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Five Models of Personality as it Relates to Health

most advantageously. Neither is there any consistency in the types of personality and coping responses that least effectively dea...

The ‘Philosophy’ of Massage Therapy

long and interesting historical evolution, and its origins are largely responsible for the reluctance of allopathic medical profes...

Medical Coding - Informed Consent Forms

researchers found that persons who had diabetes were often readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of discharge (Robbins and Web...

Hoarding

not is that hoarders judge more possessions to have these values. This may also be true for people who hoard animals. Their atta...

Tuberculosis, Head Lice, and School Disease

shown to be one of the sources where such harmful bacteria occur. Stemming directly from livestock populations, Mycobacterium par...

Munchausen’s Syndrome by Proxy

cause of a childs disease or malady or because they use the accusation of MSBP as a ploy to avoid malpractice suits (Johns, 2007)....

Senior Citizens with Chronic Illnesses and Social Deprivation

involved, the elderly can be put aside. Whether living at home or in a skilled nursing facility (SNF), the lives of the elderly w...

'Proper' Alternative of Euthanasia

what is tantamount to a death sentence, because of the "uncertain definition of suicide in the context of a terminal illness" (Mar...

An Overview of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

etiology of the disease is not well understood, but substantive research suggests that individuals who suffer from ALS have mutati...

Overview of Gestalt Therapy

human beings perceive of things far beyond their physical limitations. The law of pragnanz, which asserts that man is "innately d...

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, ...

Disease of Schizophrenia

known to manifest various peculiarities or disorders of thinking and behavior. Correctly speaking, however, these are diseases of ...

Ethnicity and Health

more difficult to conduct trials in populations with varied ethnicities. She states that "other studies have shown that the effect...

Workplace Illness and Injuries Cost

In three pages this paper considers Australian businesses in a discussion of the various factors that affect workplace illness and...

Hereditary Illness Disclosure and the Questions It Raises

In nineteen pages the disclosure of a hereditary medical condition or illness and the bioethical and legal questions this raises a...

Bipolar Disorder or Manic Depression

In fifteen pages this research paper discusses the illness in terms of its forms, causes, various treatments, and how women are pa...

Dying, Death, and Bereavement Essays

In ten pages brief essays considering dying, death, and bereavement are presented in a consideration of terminal illness and child...

How Grief Therapy Can Help When a Loved One has a Terminal Illness

Grief and grief therapy are defined and explored and various stages are explained. There is emphasis on theory and which types of ...

'Cultural Aspects of Women's Health Care' Article

respond to the American way of medicine. It seems only logical that a health care professional would consider at least some of the...

Common Health Problems and Healing Through Nutrition

In fifteen pages Dr. Wright's Book of Nutritional Therapy is discussed in terms of its premise, case studies, and the data it pres...

Overview of Homeopathy

In six pages homeopathy is defined in a historical consideration that includes an analysis of illness treatment effectiveness. Ni...

Elderly and Dementia

In five pages the occurrence of dementia in the elderly is examined along with a discussion of the caregiver's role in this progre...

Euthanasia Issues and Support for the 'Right to Die'

In eight pages this paper assesses the pros and cons of euthanasia before ultimately supporting this practice in terminal illness ...

Aviation and Human Error

In ten pages this paper discusses the effects of human error including fatigue, illness, and alcohol use, on aviation and consider...

Families and the Effects of Prolonged Illness

for the family. Finances have been destroyed with assets being wiped out, the stress such illness creates in the other family memb...

Illness in Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors by Susan Sontag

from the plethora of emotionally-charged meanings that unnecessarily increase the suffering of those stricken with this disease. E...

Overview of Health Psychology

in health psychology has focused on three core questions: 1.) who gets sick and why do they get sick; 2.) of those who get sick, w...

U.S. Immigration and Illness

female immigrants with matrons present but in 1914, two women doctors had been hired to conduct exams for female subjects (2000)....

'Bearing Illness and Injury' Review

...purpose of this study was to describe the process of bearing illness and injuries among individuals with catastrophic illnesses...

Illness and Global Warming

In eight pages arguments regarding disease spreading as a result of changes in termperature are presented in a discussion of wheth...