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Research Paper on Alcoholism

C, and HIV (Health Effects 2). It can also cause nutritional issues, lead to alcohol poisoning, cause psychological problems, and...

The Effects of Second-Hand Smoke on Children

risk-free level of exposure to secondhand smoke: even small amounts of secondhand smoke exposure can be harmful to peoples health"...

The Ethics of Pricing and Access to Health Care: A Social Justice Issue

problem of expansive pharmaceutical pricing and the social impacts for the nations poor. The Scope of the Problem One of the m...

Global Warming and Global Health

global warming associated with an increase in environmental pollution from greenhouse gases could lead to an expanded range of ano...

HEALTH CARE AND FUTURE TRENDS

that telemedicine is already having an impact on how healthcare is being delivered (Kohler, 2008). Kohler points out that technolo...

DIABETES AND COST INCREASES

the rise, more people are needing the drug therapies to help with controlling the disease (Buono, 2008). Its estimated that diabet...

Health Care and the Culture of Greece

without mentioning their love affair with olive oil, and the esteem which this precious ingredient holds in this culture (Miller, ...

Nursing Scholars, Feminism, and Postmodernism

As a socially committed citizen who addresses health needs of the local, national, and global community, nursing will forever be h...

Energy Policies of the European Union

has been declining, the level was only 50% of the budget in Framework Programme I that took place between 1984-7, which amounted t...

Access to Health Care and the Discrimination and Stigma of HIV and AIDS

on coverage based in what has been deemed "pre-existing conditions" and to refuse coverage to individuals based on everything from...

San Diego Hospitals and the Impact of Uninsured Individuals

trouble is, no one seems to want to point the finger at the cause. In fact, there is no one person, organization, or government ag...

Proposed Changes to the Existing Canadian Health Care System

Health Act, 2004). Nevertheless, recently the provincial government of British Columbia found it necessary to pass legislation lev...

Social Classes and Health Care

people who are uninsured, while many more are underinsured (Reports Say Millions Getting Second-Class Health Care Treatment, 2003)...

Psychoneuroimmunology and the Connection Between the Body and Mind

Those who continue to be exposed to high levels of stress for prolonged periods of time end up being distressed. The authors state...

The Global Health Problems Posed to Asian Children by AIDS

women are five times more likely to be abandoned at the hospital (Neff-Smith, Spencer and Taval, 2001). The leading cause of aband...

Health Care, Data Security, and Legislation

of a celebritys medical information and so on, there has been prompt attention to security by the law. There are many situations ...

Nursing and the Impact of Electronic Data Security

The act of faxing patient information to another care-providing organization or third-party payer comes under privacy regulations ...

Health Care Systems, Population Subgroups, and Teen Pregnancy

in the United States alone, "the annual cost of teen pregnancies from lost tax revenues, public assistance, child health care, fos...

Impacts of Tobacco Evaluated

"tobacco kills more than 125,000 American women, mostly through cigarette-induced heart disease, lung cancer, and other lung...

General Medical Services Contract, National Health Service, and Practice Nursing

practitioner surgeries are run by practice nurses, only making referrals to other members of the healthcare team when required, Th...

State Systems and the Effects of Globalization

effortlessly leap once imposing territorial and cultural borders which can have major consequences on state "sovereignty, prosperi...

Healthcare and Dictates of Culture

a model in which not only the biological components of illness were considered but also the psychological and sociological compone...

La Nina, El Nino, and Ecological Impacts

the number and severity of cyclones, disruptions to fisheries and destruction of coral reefs, flooding, mudslides, death inflictin...

South Florida, Pediatric Asthma, and Health Promotion

of increasing costs still further and marginalizing greater numbers of individuals and families who no longer can afford the highe...

Cultural Influences on Medical Care; Indian Hindus

is in charge of all domestic affairs. Younger newly wed couples will often live with one set of parents, even if they are going to...

The Dangers Of Smoking

to break. To bring the point home, half a million people die each year from cigarette-related causes (Whelan, 1994, p. 77), with ...

Uninsurance & Economic Impact

the aggregate value of offering health coverage to all citizens is likely to be greater than the estimated costs of providing this...

The Debate Regarding Scientific Progress

the first who heralded with major changes. His revelation that it was the sun, not the Earth, that was the center of the universe...

Chronicity & Illness Trajectory

refers to being allergic to multiple forms of stimuli. Chronic illness not only impacts the patient, but also the patients family ...

Memory Deficits Due To Alzheimer's

illustrated how certain aspects such as genetics, disease and environment diversely impact the extent of human memory, with old ag...