Health & Medicine Essay Examples and Topics. Page 91

The hospital works in collaboration with other healthcare providers and agencies to meet the health needs of the people of the region.

This, though, is in sharp contrast to the limited development of BCG in the first two decades of the 20th century.

However, it is advisable that a physician intervenes in the decision of whether a treatment is futile or not since they have the better medical knowledge to make a decision compared with the patients.

They are: commutative justice and distributive justice."Commutative justice is about rendering unto this patient what is his or her due, in this case, what he or she needs; it is distinguished from distributive justice, which [...]

The belief for major influence in use of psychiatric medication in Americans is because of an economic drive, state of being active and energetic.

However, in the case of MaineHealth a Clinical Integration and Community Health Improvement organization a perfect integration has resulted in profound success in extending services to the community. The hospital followed the process of integrating [...]

The entity acts to represent the hospitals and the physicians as the common front for dealing with the payers for contracting into the services of the hospitals and physicians.

The underlying assumption is that the pre-donation agreement is made in the premise of the considerations and hence the central point of the interests and legal rights and responsibilities of all the parties enlisting the [...]

The objective of patient-focused care is to ensure the comfort of the patients and their families, by providing advanced diagnosis, treatment and therapy.

Shrestha, Burn injuries in pediatric population, 2002, Nepal Med Assoc. Cause of Under five mortality: Burn injuries among pediatric population Study Design, Sample Size: The study comprised of 580 patients all of whom were children aged below 15 years. The children had been hospitalized in1999-2003 at hospital at a burn center in Ostrava. Mechanisms of […]

Other characteristics of the disorder include stiffness of body joints, lack of sleep, and general body fatigue although in addition to these symptoms an affected person may also experience difficulties when swallowing and dysfunction of [...]

Rains and Barton-Kreise assert that identifying with politics and engaging actively in political processes and policy frameworks that have a direct or indirect connection with a healthcare organization contributes immensely to the overall competence in [...]

The authors work on the basis of the axiom that a patient's consent is required for any medical treatment unless he or she is incapable of consenting or the law requires the doctor to intervene [...]

The information that is obtained from this exam assists the health care providers in counseling parents on the development of the fetus especially in the nature of anomalies, prognosis, and the postnatal consideration of the [...]

Since the enactment of the Medicare Policy Act in 1965, the act has undergone several amendments in a bid to improve the level of accessibility and quality of health insurance coverage to all Americans.

Events in life make elderly people be at the risk for problems of Chemical dependency which include retiring and outliving friends, family members as well as spouses loosing the ability to perform roles of life [...]

In the course of the diagnostic it is advisable to handle the patients with care as some patients tend to be bluntly combative or highly agitated and thus may require the use of chemical restraints.

Ample communication was to be provided to the family, Head Start personnel and the Child's physician in relation to the asthma. A great reduction was seen in the asthma symptoms and emergency.

Consequently, high treatment interruption rates, the HIV epidemic, low cure rates have contributed to the emergence of multi drug resistance tuberculosis in South Africa; this has been blamed on the adoption of inappropriate treatment programmes [...]

It is also called the principal of informed consent, the principal of nonmaleficence which states that one should not cause any harm to a patient, the principal of beneficence which requires that the physician be [...]

The first action to do this is to collect all the data about the patients and the history of diseases. It is important to investigate the patients' visits to the hospital and evaluate the possibility [...]

The article is comprehensive with a detailed account of the anatomy as well as the physiology of the various organs of the abdomen and the complications arising in them.

Nobody will argue the fact that at the present moment the system of the US healthcare delivery has become not a social institute that is aimed at the provision of the nation's welfare but a [...]

As a result, managed care is under threat from possible conflict of interest between the insurance and health care service delivery. In this respect, managed care strives to achieve the values of bringing in returns [...]

WIC policies are functions of 'supply and demand strategies' that have been balanced to ensure our clients get the 'best premium support' mechanisms that are standardized to meet their medical care requirements.

Because of this, the quality of data retained by healthcare organizations is a vital element in the eventual delivery of care, and thus the need for more thorough system-based quality evaluation mechanisms is apparent, necessitating [...]

The investigation, discussed in the article, deals with the multidisciplinary work of the nursing staff provided the following results: the complications of the work in a team, because of different perceptions of responsibilities and different [...]

The information presents interest because of the research conducted in India, the information may be useful for the creation of general awareness of the hand-hygiene situation in medicine.

