1. Healthcare Reform - Stakes and Positons
Abstract Utilization of medical imaging continues to rise. This is true of the pediatric population as well as adults. With increased exposure there is a correlating risk of radiation induced cancers, particularly leukemia. The purpose of this project is to examine current imaging technology and pr...
America's healthcare industry shows us one of the most revealing contradictions in the country's economy. Even though America claims to be the world's most advanced superpower, it is still unable to provide its entire population with healthcare and even worse, the quality of its healthcare overall is declining in many ways. Though many democratic nations provide their citizens with healthcare access, the United States tries to concentrate the control of medicine into the hands of big businesses like the insurance industry and pharmaceutical companies. The result is that the Unit...
Introduction Plants used as medical treatments for is a practice that transcends since the beginning of time. Ancient civilizations, such as the first with written records, indicate their use of plants and herbs for their healing properties. Indian and African cultures are widely known for their us...
Health by definition is the complete physical, mental and social well-being (Burch, 2001). In the past health has been defined as the absence of disease. Health promotion enables people the ability and resources to improve and control their overall health. Being able to adjust and adapt to various s...
So, what is physician-assisted suicide? Physician assisted suicide is when a doctor chooses to aid a patient in the process of killing himself or herself. This so called "mercy killing" gives the patient a chance to escape potentially long-term suffering and misery resulting from terminal diseases and conditions that are hurting and or slowly killing the patient. This method of death also gives the individual a chance to decide when to end his or her life, by committing suicide in a peaceful manner rather than waiting through prolonged and continuous periods of suffering from the d...
Healthcare is in crisis in many countries, not least of which is the United States. We hear on the news how health care providers are incapable of providing medical care to an increasingly number of chronically ill and the aging population. There are a number of systemic failures; however, none is m...
A MARKETING RESEARCH PLAN EMPATHY TRAINING Introduction The bedside manner currently used by the medical profession while conveying pertinent information to a cancer patient is quite disturbing. Cancer patients would like their physicians to be more sensitive to all personal and emotional issues, as well as medical concerns; thereby, giving the patient some real time and concern. Evaluating the personal attitudes regarding the interaction between the medical profession and cancer patients has determined a need for further training on the physician's part in the area of care and compa...
Introduction Around the globe, the advent of large-scale technology implementation in health care has begun. The terms telemedicine and telehealth are spreading across the globe as fast as the satellite communications systems can transmit them. Telemedicine has reached around the world and has helped to link all peoples together in the struggle to understand and treat disease and promote health. Telemedicine is not just a single technology. It is part of a greater process, and it has spawned the creation of a chain of care unlike any in history (Roine, Ohinmaa & Hailey, 2001). ...