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Genetic Research, Trend Towards Personalized Medicine

envisioned as means to optimize care, taking it to a new level of quality. The technologies associated with this trend have result...

The Health Care Industry and the Topic of Waste

at wasteful spending as well as waste in terms of paperwork that clogs the health care system and increases costs across the board...

Modern and Ancient Medicine

strategies to support improved health along with pharmacological interventions. The ancient Egyptians introduced some treatment...

WOMEN’S HEALTH AND ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES

Furthermore, the researchers pointed out, pain, depression and insomnia among this sample were "strong predictors" of CAM usage (E...

Politics Morals Religious and Sexually Transmitted Diseases

This paper asks the question of whether the most vociferous members of society are now directing medicine in a way that diverts re...

Reshaping Nursing Education

This research paper pertains to "The Future of Nursing," an initiative established by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) an...

The Future of Nursing, The IOM Report

This research paper discusses the Future of Nursing, which is a report issued by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the...

Value of the Rain Forest, "Medicine Man"

This film review pertains to "Medicine Man," a 1992 film directed by John McTiernan. The writer gives an overview of the plot, whi...

Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use in Canada

This research paper pertains to the growing utilization of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies by the Canadian ...

The Future of Nursing

This research paper pertains to "The Future of Nursing," a report that was collaboratively formulated by the Robert Wood Johnson F...

"Medicine Man," Environmental Damage in

This paper pertains to the detrimental destruction of a rain forest environment as dramatized in the 1992 film "Medicine Man." Thr...

Need to Broaden the Scope of Nursing Practice

This research paper discusses the need to broaden the scope of practice for advanced practice nurses, which is recommendation of t...

The Future of Nursing, Overview of The IOM Report

This research paper offers an overview of the "Future of Nursing", which was developed by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF...

Love Medicine Chapter Summaries

(1934), pages 40-56. The story shifts to when Grandma is just 14. Her maiden name was Marie Lazarre. She is a headstrong girl, wit...

Managing Finances and Ethics

family must earn money and make financial decisions but poor decisions can lead families into bankruptcy and homelessness. Is home...

Advantages of Socialized Medicine

in such a manner. There is no question that far too much time, money and effort is spent on government regulations and bureaucrac...

4 Cultural Topics

America, by contrast, embraces a decidedly more individualistic notion of cultural behavior by virtue of its capitalistic existenc...

Ethics and Personalized Medicine Science

Two obvious questions linked with personalized medicine are: * Who can receive such personalized treatment? * Who pays for that pe...

Modern Medicine and Religious Traditions of the East

were any medical practitioners (Dworkin 3). The major obstacle in incorporating Eastern traditions into modern medicine has been ...

Disease Treatment Through Alternative and Holistic Medicine Approaches

approaches that are specifically utilized to improve health, the percentage of Americans relying on CAM jumps to sixty-two percent...

Exercise in Making an Ethical Decision

the cracks of indigent health care. The hospital quite naturally is concerned about the cost of continuing to provide care for Mr...

Managed Care Power and Its Effects

staff or group model HMOs would provide all health care by the mid-1990s, but, in actuality, such HMOs have been declining in numb...

Two Novels on Female Relationships and Power

that is part of mine. But when she was born, she sprang from me like a slippery fish, and has been swimming away from me since" (T...

Medicine in Ancient Mesopotamia.

various gods (Demand, 2000). The greatest contribution to the development of true civilization, however, occurred around 3100 BCE,...

Complimentary Alternative Medicine (CAM): Definition and Factors Influencing Acceptance

As positive as some CAMs are in promoting health, the general public has been somewhat reluctant to accept these...

Health Care: Changing The Way Services Are Delivered And Improving Quality Of Care

hospitals to reevaluate the way in which patient care is delivered and quality of care is approached, while at the same time find ...

Nuclear Medicine: Past, Present, and Future

involves the use of radioactive isotopes to diagnose and treat disease. In more advanced technology radioactive materials are int...

Nuclear Medicine: Past, Present, and Future

the use of radioactive isotopes to diagnose and treat disease. Various types of cancer, for example, are being treated quite succ...

Complimentary, Alternative, and Integrative Medicine (CAM)

record in terms of affecting improved health and welfare, Complimentary Alternative Medicine seeks an integration of mainstream me...

Need and the Inventor’s Spirit

and which will continue to grow in their impact. Additional effects of fossil fuel dependence are even more straightforward. The...