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have different health care needs than their non-disabled counterparts (Donegan Shoaf, 1999). Medi-Cal is one such health c...

the people involved (Oberle and Allen, 2002). The principal focus of the simultaneity paradigm is on the clients perspectives of t...

to body changes due to issues of self-image and acceptance speaks to a very vulnerable group of individuals whose focus is more up...

problems with its water supplies as extensive deforestation has taken place over the last century which have taken its toll on the...

not want his father informed), presenting a rationale for signing a health care proxy becomes extremely problematic. Guidelines us...

who were in need of an epidural block in order to anesthetize the severe birth-related pain. Unable to hand over the several hund...

As a socially committed citizen who addresses health needs of the local, national, and global community, nursing will forever be h...

sense that it is actively intended to cause harm, but negligence occurs when it is established that any reasonable person would ha...

with advancing age. Care providers cannot set lower fees for uninsured individuals and then penalize the insured and their insure...

since 1947. The healthcare system is actually run by "its 10 provinces and three territories, but is governed by federal guideline...

protection. It seems that the purpose of the old system was typical as the facility needed communications. However, in health care...

of the true nature of their illnesses. While keeping such facts from the patients may be considered merciful it does, at times, en...

people who are uninsured, while many more are underinsured (Reports Say Millions Getting Second-Class Health Care Treatment, 2003)...

The interplay of health issues with social policies is credited as being one of the reasons why the health indices in these countr...

groups had targeted. One such group announced earlier their plans to make Los Angeles the first abortion-free city in the country,...

professional specialties. Since autonomy is expected within the professional environment, programs which include student autonomy ...

elderly, the most common of which include chronic disease, inflammation and blood loss (Williamson et al, nd). Smith reports there...

industry and primary care access; homecare access; and the new legislation proposed in regards to the entire health human resource...

without mentioning their love affair with olive oil, and the esteem which this precious ingredient holds in this culture (Miller, ...

dilemma of a single woman who is part of what the politicians and social scientists refer to as a member of the "working poor" soc...

Most of those insured by third-party payers have had all or part of their healthcare premiums paid by employers. Competitive pres...

health of the individual and to their success in recuperation. The Association for Spirit at Work is comprised of medical profess...

does accurately describe the organizations mission. When one hears the name, and also has the information that the women are ass...

Security system and others had begun to focus on the idea of a program aimed at insuring Social Security beneficiaries" (Anonymous...

characteristics of the group, interpersonal relationships within the group and the characteristics of the culture. The leader must...

(Sullivan, 2000). His regular doctor did not send him to the hospital, he sent Joseph to a nursing home with instructions to call ...

(HMOs), the explosive growth of Medicare and Medicare abuses and the resulting "crackdown" on Medicare policies and procedures. T...

offset incoming pathogens (Anonymous, 1996). Not surprisingly, the "erosion of the public health infrastructure" of the World Hea...

at where it was spent in 1997 20.7% was spent on inpatient care, 25.6 on out-patient care and 14% on pharmaceuticals (Anonymous, 2...

in the world where health care is able to benefit from the best and the latest technologies (Improving Quality in a Changing Healt...