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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 ...

Falls and Senior Citizen Patients

that are often incurred as a natural part of the aging process (Wang and Wollin, 2004). These changes include "impaired vision and...

Etiology and Pathophysiology of Lung Cancer

cancer being observed (Wynder, Goodman and Hoffman, 1985). They also suggest that schools should place "major emphasis" on program...

Assessment of a Woman with Menopause Case Study

the nGMS as an assessment instrument. This computer program provides a check list that the nurse can use to cover all pertinent in...

Medical Use of Marijuana and California's Proposition 215

In a paper consisting of ten pages the inhumanity of denying marijuana for medical use in cancer, AIDS and paraplegic patients is ...

Are Physicians' Professionalism Sacrificing Humanity?

had no idea what chemical component was the primary factor of his theory -- he merely followed his heart as a physician who believ...

Privacy Rights and Medical Records

In five pages this paper examines electronic medical record keeping and the violation of privacy that has resulted in a considerat...

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 ...

Medical Doctors and Nurse Practitioners Conflict Management

the elderly. The Nurse Practitioner announced in its July 2000 issue that reports of the AMAs petition had been received as...

Software Development and Ethics

desire to increase revenue to allow further development and facilitate increased benefits to the users. The errors may not be as s...

Dual Diagnosis Patients and the Importances of Comprehensive Treatment Programs

episode of major depression be treated in this type of program? Or can this person be treated in a primary addiction-oriented prog...

Patient Choice and Medical Negligence

mechanism it can be expected that this shift in the accountability and transparency needs to be indicates within case law. It can...

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...

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Medical Coding, and Patient Privacy Rights

life in prison for patient death (Jacko & Sears, 2003). HIPAA is comprised of five major titles that are applicable to each provi...

Ethics and Removing Medical Patients from Life Support

In 5 pages this ethical consideration discusses 3 philosophers' views on removing medical patients from life support. There are 5...

Post Miscarriage and the Interaction Between Medical Staff and Patient

In sixteen pages this paper discusses nursing theory in a consideration of how patients who have experienced miscarriages or are a...

Supporting Life and Costs Both Financial and Emotional

In five pages this research paper considers comatose or vegetative patients and the financial and emotional costs of sustaining li...

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...

Ethics, Politics, and Quality of Life

In six pages this paper discusses the importance of the quality of life and how the medical industry can become humanized by valui...

Marijuana for Medical Purposes

In ten pages this paper argues in favor of a medical need for marijuana to be legally used citing the similar character properties...

Nursing Home Patients And Their Vulnerabilities During Disasters

food, clean water and - most important for some people who did not survive - electricity to keep their life-sustaining equipment r...

Appalachian Patient: Cultural Considerations For Medical Treatment

proximity and/or behavior man has imposed upon his own species. Social norms play an integral role in both setting and meeting th...

Type and Incidence of Falls in Patients of a Home Care Nursing Agency

only injuries in 53% of the falls recorded. It should be noted that for other types of injury there were some cross overs, for exa...

Cultural Considerations for a Home-Bound African American Patient

American vernacular, the diet is one that has characterized the South and its inhabitants for generations. With a few extraordina...

Home Care Senior Citizen Patients and Chronic Undertreatment

2. constant monitoring for potential complications 3. the willingness to utilize both pharmacological and nonpharmacologi...

Palka, Galgano, and Corson's Operation Iraqi Freedom

and resources for Iraqis, and helping the Iraqi people create the conditions necessary for a rapid transition to representative se...

Media Bias

are impressive or incredibly important when it really only speaks of a 2% increase, while at the same time indicating it matches p...

Enhancing Total Quality Management at the U.S. Naval Hospital, Guam

quite a leap to effectively apply its principles to service industries, but TQM is as much at home in health care as it is in manu...

Respiratory Care/Geriatric Case Study

on nursing care, particularly when considering the psychological factors of this model (Saliba, 2006). Breathing is one of the b...