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Case study: a man was diagnosed with untreatable TB. The CDC enforced the law to isolate him, thereby taking away his freedom. Sho...

This paper introduces the new diagnostic criteria found in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual V and utilizes those criteria in ...

Hospital readmissions of patients is upsetting to patients and families, especially when that readmission occurs within 30 days of...

This 3 page paper provides an overview of how Evidence-based practice is used to treat substance abuse disorders. This paper inclu...

This research paper described a case study and whether or not the patient's health can be beneficially addressed by bariatric surg...

The treatments Breuer and Freud developed for treating hysteria had an impact on the development of psychoanalysis. This is discu...

Bipolar Disorder dramatically changes a person's life and quality of life. It affects every part of the patient's life. There is v...

Treating non responsive patients presents challenges. This paper looks at the approach to treatment and sequence which should be u...

The paper is a literature review on the topic of schizophrenia and the impact and influence that the condition has on patients and...

a discussion and review of literature that focuses on hypertension (HTN) among minority ethnic groups, with a particular emphasis ...

health results from individual action, willpower and sustained efforts, while an eternal locus of control is characterized by beli...

information being given to the patient by the doctor. Anecdotal evidence from those who were patients at the time remember importa...

to refuse treatment independently of their parents wishes; the second position holds that parents have the sole right to this deci...

different ways, In communication a starting point is the presence of verbal and non verbal communication. Different cultures may h...

in the study had suffered at least one urinary tract infection in the preceding 24 months. Wild (et al, 2010, p309) found an even ...

In order to determine whether or not the consent form signed is valid we need to consider the concept of informed consent. The con...

a fever, and a variety of other symptoms (Boyd, 2008). It is the variety of symptoms associated with NMS that become a significant...

et al, 2007). Over the last several decades, clinicians have come to regard treatment decisions in terms of quality of life "ben...

United States health services system are not the sick and injured, but rather the physicians, health service institution administr...

with clear results provided. Quantitative and Discussion articles needed to present information that directly addresses the purpos...

They found differences in these calculations. The major key learning point in this article is that any institution can always get...

the patient who is waiting either in a small dressing room or in the lab itself. The staff has conducted a time study and found t...

wishes, she would remain on life support. This scenario has several ethical implications from the nursing or medical professional...

Dr. McCullough is "Director of the Sexual Health and Male Fertility and Microsurgery Programs at New York University School of Med...

This 8-page paper discusses the importance of patient privacy and how a patient privacy plan to can be developed and implemented. ...

The aim is to change the NHS culture to an information culture that will maximise recourses through an appropriate infrastructure....

to a nursing facility, it should also be understood that each situation is unique. When both the family members and the staff of t...

clear that the patient is taking part in a decision-making process, and not simply signing a form. In practical terms, of course, ...

"ICU syndrome" (Elliot and Wright, 1999). In its milder form, ICU syndrome was characterized by the presence of confusion and memo...

intensive care unit (ICU) (Scholle and Mininni, 2006, p. 37). Bedside nurses are encouraged in many hospitals to make a MET call...