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While some might consider this a step in the right direction, trial lawyers and victims of medical abuses do not agree. The Associ...
states that "nearly 100,000 people [are] dying yearly because of preventable errors," and suggests that if the medical world would...
practitioner surgeries are run by practice nurses, only making referrals to other members of the healthcare team when required, Th...
it is these issues of autonomy and personal rights that are concerned the sanctity of life is a secondary issue and cases such as ...
or reject MEDITECHs suggestions as they see fit. Whether users accept or reject the suggestions made by MEDITECH, care prov...
who "cheats" on his diet (1994). Doctors merely expect patients to comply with their dictums but this author says that some like S...
(Fawcett, 1995). Application of either model rests in large part on the appropriateness and completeness of nurse documentation (...
to the physician to impart his personal morality upon a woman who is grappling with the final phase of her life and does not want ...
wrong leg amputated. Ben Kolb was eight years old when he died during "minor" surgery due to a drug mix-up. These horrific cases t...
add more subheadings. Introduction The cost of medical malpractice insurance continues to be a nationwide issue of concern for h...
main advantage to sponsoring sports events is that the sponsorship can and should be used as a "catalyst for building corporate im...
an overly religious nature. And, yet, Harvey was not remarkably religious either. Once he was incarcerated, the length of his tal...
infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) as well as the hepatitis B virus. Of health care workers infected with HCV, "85% become ch...
becomes a solid is 371 Kelvin, 98 degrees Celsius or 208 degrees Fahrenheit (Barbalace, 2003). The atomic mass average is ...
the elderly. The Nurse Practitioner announced in its July 2000 issue that reports of the AMAs petition had been received as...
experience, particularly that immigrant experience as it occurs within the modern medical environment, revolves around cultural un...
desire to increase revenue to allow further development and facilitate increased benefits to the users. The errors may not be as s...
among corporations large and small that the FMLA is enroachment on their territory (Hengst and Kleiner, 2002). In the sections bel...
episode of major depression be treated in this type of program? Or can this person be treated in a primary addiction-oriented prog...
then measure five perceived angles of customer service, those are tangibles, reliability, responsiveness, assurance and empathy. W...
would be no point where it would be judged morally justified to harvest viable organs from donors (Browne, 1983). It often gives c...
borrow from a retirement account or use money earmarked for something else, the hospital must have felt a sense of desperation. Th...
payment has yet to be received. Given this, IBNR can end up being a problem for hospitals and/or health care organizations...
a concept created by Andrew Weil, MD (2004). He claims that it refers to the best of both worlds and an integration of alternativ...
is the largest non-profit healthcare organization in the United States and currently oversees the operations of 8 million particip...
are intended to be marketing efforts for a variety of health services providers in the area. For a nominal fee, visitors can have...
to reduce pain remains controversial. A 2001 meta-analysis of 39 clinical studies found that marijuanas was no more effective in...
problems and the pollution of the towns water table by Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E). Brockovich instinctively felt that the case ...
(Schrag, 1995; Hunt, Soto, Maier & Doering, 2003). Nelson (2002) takes this one step further by pointing to a body of resea...
cells under specific condition, hence their presence in embryos and foetuses, they develop into whatever cells are required for th...