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by ten years in prison and an undetermined fine. One of the most obvious differences between this statute and the others is that ...

care is a basic survival need. Without adequate health care, they could and sometimes do die. There is empirical evidence that the...

issue of regulatory interest when attached to direct patient care (Nursing, 2004). As few nurses with no patient responsibilities...

back for treatment and who would be left behind and not treated. In the 1800s, unless a patient was dying those in the emergency r...

a problem that is difficult to define adequately. There is much competition in the health field, and in the mental health field t...

government and distort the issues by using unethical practices. Their dealings with government officials are sometimes damaging t...

at least not accessing the system as much as they could. For example, it was reported in BMJ that a telephone healthcare service o...

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 ...

into a receiving country, this population has the same entitlement to social benefits - such as health care - as the native popula...

(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...

goes way beyond the paradigm of nursing as simply a "handmaiden" to physicians. The nursing professional is required to know virtu...

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...

health care market based on the security of this population results in the ability to maintain higher prices even when other popul...

identifies the three essential elements of task behavior, relationship behavior and ... level of maturity" (Monoky, 1998; p. 142) ...

human beings, and nowhere is that more clear than in the realm of constitutional rights" (Cole, 2006). However, in truth, non-citi...

the years end they had "no outstanding borrowings"; they had $112 million to use for future acquisitions (Diaz). Services Kindred...

view as well, developing theories of nursing that focus on nursing and its components as systems of varying degrees. Some, such a...

(Wise, 2005). One of the major health issues in the U.S. and other Western countries is obesity (Wise, 2005). It is estimated tha...

flexible enough to meet the needs of most consumers (Kirkland, 2006). Initial reaction to the clinics has been very positive, so ...

encouraging people to purchase these homes ranging from $19,000 to $29,000 (Davenport, 1990). That story is a decade and a half ol...

in such a manner. There is no question that far too much time, money and effort is spent on government regulations and bureaucrac...

process is made more difficult by cultural and linguistic barriers (Murty, 2002). These women frequently bear the brunt of fulfill...

issues along a continuum of health and good health is defined as a "state of complete physical, mental and social well-being" (Ada...

its critics -- has been a goal of the U.S. government for many, many years and, for the most part, has had the support of most of ...

providers fees be "normal and customary," and those care providers who have attempted to set lower fees for those without any safe...

responsible for most health care expenditures, merely because of their age and the increased need for direct care with advancing a...

the problem and to eliminate it where possible. Nester (1998) quantifies the extent of the problem relating that an estimated 1,2...