The article affirms a death caused by the deadly virus making people reconsider their health issues in terms of vaccination against the H1N1 virus.

In the retropubic approach, an incision is made in the lower abdomen and there is a possibility that the surgeon may avoid removal of the nerves controlling erections and bladder muscles.

Around the world cardiovascular disease happens to be the leading cause of death, and among the major causes of disability and diminished productivity in adults.

Nevertheless, there is another concern that we should worry about; and that is the worsening of health services or hindering in the flourishing of health services in the future.

The main points which are discussed in the article are the ramp-up of price and quality transparency efforts in health plans, applying consumerism strategy in health plans perceiving the idea that competition motivates health plan [...]

In the first experiment, oestrous, anoestrous and pregnant ewes were selected to evaluate whether OSE and follicular granulosa cells proliferation is affected by the reproductive stages of the animal.

As the original problem was regarded to be the prolonged use of Adderall, which is a combination of dextroamphetamine and amphetamine, and it is approved for the treatment of ADHD and Narcolepsy for children and [...]

Type 2 diabetes is generally recognized as an imbalance between insulin sensitivity and beta cell function We have chosen a rural area in Wisconsin where we can focus our study and select a group of [...]

Therefore, the increase in enzymes of the liver can reduce the chemical side effects of the tablet. The risk is very high in the case of alcoholics as they may be already having liver inflammation.

The family under consideration is a single-parent family composed of the mother, Kate, and her three children. Kate's husband passed on six years ago, leaving her as the sole breadwinner and the head of the [...]

The medical literature comprises mostly single case reports and does not prove a link between cause and effect and it is possible that the individuals concerned may have developed the illness in the absence of [...]

Therefore, the key task of nurses is to explain that vaccination is an effective method for the prevention of contagious diseases, and misgivings about them are not fully grounded.

The 95th percentile on these standard charts of the CDC defines children and adolescents being at risk for overweight correspond with a BMI of approximately 30, which is the adult definition of overweight.

Finally it could also be a challenge of inability to appraise the evidence based practice."The researchers must have also lost the morale to keep up carrying on the research because of the same result! A [...]

This is also referred to as the "Lincoln Law" in the US federal law, and provides the citizens and tax payers of the US a legal framework to protect the government against fraud by either [...]

Services covered in part A include the cost of blood after the third pint in a calendar year; home health services that is, services ordered by the doctor if one experiences great difficulty in leaving [...]

Finally, there is a need to build a simple but robust network infrastructure within the hospital that will not only allow the above three systems to operate collectively, but also prepare the hospital for future [...]

The aim of this essay is to review the literature on back pain among dentists, role of dental ergonometrics, prevention strategies and highlight relevant related musculoskeletal disorders.

By description, PAL-1 is the primary inhibitor of the vital activators of plasminogen in the body, namely the tissue plasminogen activator and by extension, Urokinase.

Because of the enormous speed of the illness spread, dealing with asthma is becoming a burning issue of the modern medicine. This is due to the fact that the muscles of the broche lack the [...]

A food diary also enables the identification of emotional triggers that lead to excessive indulgence in unhealthy food items and to record the kind of foods that are consumed by individuals.

Relationship between the healthcare providers and the patients, the issue of safe care, comfort, and convenience are some of the major factors that influence patients' use of inpatient acute care facilities.

This shortage of physicians in the inner-city and rural areas translates into reduced access to care, low quality of health services, and increased waiting times for the residents as well as a backlog of work [...]

Sixty years after the publication of the paper, a French neurologist in his research for the cure of the shaking disease renamed the disease Parkinson's after recognizing the critical contribution by Dr.

The antibodies that bind and block the thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor are a potential cause of the impairment of the functionality of the thyroid gland.

The introduction is comprehensive in content and begins by explaining the basis of the study due to the significant levels of depression encountered in the diabetic population of the United States.

For the better management of the data that are planned to be retrieved from the clinical trial procedures, the following list of the definitions and acronyms used in the trial process is given.

Nurses must examine their thoughts, feelings, and assumptions about the death of a baby and the bereaved family. To provide effective nursing care, nurses must show open and caring attitudes expressed through appreciation and acceptance [...]

The home was also excellent but the problem of space was there along with the lack of facilities like the telephone for public use, pharmacy, health care facility, and transportation. The voracity of appetite is [...]

Abstract Critical care and advanced practice nurses have a significant role in the creation of safe passage for patients in the hospitals in the United States Methodology This article written by three registered nurses have [...]

