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Overview of Pheochromocytoma

1499). The condition is diagnosed through testing. The doctor will test "blood and urine for abnormal amounts of the substance ...

Vision Development, Mission Statements, and Ethics

individuals and families throughout the Hamot System (Nursing Excellence, 2001). This is Hamot Medical Centers Nursing Stra...

The Medicine of the Ancient Greeks

to promote schools, schools where medical pursuits were blended with the ecclesiastical (Draper, 1992). These schools would ultima...

Male and Female Circumcision

Female circumcision, almost unknown in Western cultures, is mainly found...

Overview of Chicago's Edward J. Hines Jr. Hospital

a reputation for efficiency and effectiveness, as well see later on in this paper. The hospital was named in honor of Edwa...

Emergent and Reemergent Infectious Diseases

pathogen (National Institutes of Health, 1999). The most concerning infectious agents are those that are both highly contagious ...

Beneficence and Medical Ethics

do very good medicine. The two simply cant be removed from each other" (Rolph, 2003). This is an interesting premise because accor...

4 Questions Pertaining to Nursing

large perspective world view. Summing up, three differences between paradigms and models are that paradigms take a broader view of...

Great Britain and Medical Provision Between 1845 and 1954

pioneering hygienist. Here they were able to prove a different reason for the death rate of the patients at the hospital. The hosp...

Doing Good and Medical Ethics

Oath. This was traditionally taken by all graduating doctors, but many institutions do not insist on it toady. The original oath h...

Terminal Conditions and Informing Patients

patient, but it could serve to avoid having the same thing happen again in the future. Other Facts, Options and Consequences ...

Terminal Condition and Informing Patients 2

Acquiescing to the constraints imposed by organizational and professional structure does not mean that the nurse has no alternativ...

Textbook Chapter and Media Article Compared

protecting brain cells from stroke and trauma damage. A recent study also showed that cannabinoids block the formation of new memo...

Two Scenarios in Medical Ethics

not want his father informed), presenting a rationale for signing a health care proxy becomes extremely problematic. Guidelines us...

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...

Impact of Stress on Diabetes

and Baron Josef von Mering removed the pancreas of a dog in 1889 to see if it were an essential organ. Their early attempts to fe...

Medical Profession's Cultural Clashes in Anne Fadiman's The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down

far the most common cause of illness is soul loss"(Fadiman 8). What is most interesting about this book is that Fadiman...

Law and Confidentiality

notify of births and deaths (Davies, 1998). It also makes sense that there will be some conditions that should be notified due to ...

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 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...

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 ...

Medicine and Physics

by many" (Gould, 2003). By design, the equipment is seven feet tall by seven feet wide by ten feet long, considered by some to be...

Case of Conjoined Twins Mary and Jodie

judge did indeed have the right. I happen to think that the parents of these children were acting irresponsibly. There is no que...

Artificial Insemination Dilemmas

process that has been practiced for several years, but it has become simpler - and therefore more complicated - in recent years. ...

Emergency Medical Personnel and PTSD

that are now associated with post traumatic stress disorder (National Center for PTSD, 2000). It was called Da Costas Syndrome in ...

Case Study on Personal Finance

Therefore, each needs sufficient life insurance initially to pay of their individuals and the joint liabilities. There is also the...

Schizophrenia and Genetics

Study to Hunt for Genetic Causes, 2003). However, while there are medications to treat these conditions and reduce sympt...

Proposal for the Application of Collaborative Practices in Health Care Provision

The paper, which is written in the style of a White Paper, proposes an increased level of collaborative practices between medical ...

Medical Malpractice, Overview of State Statutes

This research paper discusses issues relevant to medical malpractice tort reform. The statutes of Oregon and Virginia are describe...

Electronic Medical Records, An Analysis

This research paper describes the factors that hospitals purchasing an electronic medical records (EMR) system. Fifteen pages in l...