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In 1992, for example, this organization issued a mandate that all hospital chief executive officers become familiar with continuou...

New York treatment programs for patients who are either genetically or mentally impaired and their availability are discussed in a...

In five pages this paper examines electronic medical record keeping and the violation of privacy that has resulted in a considerat...

In seven pages this paper explores the Tarasoff v. Regents Of The University of California case in this consideration of mental il...

and many others have pondered the difficulties of running ERs around the country. In order to eliminate problems, several ideas ...

had no idea what chemical component was the primary factor of his theory -- he merely followed his heart as a physician who believ...

In five pages this paper discusses the process of organ donations and what physicians need to know before discussing them with pat...

In seven pages the issues related to counseling a dying child patient and family members are examined. Twelve sources are cited i...

In ten pages this paper discusses outpatient clinics in a consideration of long patient waiting times and their various contributi...

movement disorders, such as Parkinsons and dystonia. This procedure was initially developed in 1987 in France (Song, 2006). This a...

to base their arguments on more spiritual and ethereal ground, such as the idea that a persons life ends when God chooses to end i...

in place for some time, and none of the fears surrounding it have ever materialized (Seale, 2006). Research shows that 171 people ...

cancer affects both the man and his life partner. In most cases, study designs addressing quality of life issues for prostate canc...

"encouragement of facing probl4ems/fears, support of efforts to master problems/ears, affective experiencing/catharsis" (Coady 15)...

there are those that are relevant to childrens protection as well, such as confidentiality. For example, during a recent visit tw...

points out, medicalization is a process that defines a problem in terms of the practitioners perspective and cultural biases, rath...

the patient die (1975). Consider the case of a patient with terminal throat cancer, who is in terrible pain which cannot successfu...

to take expensive prescription medications as prescribed. This acerbates medical conditions and results in increases in acuity lev...

classify medical errors (Pace et al., 2005). In fact, there are taxonomies to classify errors but they are not standardized (Pace ...

and Blood Institute, 2007). Zardi and colleagues (2008) referred to this procedure as the "gold standard" (p. 48) for assessing th...

patient, the attending nurse is seldom in the room at the same time. The attending physician may refer the patient to a cardiologi...

Study participants ranged from 20 to 79 years and noted that the mere exchange of information is not enough to accomplish the desi...

are told what they should do by their physicians. For example, if a patient visits a doctor and due to age parameters, he or she w...

as individuals, "healthcare executives must evaluate the possible outcomes of their decisions and accept full responsibility for t...

hypoglycemia require different nursing responses. Mild hypoglycemia, which is defined by the symptoms listed above and a glucose r...

of different causative factors (Clinician Reviews, 2007; Hunter et al, 2002). Extrapolated prevalence rates for constipation in t...

system, decreasing the natural defenses that allow the body to fight off infections and diseases (Etiology, 2008). As this suggest...

exposes patients to new health risks by increasing their tendency to gain weight. Interventions that address the potential for wei...

infections can, of course, relate to a number of factors. The type of care needed can vary both according to the type of wound an...

not just in adverse impacts to the patients themselves but also in significant societal costs. Wounds that are improperly cared f...