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Jacobs, Marmor and Oberlander's The Political Paradox of Rationing and the State Health Plan of Oregon

subject of rationing health care. The authors look at the years 1989 through 1995 and laws which were put in place in Oregon to ad...

Five Questions on Public Health Nursing

the term public health nurses" (JWA - Lillian Wald, n.d.). The public health nurses at the turn of the 20th century visited...

The Education of Sub-Saharan Women/A Research Proposal

Nutritional needs will be a part of the effort. The hypothesis is that "educating women will empower them making them less ...

The Five Major Principles of the Canadian Health Act of 1984

the CHA. For example, in the western province of Alberta, Premier Ralph Klein has dealt wit the decline in federal funds by author...

Medicare, Health Care Issues, and the Presidential Election of 2004

that gives patients more options while maintaining fewer requirements (McKelvey, 2004). It is something that should strengthen the...

Problem of Uninsured Patients and New York's Metropolitan Hospital Center Operations

respected academically and is in the business of training future health care providers as it serves the local community. All "att...

4 Issues Involving Health Information Management

aptly named: the health information manager for integration, the clinical data specialist, the patient information coordinator, th...

Alliance Health Financial Statements Assessed

net profit margins provide management with measures of how well the company is doing what it intends to do. Investors may be inte...

Study Objectives and Health Care Assessments

important to understanding the impact of interventions. One of the major problems noted by a number of theorists is that the exte...

Conway Medical Center's Economic Forecast

Also on hospital property is an 88-bed nursing center that the hospital also owns and operates. Conway Medical Center provides ge...

Nurse Consultants and Their Role

on an evidenced based evidence based practice and the development of increased individual accountability in the area of clinical g...

Health of Canadian Aborigines

those Aboriginal people living on reserves--in fact--the entire history of "colonialist and paternalistic relations" between the g...

Canada's Tele-Health and E-Health Systems

cost effectiveness (The Conference Board of Canada, 2005). In Australia, for example, a physician located in one area can examine ...

Health and Alcohol as Perceived by a GP Nurse

those under stress or who are unhappy with their lives. For this reason there has been a higher use in poorer social classes where...

Diversity in Occupations in Health Care

hallways of hospitals, it does seem to contain a great deal of minority workers. Yet, it is not clear who are in managerial roles ...

Overview of Health Promotion and Health

absence of disease and infirmity" ("Definitions of Health and Fitness," 2006). Health promotion, on the other hand, " is the combi...

Mental Health Issues and Prison System Problems

1997, p.42). Mental health is not only something that is peculiar to an individual, but it is something that affects the entire c...

Education and Health Promotion

fundamental differences between the two concepts. Whitehead (2004), for sake of clarity, delineates the foundation of health-rela...

Care Barriers

in a Scottish farmhouse that is more than 10 miles from the nearest village and more than 50 miles from the nearest hospital. Jame...

Metabolic Syndrome Explored

apple shaped rather than a pear shaped body) has been associated with an increased risk for heart disease" (The metabolic syndrome...

The Economic Impact on Home Health Issues

markets that can be quite lucrative. The industry can expect greater numbers of patients in the future, resulting both from demog...

Are Lifestyles Really More Health Conscious?

In three pages the argument regarding 'health conscious' lifestyles is considered within the context of the United States and conc...

An Overview of Clinical Pathways

Clinical Pathways can be important to saving the health care system of this country, according to this paper. It gives an overview...

The Use of Cafeteria Benefits Plans in Comparison to Traditional Health Benefits Plans

8 pages and 9 sources. This paper provides an overview of cafeteria benefits plans and traditional health benefits plans in order...

Chicago Controversy and 'Chef's Tables'

In three pages an essay arguing the unnecessary imposition of the proposed 1995 Chicago Board of Health's regulatory restrictions ...

Fiscal Health of Healthy Existence Pty Ltd

In six pages this seller of beauty care and health products is diagnosed in terms of company fiscal health with a consideration of...

Analysis of the Health Club Industry

In ten pages a health club business plan sample is included in this health club industry analysis. There are 7 sources cited in t...

'Unraveling the Mystery of Health' by Aaron Antonovsky

events in life. Antonovsky suggests that a sense of coherence is an essential factor in the maintenance of health. In his "salu...

An Overview of the Health Care System in the United States

The estimated increase for 1999 is between 7 and 10 percent.4 Of the expenditures in 1997, 33 percent went towards hospital costs,...

Culture, Sexism, and Racism Issues as They Relate to Women's Health

of women in the medical field, attitudes appear to be altering. Practices are slower to change, however, womens health advocates ...