The nursing profession has the duty to provide a supportive environment to promote the health and safety of patients and staff; the problem of fatigue has however become a hurdle in the health promotion.

The template approach of Csikszentmihalyi was used to find out how the ladies forgot their thoughts of cancer and "reprioritized their goals".

The doses are defined by a therapist; the duty of the doctor in nurse controlled analgesia is to push the button on a machine which lets the medicine be sent to the patient's bloodstream.

Adoption Process: Attitudes of the couples; helpful to the couples with fertility and genetic disorders; helping hand to old women who lost the capability for reproduction; motherhood; divorce."Bioethicists claim that even calling the practice embryo [...]

It is thereby imperative that the practitioner adhere to the guidelines set by the home in such regards because he needs to check how his values and emotions are at par with the organizations, and [...]

According to the facts presented in this report for instance, 50% of women over the age of fifty years and 25% of men of the same age are at a greater risk of breaking a [...]

Health care in the united State of America should put dental prevention and care on the same ground as the rest of the health care program.

Since the chosen medical institution for review is a hospital, before the creation of an efficient QI plan it is necessary to define the goals and objectives it has to meet in order to direct [...]

Another argument is that it has contributed to an increase in the costs of health care putting in mind that, patients like to enjoy the true worth of what they pay for the service.

On the other hand, Melbourne is the capital city of the State of Victoria with a population of 4 million people, making it the second most populated city in Australia. This is a great challenge [...]

The population of Australia is aging, and the forecast data by the Australian Bureau of Statistics show that the proportion of people aged 65+ will increase from 13% of the total population observed in 2007 [...]

The abstract does not describe the study and the results accurately. The authors did not give enough details of the study in the abstract.

This has lots of repercussions in different aspects of life with regard to health, pecuniary and social realms."Overweight "and "obesity" are terms which are being used in the same sense to indicate an unhealthy state [...]

Celiac disease is a chronic enteropathy disease that is as result of in toleration of the gluten proteins in the body system.

Quality improvement is a long process to undertake as it requires complex attention to many aspects of functioning of the hospital that affect the results of the improvement process in a complex way.

This, however, could have been changed as a research of this degree needs the use of well-structured and a whole new set of questionnaires that would have been modeled solely on the objectives of the [...]

There also has been a demonstrated connection between alcoholism and depression in all ages; as such, people engage in alcoholism as a method of self medication to dull the feelings of depression, hopelessness and lack [...]

She needs to be hospitalized, and be under the supervision of the hospital staff as she needs to undergo tonsillectomy for the correction of her enlarged tonsils which are causing her to miss school and [...]

The important consideration here is the age at which breast milk is introduced rather than the duration of the breastfeeding."Atopic dermatitis, the most common form of eczema, can be reduced through exclusive breastfeeding beyond 12 [...]

Babies who suffer from atopic dermatitis and other allergies should start to intake solid food only after they are 6 months old since a delay in the starting of solid food in these babies may [...]

It is important that there are policies in place to ensure that the use of such practices is made with guidelines for safe and healthy use.

For this reason, the present paper will consider a set of quality assessment tools that give a clearer idea of the quality of care level the hospital possesses in various dimensions.

This paper tries to enumerate the incidence of cancer in Aboriginal people and the difference in reporting of the incidence of the media and that by the government.

While the DRG model is good at assisting clinicians and managers track the actual cost of providing healthcare to clusters of patients with analogous diagnostic characteristics, it may prove disadvantageous to some health facilities if [...]

There is a problem in the relationship between the Hospital Management Board and the Board of Trustees vis-a-vis both the selection of the research partners and the usurping of the HMB power by members of [...]

The use of the genetic material for any testing purposes is limited to the consent of the subject based on the information of the objectives and the procedures of the testing.

We are going to consider these dilemmas and how we can resolve them using the ethical principals and theories and the sociological, economic, legal or political implication of the ethical principals in the process of [...]

This amendment was passed in July 2008 to change the titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to reinstate some provisions in the Medicare Program that would have been nullified after expiry.

Its main components included the formulation of a national health board that was supposed to regulate the health care structure in the United States.

Montalto and others defined malabsorption syndrome as a disorder of mal-digestion and or malabsorption extending beyond the compensating mechanisms of the small intestines that result in manifestations of nutrients' deficiency.

Transmissible because the diseases are capable of being transferred from one animal to another, Spongiform because of appearance of sponge like holes in the brain of affected animals and Encephalopathic because they are neurodegenerative diseases [...]

