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in the US. Likewise, diabetes-associated nephropathy, a progressive disorder of the kidney, is the leading cause of end stage rena...

workers (Center for American Progress, 2007). Something must be done. Universal health care has been proposed by many politicians...

patient (Seidel, 2004). This author also states that effective communication is something that can and must be learned (Seidel, 2...

families often have little access to health care services (Bauman, Silver and Stein, 2006). In many cases, access is provided thro...

there for the use of the whites. The Revolution, however, would impact much more than just white Englishmen. The road to t...

were three acts. The first (taxation without representation) extended the power of raising revenues in America without representat...

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

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

gum disease in one form or another (Cardiovascular Week, 2005). Gingivitis is the first step of periodontal disease. The...

because they do not have the means to get medical attention (Center for American Progress, 2007). Health care costs seem to rise e...

(Jennings, 2005). The reason for the huge increases in health care costs is not the insurance companies, Jennings found, but the f...

To consider public health issues we heed to start by looking at models of health. Health is seen and defined as the way the physic...

factor in childhood obesity is the fact that television viewing tends to be accompanied by the consumption of high-calorie, high s...

healthcare services to senior citizens, which is an at-risk population in this country. One helping approach for people with dis...

promotion can address a variety of nursing clients in a variety of circumstances. For example, Richardson (2002) acknowledges that...

allergies. He has never been involved in a serious industrial or automobile accident (Physical assessment, 2007). He is not taking...

of literature about biomedical ethics relative to patient autonomy. This type of autonomy is limited, at best, with managed health...

knowledge safely and appropriately" (p. 17). Morath (2003) went so far as to state clearly that the U.S. healthcare system is dang...

the Buddhist worldview and the goal of detaching oneself from the material world and the body. "Thought is an attribute that rea...

this debate and "will be more or less affected to the end of time by the proceedings" that are now being decided (Paine 456). Pa...

of the United States today. It speaks of the soul of the people and their dreams and desires and the foundations of their beliefs,...

Orem defines a "self-care deficit" as when a clients condition or injury prohibits that individuals ability to meet the requiremen...

conversation with MaryAlice Mowry," 2003). Many people do not realize that government benefits aligned with disabilities would be ...

Foundation, 2006). In 2003, at least US$700 million was spent by Americans purchasing drugs from Canadian pharmacies (Kaiser Famil...

and three stores," which served as "stock rooms, milk stations, clinics," etc. (Lillian Wald). Roughly 3,000 people typically were...

2005, p.165). In obese children, the number of fat cells present in the body can be as much as three times higher than in normal w...

which had been headed by his father, a Colonel years before" (Sim?n Bol?var). He was promoted to second lieutenant within a year a...

now our nations elderly have depended on Medicare/Medicaid for their medical needs. The Medicare/Medicaid system upon which these...

course, there is no need to go into depth, as an entire course does, when speaking of a general health course. A general health co...

E-Health resources are utilized not just by the healthcare establishment itself but also by patients and consumers (HIMSS, 2006; E...