stable one, with almost anyone hanging out a shingle and calling themselves a doctor (American Me...

industry and primary care access; homecare access; and the new legislation proposed in regards to the entire health human resource...