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Health Information Resources and Their Credibility

source of health information will vary significantly. One of the problems with accessing information from sources like the World...

Overview of Metabolic Syndrome

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

Homeless and Health Care

problems "are extremely high among the homeless population" (NCH Fact Sheet #8, 2005). In fact, homeless persons are far more li...

Concepts of Self Care

to the wide-ranging aspect of nursing than merely administering medicine; in fact, the myriad components that ultimately comprise ...

Overview of Sinusitis

whatever substances that have become trapped in it) toward openings known as ostia, which lead to a passageway in the back of the ...

Health and Alcohol

social problems associated with poverty and over crowding. In more recent decades the increased use by those under stress, on the ...

Work Safety and Health

work on both these areas. There are many models which are used to assess risk, each have different advantages and disadvantages....

Cyberography and Ontario Healthcare

Information. This is a useful page in that it offers the consumer information from a variety of sources that the MOHLTC has determ...

Nursing and the Culture of Japan

and individuality as young children, they begin to assimilate their role in Japanese culture via such conventions as school unifor...

Alberta, Canada's Health Concerns

have in promoting her citizens wellness while Alberta still lags behind in her recognition of the importance of education in promo...

Breast Cancer and the Medication Tamoxifen

must be evaluated and considered against possible negative risks. The following discussion of tamoxifen looks specifically at the ...

Occupational Therapy Practice and Recovery Framework Applications

recovery. Recovery is an admirable goal, and likely the only goal that carries true meaning for the patient and his family....

Heart Disease, Women, and Health Promotion

average age of just over seventy years of age in women, almost sixty years old in men. Coronary heart disease strikes women two t...

Health Care Industry and Whistle Blowing

the health care organization is ethically responsible there should not be any need for whistleblowing (Fletcher et al, 1998). An ...

Contemporary Appalachia, Transportation Challenges, and Mental Health

Transportation in Appalachia presents problems both in terms of the public and private variety. In summary, public transportation ...

'Marketing Myopia and 'Increasing Customer Retention Potential' Reviewed

bankers, but its applicability to all industries is obvious. The cost of attracting a new customer always is higher than the cost...

Discussion Questions on Strategy and Marketing

more targeted micro-marketing" (Mass marketing comes unplugged, 2005), primarily because it is no longer possible to gain a mass a...

Baby Powder's Health Hazards

the following: "Keep in mind that many obese patients develop intertrigo, a mild fungal infection within their skinfolds that powd...

Canadian Institute for Health Information Document Cyberography

The first document is a journal article that appeared in the CMAJ in 2004, which means that it appeared both in print and in an el...

Smokers and Health Promotion

to smoking for medical care for one year, 1993, was in excess of $50 billion and estimated lost productivity due to smoking-relate...

Leadership in Nursing

change, understand the reasons for this change and hare a vision of the future" (Gokenbach, 2003, p. 8). The catch is that these g...

Health Assessment Models and the General Practice Nurse

such as medical history as well as their role in consultation and also in the way that preventative healthcare is delivered, the ...

Appalachian Patient: Cultural Considerations For Medical Treatment

proximity and/or behavior man has imposed upon his own species. Social norms play an integral role in both setting and meeting th...

Nutrition for Athletes

by telling them that everyones confused about what to eat, and then giving them solid guidelines. For instance, she says its impor...

Health Care in California Prisons

health problems than the general population," meaning that health care is a priority even before the individual enters the facilit...

Practical Applications Of Simulations In Nursing Education

"low-fidelity, moderate-fidelity, and high-fidelity" (Sportsman et al., 2009, p. 67). Low-fidelity are introductory, moderate-fide...

Gilded Era/Welfare Reform & The Elderly And Privacy

or people at risk, a handful of businessmen capitalized upon opportunity by what those like Heilbroner et al (1998) believe to be ...

Working Multiple Jobs

(Youssef). She gets home from her regular day job at about 6 p.m. and then works on her own business until 1 a.m. or later (Yousse...

OCCUPATION, HEALTH AND WELL-BEING

Even in agrarian times, there was a task for everyone to do - and people were well occupied. As we moved into...

Howard Frumkin/Environmental Health

examines the role that religious organizations play in crafting and influencing public policy. In first section of the chapter dis...