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Criminality of Medical Malpractice

one and it is Negligent mal practice. In this form of malpractice there is considered to be no criminal intent or dishonest behavi...

Pros and Cons of Medical Malpractice Caps

states that "nearly 100,000 people [are] dying yearly because of preventable errors," and suggests that if the medical world would...

Debate on Caps Being Placed on Medical Malpractice

While some might consider this a step in the right direction, trial lawyers and victims of medical abuses do not agree. The Associ...

Medical Law and Refusing Consent

it is these issues of autonomy and personal rights that are concerned the sanctity of life is a secondary issue and cases such as ...

General Medical Services Contract, National Health Service, and Practice Nursing

practitioner surgeries are run by practice nurses, only making referrals to other members of the healthcare team when required, Th...

Issues of Medical Malpractice

add more subheadings. Introduction The cost of medical malpractice insurance continues to be a nationwide issue of concern for h...

Medical/Surgical Nursing and Documentation

(Fawcett, 1995). Application of either model rests in large part on the appropriateness and completeness of nurse documentation (...

Family Medical Leave Act and Its Impact Upon Labor Relations

among corporations large and small that the FMLA is enroachment on their territory (Hengst and Kleiner, 2002). In the sections bel...

American Hospitals and Medical Mistake Causes

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...

Medical Treatment, Complimentary Alternative Medicine

a concept created by Andrew Weil, MD (2004). He claims that it refers to the best of both worlds and an integration of alternativ...

Sodium Isotope - 24 Medical Applications and Background

becomes a solid is 371 Kelvin, 98 degrees Celsius or 208 degrees Fahrenheit (Barbalace, 2003). The atomic mass average is ...

Medical Doctors and Nurse Practitioners Conflict Management

the elderly. The Nurse Practitioner announced in its July 2000 issue that reports of the AMAs petition had been received as...

Contrasts Between Culture and Medical Science in The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down

experience, particularly that immigrant experience as it occurs within the modern medical environment, revolves around cultural un...

'Economics of Medical Care' 2004 Australian Article Sociological Evaluation

borrow from a retirement account or use money earmarked for something else, the hospital must have felt a sense of desperation. Th...

Euthanasia and Medical Ethics

such morality, we render ourselves essentially useless. In other words, Lachs contends that it is one thing to expound about the ...

Social and Medical Perspectives on Dying

would be no point where it would be judged morally justified to harvest viable organs from donors (Browne, 1983). It often gives c...

Medical School Application

medical professionals. My choice was not a simple one and reflects a solid process of evaluating educational programs, identifyin...

Negligence Or Malpractice?

results from the diagnostic test; as such, the case definitely leans toward malpractice. Two glaring points that support this cha...

MEDICAL CARE, HIPPA REGULATIONS, COBRA AND OTHER CHALLENGES

HIPAA is actually protecting patients privacy and confidentiality (McBride, 2008). Granted, the respondents were of a particular s...

Ethical and Practical Implications of the Medical Approach to Abnormal Behavior

of the illness and the stigma attached to it, and the way in which such an illness can distort reality, it may be difficult to rec...

California Law and Medical Practice

in the documents. The period of time that Dr. Sanders has to respond to the lawsuit is based on the method of service, and so can...

The Role of the Medical Anthropologist in Controlling Malaria in Namibia

lack of proper water treatment and drainage systems, all of which contribute to its spread. In Africa in general, where m...

Statute of Limitations/Medical Malpractice

("Statute of Limitations"). SOLs differ from state-to-state and also depending on the type of legal claim that is involved. Actua...

Medical Residents and Fatigue

to conduct studies of our own to assess the relationship between patient well being and medical resident work load. Much ...

Medical Ethics and Plato's Noble Lie

higher than those with iron. Plato argued that this deception was necessary in order to maintain a stable society, and we ca...

The Ethics of Medical Experimentation

This same view, of course, has been used even more extensively to excuse our use of animals in medical experimentation. While thi...

Alzheimer's Disease and its Sociological and Medical Impacts

results in the slow loss of memory, personality, and eventually all cognitive function (Lemonick and Park-Mankato, 2001). Scienti...

Two Scenarios in Medical Ethics

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

Medical Profession's Cultural Clashes in Anne Fadiman's The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down

far the most common cause of illness is soul loss"(Fadiman 8). What is most interesting about this book is that Fadiman...

Medical Legalization of Marijuana

not want to see this step being the first of many that would, as they see it, ultimately endanger society through the legalization...