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Triage and its Medical and Military History

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...

Process of Beef Irradiation

product to kill the growth of insects, molds and pathogens which exist within the meat product and can be harmful when ingested. R...

Community Nursing and the Effects of Primary Care Trusts and the UK National Service Standards

the emphasis to more localised care with the primary health care trusts holding more of a an administrative and strategic role. ...

Nursing Liability and Access to Health Care by the Poor in Texas

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

Health Care and Economics Principles

at regular prices, but interest increases when the store drops the price from $50 to $5. In other words, demand increases when pr...

Dangers of the West Nile Virus to Humans and Animals

horses - just as susceptible as their human counterparts. Symptoms in people include flu-like discomfort, which may turn into ase...

Goals and Mental Health Nursing

Frank seems reluctant to leave. Realizing that Frank needs to be met on a different level, Susan switches back to the "Be-with" mo...

HIPAA and its Impact

Someone with a chronic disease like diabetes would have to shell out hundreds of dollars each month for supplies if they choose to...

British Nursing Advocacy and Law

underlying the formulation of the nurse-patient relationship. According to Mallik (1998) a great deal of the literature on this to...

Health Promotion in a Dental Office

It can begin with a general cleaning and assessment of the condition of the new patients oral health, progressing to addressing ca...

Developments In Forensic Nursing

scientific investigation and treatment of trauma and/or death of victims of abuse, violence, criminal activity, and traumatic acci...

Coalition Buyers Health Care Action Group

In eleven pages a Minnesota coalition known as Buyers Health Care Action Group is discussed in terms of how it works, its efforts ...

Anne Fadiman's The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down

In eight pages this paper discusses health care service delivery issues within the context of The Spirit Catches You and You Fall ...

Canada's Immigrant Women, Prenatal and Postnatal Health Care

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

Hispanic Community, Health Care, and Government

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 ...

Australian Cities and Men's Health Issues

In eight pages this report examines cities of Australia with the concentration being issues involving men's health. Eleven source...

Medicare Managed Care and Impact of Macroeconomics

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

Canadian Women Immigrants and Health Care

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

Smoking Cessation Speech Example

anything to us anymore. However, when placed in a new perspective, such as in the role of a mass murderer, then the statistics tak...

Causes and Conditions of Homelessness

money to pay for food, rent, and other basic necessities. Today, more Americans than ever have jobs," but still "a growing number ...

Overview of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award

U.S. government (The Malcolm, 2002). Originally a national award for manufacturing industries, the award was expanded to include h...

Overview of Mental Health Courts

is not an issue in Missouris Boone County, however. There, the local Mental Health Board of Trustees has the power to bypass the ...

Health Care and Situational Leadership

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

Regulation of HMOs

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

Controversy Regarding the Elderly and Prescription Drug Coverage

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

Heathcare Present and Future Concerns

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

Prescription Drugs Copay

$10 for all others. That was not too long ago. I a writing because I believe that you should lower the co-payment on prescription ...

Ethnicity and Health

more difficult to conduct trials in populations with varied ethnicities. She states that "other studies have shown that the effect...

Personal Cholesterol Level Reduction and Health Promotion

of exercise extend beyond helping to burn the energy that the body stores as fat. Fat and cholesterol can collect along the...

Ethically Arguing Against the Aggressive Marketing of Tobacco

the marketing approaches which are being utilized. Philosopher have argued practically since the beginning of time as to ho...