In this paper, the discussion of these issues is put together with the process of policymaking, how it is affected by the external environment and a review of policy-making in its various forms.

This especially happens when a physician is faced with life sustaining issues or there is a disagreement about the care being given to a patient between the physician and the family of the patient. An [...]

The article provides the rationale for taking a comprehensive history of health of the patient stating that the process of taking the history of the patient not enables the practitioner to gain valuable information but [...]

Development of the standards for practice may be necessary to define the uniqueness and scope of the practice, and for purposes of evaluation of the practice, for example in the Canadian case.

Harnessing the differences in the various aspects of our employees offers our facility and department the depth in handling various challenges while at the same time denying us the uniformity in perception and attitude that [...]

The glycemic index or GI is defined as a measure of the diverse effects of the carbohydrate on the level of glucose in our body.

Organizations normally subject themselves to continuous accreditation not only for the purposes of maintaining a certain position in a particular field but also to expose their staff to learning of new requirements and developments in [...]

Randomization and allocation concealment are two elements of the research design that aim at reducing the influence of subjective bias on the results of the clinical study.

The literature shows that self-reflection and peer ratings are fantastic ways for small groups to gauge their level of functioning, cooperation and how to overcome interpersonal conflicts that may affect the outcome of group goals.

Care of patients by a multidisciplinary team usually organized under the leadership of a physician; each member of the team has specific responsibilities and the whole team contributes to the care of the patient.

However, there is one indispensible condition: if there is a provision in the employment contract, specifying the reasons for the dismissal of the employee, the employer cannot discharge the worker without giving any valid reason [...]

Medicaid, unlike Medicare, caters to the poor and destitute and instead of paying the patient the hospital bills; they pay the health institutes directly and often require some partial payment from the patient as well.

The paper is therefore going to focus in detail on a theory that is most effective in conflict resolution within a healthcare setting.

The causes of the conflicts may be diverse in nature depending on the management structure of the team. Just like many other sectors, the health sector experiences several problems arising from different causes including cultural [...]

Subjective clinical outcomes are the measurements that would reflect the perceptions of the person being accessed, the subject. The inconsistency of clinical measures is dependent on three elements, the individual who is examined, the examiner, [...]

To overcome such limitations and estimate the prevalence of mental disorders in the general U.S.adolescent population, Chen et al have found that the best way will be to include in national surveys of the general [...]

There is also screening trial which is a test carried out to identify a disease in its early stages and quality of life trials are done to explore the various approaches to improve the quality [...]

According to the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, "A heart attack occurs when blood flow to a section of the heart muscle becomes blocked.

The problem statement and research questions have not been defined but the review of literature reveals that very little work has been done on the topic of effectiveness of relaxation for post operative pain and [...]

According to Wong et al, Alzheimer's disease is usually associated with a mutation in three genes: the amyloid precursor protein gene and two presenilin genes.

In addition to the review of the problematic area, the analysis of the patient's general condition is required. High blood pressure is one of the red flags in neuro-ophthalmology and sudden vision decrease.

The reviewed study authors claim that their objective is "to obtain a snap-shot profile of the state of the qualitative literature research in health and social science".

The reason for their inequity is the lack of a legal framework to address the mental health issues, the absence of awareness to treat it, and the financial burden of therapy.

The purpose of this presentation is to review recommendations of the NAS Global Report 2017 for cancer and cardiovascular diseases prevention, analyze the current international healthcare policies, and define the reasons for their implementation.

It sports a high HCAHPS score, which allows it to maintain its dominant position and above-average quality of healthcare delivery. Its evaluation scores are as follows: Patient survey summary star rating: 5 stars; Patients reporting [...]

It implies that the assessment of diseases and inflammatory responses and treating them comprise the routine services dental providers give to the clients.

This vague description and the lack of a coherent disease prevention plan contributed to the feeling of uncertainty. Therefore, it is vital to implement programs that address the needs of youth with type 1 diabetes.

The discussion of basic and continuing education, a collaboration between a nurse and a physician, and the role of chart reviews and formularies will prove the significance of nurse attention and dedication.

It allows the search results to be filtered and organized by sample size and the number of articles about a specific intervention.

The purpose of this report is to investigate the causes of dementia and explore the role of a mental health nurse in helping patients to manage the condition.

According to Bottrell, this health problem is a result of the fact that a person's heart "receives unoxygenated blood from the body and pumps it through" the lungs.