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George W. Bush's Economic Policies

This research paper offers an overview of the George W. Bush administration's economic policies. The writer addresses issues assoc...

The Model of the Canadian Health Care System and its Application in Other Regions of the World

health insurance through the government, "when we go to access it, its just not there" (Duff-Brown, 2005). But what about th...

Canada's Health Care System

services to their residents. The system is intended to provide access to medically necessary services to each person. In the lat...

Health Care Interdisciplinary Teams

patient, the attending nurse is seldom in the room at the same time. The attending physician may refer the patient to a cardiologi...

Social Work in Managed Care

figure would increase greatly in coming years (Cohen, 2003). There are twelve basic areas of social work practice, with each ar...

Hispanics and Diabetes Management

Have you had any experience in helping a friend or family member manage diabetes? The patient replied that she was not aware of...

Field of Nursing and Managed Health Care

In eight pages this paper discusses managed health care and its impact upon specialized nursing in an assessment of managed care's...

Elderly Care in a Nursing Home v. At Home

In seven pages caring for the elderly is considered through two options with home health care oftentimes presenting more advantage...

Communicating Across Cultural Lines

With more diversity in industry every day, cultural issues come into play in addition to other barriers to smooth operation. This ...

Continuity in the Culture of African Americans

5 pages and 5 sources. This paper relates the concept of cultural continuity as it can be applied to a view of the African Americ...

Family Values/ICU Environment

and the church" and encompasses "spirituality, social support, and traditional, non-biomedical health and healing practices," whic...

Madeleine Leininger's Contribution To The Field of Nursing

This paper examines Madeleine Leininger's theories of human care as well as her trans-cultural nursing model. This seven page pap...

Health Care Industry Strategic Planning

In eleven pages this paper discusses strategic planning in the health care industry with HMOs and their impact, the relationship b...

Nursing Cultural Competence

and Cultural Competency in Health Care: An Australian Study by Megan-Jane Johnstone and Olga Kanitsaki. * Abstract; The authors p...

Health Care and Native Americans

In five pages this paper examines the health care of Native Americans and considers the impact of their cultural traditions. Six...

Case Studies on Medical Care's Informed Consent

implied (Retsas and Forrester, 1995). Take the action of the patient who rolls up their sleeve to receive a shot for example (Ret...

The Major Problems Facing the U.S. Health Care System

agony? Medicine was not always the assembly line it is today. According to Pescosolido and Boyer, there were three events that ch...

The Relationship Between Culture, Health And Illness In Singapore

level of education, the impact of traditional culture is also highly influential. The concepts of health are based on the cultural...

Counseling Ethnic Minorities

at once the most primitive and most efficient means of communication throughout time: the art of narration, or storytelling. Huma...

Comparison of Various Types of Healthcare Organizations

and will be made up of a number of different departments divided by areas of specialty, such as accident and emergency, maternity,...

Brazilian Culture and it's Influence on Business

ended than the monchronic and not tied to a set timetable, many task as seen as being able to be completed and it is the completi...

Mental Health Services, Long Term Care

This research paper/essay consists of two parts. The first deals with long term care and the second argues that behavioral care sh...

Health Care and Communication

to miscommunication. For example, in a busy hospital where there is a high degree of activity patients may be distracted and not e...

Public Health Care v. Home Health Care

of Healthcare Organizations is one organization which has had a definitive impact on the quality of care being provided across the...

Asians and Beliefs on Health

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

Health Care and the Culture of Greece

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

James Rachels and Cultural Relativism

within cultures, and its important that these relative differences remain. However, he goes on to criticize, these are not issues ...

Case Management, Leininger's Theory

This case management paper pertains to a Hispanic man with type 2 diabetes and draws upon Madeleine Leininger's Cultural Care Dive...

Assessment of a Bundle of Healthcare Services for Patients with Dementia

why this population may be seen as particularly vulnerable. The paper will then look in detail at the service offered, and then co...

Factors Negatively Influencing Continuity of Health Care for Black Males

From a humanistic standpoint, the distribution of health care services should occur in accordance with the principle of equality o...