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This paper pertains to the care of elderly patients in emergency departments (EDs). Three pages in length, four sources are cited....

of literature about biomedical ethics relative to patient autonomy. This type of autonomy is limited, at best, with managed health...

allergies. He has never been involved in a serious industrial or automobile accident (Physical assessment, 2007). He is not taking...

treatment over plates of types of cells resulted in greater proliferation of those cells than in control groups. TT require...

factor in childhood obesity is the fact that television viewing tends to be accompanied by the consumption of high-calorie, high s...

conclusions are interesting, particularly as they take what is often seen as a negative (aging) and turn it into a positive experi...

healthcare services to senior citizens, which is an at-risk population in this country. One helping approach for people with dis...

promotion can address a variety of nursing clients in a variety of circumstances. For example, Richardson (2002) acknowledges that...

ask, "What are your memories of your childhood without electricity, phones and plumbing (knowing the individual lived very rurally...

In this paper we will look at some of these macro environmental changes including changes in the demographics of workers, such as ...

This longitudinal study examined gender differences in depression between a cohort of 754 men and women over age 70, beginning in ...

abuse victims in the United States each year, but officials only hear of about perhaps 1 in 25 cases" (Hurme, 2006). When people t...

workers (Center for American Progress, 2007). Something must be done. Universal health care has been proposed by many politicians...

patient (Seidel, 2004). This author also states that effective communication is something that can and must be learned (Seidel, 2...

families often have little access to health care services (Bauman, Silver and Stein, 2006). In many cases, access is provided thro...

To consider public health issues we heed to start by looking at models of health. Health is seen and defined as the way the physic...

(Jennings, 2005). The reason for the huge increases in health care costs is not the insurance companies, Jennings found, but the f...

because they do not have the means to get medical attention (Center for American Progress, 2007). Health care costs seem to rise e...

agony? Medicine was not always the assembly line it is today. According to Pescosolido and Boyer, there were three events that ch...

agony? Medicine was not always the assembly line it is today. According to Pescosolido and Boyer, there were three events that ch...

gum disease in one form or another (Cardiovascular Week, 2005). Gingivitis is the first step of periodontal disease. The...

Orem defines a "self-care deficit" as when a clients condition or injury prohibits that individuals ability to meet the requiremen...

conversation with MaryAlice Mowry," 2003). Many people do not realize that government benefits aligned with disabilities would be ...

has proven effective for eradicating its presence. In order for Calcasieu Parish to address the overwhelming air and water pollut...

In fourteen pages this paper discusses the global pharmaceutical industry and the World Health Organization's efforts to combat va...

Paul Starrs (1983) book, The Social Transformation of American Medicine, provides insightful vision into the changes that had occu...

In a paper consisting of eighteen pages the ways in which elderly people are treated medically, in society, by the government, and...

In five pages this paper supports Al Gore's presidential candidacy over Republican opponent George W. Bush by contrasting politica...

In eight pages this paper discusses possible solutions to China's health problems and includes such topics as aging, women and env...

any given time, but the Bureau of Labor Statistics has deemed that health care and social service employees are subject to a highe...