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care model is highly useful with the elderly and those recovering from surgery or illness. Self care is not an issue that enters ...

2% were on home hemodialysis (Freitas, 2002, 167). There are many chronic problems associated with hemodialysis including hyper...

hospitals are not required to report mistakes that have been made to any sort of overseeing agency (Inskeep and Neighmond, 2004). ...

stories are legendary about people who receive their tattoos under the influence. The problem is that with mentally challenged i...

Have you had any experience in helping a friend or family member manage diabetes? The patient replied that she was not aware of...

and the bitterness on both sides of that unfortunate incident have brought the debate about the right-to-die to the fore. Ironi...

of standards with sets of criteria that must achieved. Standards related to information management span the operations of the orga...

and needs to be carefully monitored, and the water filled blankets may be effective if used above and below the patient by they ar...

to nonadherence to medication in the mentally ill elderly is attempting to successfully pinpoint a single yet comprehensive connot...

the DSM IV-TR (Therapydoc, 2007). The next one is due sometimes in 2012 (Therapydoc, 2007). It will no doubt change etiologies, di...

are fatigued often have trouble dealing successfully with their illness. In this article Benzein and Berg note that "Hope, hopeles...

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

This ANA Code also specifically includes the possibility that "inappropriate disclosure" can occur by using "identifiable patient ...

between cases at the time of diagnosis (Newmark and Anhalt, 2007). Type 1 diabetes is typically due to a "lack of insulin producti...

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

Researchers have identified nutrition as a significant factor in wound healing. In fact, it has been argued that nutritional elem...

influences can be broken down into political, economic, social and technological. Political influences are one of the most importa...

on too long, she says things that do not need to be said, like the comment about not wanting to overwhelm him and they will go thr...

this incident may have contributed to her divorce. It is also true that her mother has had a problem with alcoholism for over twen...

management (DM) concept Disease management (DM) is defined as a "systematic clinical improvement process," which addresses both ...

moving onto the objectives, looking at the alternatives and considering the consequences and the trade offs. In this paper we will...

six months the intervention group had only 68 compared to 118 in the control group, likewise quality-of-life was found to be highe...

ask these questions because he is trying to find out if the patient has any understanding as to why his behavior makes him uneasy;...

The purpose - indeed the entire study - does not specifically identify variables that can be labeled as independent. It is not an...

authors isolated the following recurring elements, in order of their statistical appearance in the definitions [1]: Violence, forc...

what is tantamount to a death sentence, because of the "uncertain definition of suicide in the context of a terminal illness" (Mar...

Crystalloids and colloids are coming into use for trauma cases where fluids are being used for resuscitation. This paper gives a g...

of revenues, and it is likely lower. Allowing 35 percent food cost, however, the cost of operations including labor should not ex...

In ten pages medical negligence is considered with such cases as 1957's Bolam v. Friern HMC and 1997's Bolitho v. Hackney HA refer...

after which he began drinking again. After this, the patient demonstrated a desire to poison himself, and this resulted in his ow...