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Geriatrics and Orthostasis

blood pressure within the veins drops, too. The volume of the blood is what maintains the pressure on the vein walls. As a result,...

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 ...

Emergency Room Decision Making

attack if irreparable harm and indeed loss of life is to be prevented (Isenstein, 1999). The statistics regarding coronar...

Corporate Strategy Influences by Company Regulations

Cases such as British Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd v Armstrong Patents Co Ltd (1986) illustrated the way in which the older statu...

Considerin a Medicare Fraud Case

responsible for their actions of over or under treating patients, and when can one say that the fine line is too sketchy? A case s...

Case Study on Mechanical Ventilation

authors isolated the following recurring elements, in order of their statistical appearance in the definitions [1]: Violence, forc...

A Case Study in Alcoholism, Diagnosis and Treatment

after which he began drinking again. After this, the patient demonstrated a desire to poison himself, and this resulted in his ow...

History and Recommendations for Advanced Directives

Mr. Schiavo finally was allowed the right to have his wifes feeding tube removed, the right to allow her to die of lack of nutrien...

Red Genital Lesions and Patient Diagnosis

how it was initiated. This means that contacting partners, or figuring out who might have given one the disease, can become rather...

Mental Illness and Confidentiality Issues

In seven pages this paper explores the Tarasoff v. Regents Of The University of California case in this consideration of mental il...

Psychopathology Case Analayis

This paper addresses psychopathology in respect to employment and education and evaluates influences on the lives of various patie...

Psychologists George Kelly and Sigmund Freud

simple desires for food or sex, neurotic compulsions, or the motives of an artist or scientist. And yet, we are often driven to de...

Patient and Relationship Development, Illness Treatment and Coping

In six pages Erik Erikson's identity development stages are examined and then applied to a case study that involves a young cancer...

Behaviorism and Organizational Psychology's History

In eight pages this paper examines behaviorism and the evolution of organizational psychology in an historical consideration that ...

Watchdog Group of Dental Providers

In three pages how dentists can act as a watchdog group in terms of identification and reporting adult female patient abuse cases ...

Health Care Proxy for New York

In five pages this paper discusses New York's health care proxy regarding the wishes of incompetent patients passed in light of t...

Right to Live and Medical Ethics

Study Andrew is a 68-year-old male who was admitted to a medical intensive care unit after experiencing a stroke. On life ...

Nursing's Legal Issues

In ten pages this paper considers a legal brief's argument regarding nurse participation in patient deprivation of water and food ...

Deliberate Harm to Self and Nursing Management

In seven pages this paper discusses the problems associated with a patient's deliberate self harm in a discussion of relevant mana...

Voluntary and Involuntary Euthanasia

it is right to allow terminally ill patients to end their lives, or to assist such patients to commit suicide, will continue despi...

Hospital Emergency Departments

in funding for long-term care will have had a devastating impact on women, minorities, and children. Patterns of Use According to...

Elite Theory and Understanding Public Policy by Thomas Dye

and without duress, and is competent. At least two physicians must agree that the patient is likely to die within six months. Th...

Theories of Peplau and Orem in Patient Assessment

In this paper consisting of seven pages the importance of adequately assessing patient needs is discussed by examining the theorie...

Asylum by Erving Goffman

In five pages this text is used in an analysis of the mental patient's moral career and medical model. There are no other sources...

Cancer Patients and Cessation of Smoking Cessation

of heavy alcohol ingestion and heavy cigarette smoking (Brown, Kresevic and Nosan, 1998). Purpose of the Study...

Psychotic Discourse Framing Analysis

were a child answering her mother (Ribeiro 80). The great playwright William Shakespeare was a keen observer of human behavior, ...

Structure of the Brain and Alzheimer's Disease Impact

In five pages this research paper examines how Alzheimer's Disease influences the patients' brain cells and structure. Eight sour...

Conflicting Ethics, Euthanasia, and Nursing

In eight pages this essay discusses the ethical conflict between a patient's 'right to die' and the Nurse's Code. Five sources ar...

Right to Die and Government Spending Limitations

This paper presents the argument in nine pages that the government is earmarking too much spending on the preservation of terminal...

Treatment in Home and in Hospital for Acute Conditions Advantages and Disadvantages

level of problems for inpatients was 20.9% compared to only 8.4% for outpatients (Wilson et al, 2002). When asked to rate the serv...