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Acute Care Facility and Polypharmacy Responsibility

is properly prescribed and that the patient is aware of any potential difficulties. First, what is polypharmacy and what are its p...

Malaria's Medical Geography

vivax, P. malariae, P. ovale and P. falciparum, with the first and last strains representing the most common; the last is also the...

Legal and Medical Issues Associated with a Patient's 'Right to Die'

providers and also provide a well-balanced outline about the issues involved in a patients "right to die" (Hendin, Foley and White...

Mentally Ill Individuals and Medical Insurance

illnesses, for example, often encounters problems in convincing their insurance provider to provide the appropriate reimbursement ...

Should Animal Testing Continue or Be Stopped?

Imperial Chemical Industries, contends that animal testing, whether one likes it or not, is a legal requirement. Dr. Charles Mayo...

Biomedical to Biopsychosocial Medical Evolution

Thanks to the efforts of professional like Engels, there is a new direction in medicine which emphasizes the concept that healing ...

Cocaine's Chemistry and its Impact

Erthroxylon coca. The active ingredient was first isolated by Westerners by a man named Albert Niemann in 1860. The drug soon beca...

Medical Profession from 1780 to 1900 and Sexuality

She stated that sex was "only warranted as an expression of true and passionate love" (DEmilio and Freedman, 1988, p.56). DEmilio ...

Patience and the Civil Rights' Reform Strategies of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

publicized achievements, the Birmingham Bus Boycott in which hundreds of blacks practically shut down the bus system by their non-...

Ancient Rome and Its Medical Practices

city in that time frame is in order. Civilization based in Rome, lasted for some 800 years.4 The earliest period of Rome is merg...

Athletic Competitions and Allowing Anabolic Steroids

Today, many young people are experimenting with steroids. A study done by Blue Cross and Blue Shield found that about 1 million a...

Medical Treatment, Parents, Religion and the Law

even her mother and father over whether she should get blood transfusions to treat her leukemia. Doctors say that without the trea...

Disclosure and HIV

society. SOCIETAL MISUNDERSTANDING It is extremely unfortunate the effect AIDS has on the individuals afflicted with the ...

Organizational Overview of The Society for Medical Decision Making

and practice of the past two decades" (Eisenberg, 2001, p. 12). A particularly pertinent aspect of the research process off...

Emergency Diagnosis and Intervention Relating to Myocardial Infarction

The statistics regarding coronary artery disease make it obvious that emergency medical services are critical in saving the lives ...

Medical Practice and Customer Service

patient and the medical practice but for the physicians mental well-being also. INITIATING ACTION In order to give the best in p...

Chlamydia form a Sociological Perspective

thought to be viruses rather than bacteria. Suspicion as to their true classification grew out of the fact that, unlike viruses, ...

Medical Views on Ovarian Cancer

any woman can get ovarian cancer. It just so happens that some women are more at risk. Signs and Symptoms The problem with ova...

EMTs and Stress

a paid position. Even -- and especially -- at the highest level, all EMTs are to take periodic refresher courses to maintain both...

Medical Research and Qualitative Analysis

and what they are asking or what the participant perceives that they are asking. 2. Identify a clinically-based research topic an...

Harry Truman and Bill Clinton on Health Care Reform

- his strategy was turned down. "Though Mr. Clinton promised a simple plan that would guarantee choice along with security, he de...

Medical Imaging and Neural Networking

convert optical processing systems into processing products (Bains, 1998). Young and Francis (1998, PG) define neural networks as...

Overview of Medical Sensors

have long limited patients with glaucoma, hydrocephalus, urinary incontinence, valve failure and chronic heart failure. Bound by ...

UK and Changing Attitudes Regarding Informed Consent

encouraging unethical withholding of information and a lack of individual respect. In this relativity recent case there is the d...

Career Paths in Health Information Technology

are the people who make sure these records are accurate. In that we see that a health information technician is perhaps just as va...

Overview of OPC3

large role in the stabilization of collagen and elastin, which are two basic proteins in the connective tissues that surround most...

AMA, Ethics, and PAS

of the term does the taking of a life, or the assistance to take ones own life, fall under the definition in anyones dictionary of...

A Small Office Accounts Receivable Assessment

transactions of approval, charge and payment. Table 1. Files Used Master Files Transaction Files Debtor file Daily Colle...

Trying to Find an AIDS Vaccine That is Effective

of Health Margaret Johnston reported that an effective vaccine likely will be available within the next decade (Researchers Say Th...

Overview of Cerebral Angiography

developed as a result of the advent of microsurgery onto the medical scene. With the new frontier of microsurgery, which allowed a...