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those under stress or who are unhappy with their lives. For this reason there has been a higher use in poorer social classes where...

in a Scottish farmhouse that is more than 10 miles from the nearest village and more than 50 miles from the nearest hospital. Jame...

apple shaped rather than a pear shaped body) has been associated with an increased risk for heart disease" (The metabolic syndrome...

36). Both a therapeutic and social relationship are featured in the film Good Will Hunting (1997). The protagonist in the film, ...

This position is acknowledged by the government in its document The Expert Patient (DoH, 2002). However, Powers (2002) also points...

fundamental differences between the two concepts. Whitehead (2004), for sake of clarity, delineates the foundation of health-rela...

1997, p.42). Mental health is not only something that is peculiar to an individual, but it is something that affects the entire c...

of consumptions vary, with the industrialized countries using more than the developing countries (Rheingans 363). Various energy s...

When the report was undertaken it was noted that there were significant inadequacies in the way the workers compensation is dealt ...

utilized by the CDC (WHO, 2009). The status of mental health in the community, the number of injuries, the level of violence, and...

higher for smokers when compared to people who have never smoked (Reibel 643). Globally, oral cancer is the eighth most common dia...

fact that Ross, who is associated with an established clinic, recommends this procedure and offers her an example of how this can ...

does. Literature Search By November 2008, there were more than 10.3 million people unemployed in the United States (Families USA...

persons health" (Tickner). The implication of this survey is of political interest; says Tickner: "Disparaging attacks on long ter...

workers (Center for American Progress, 2007). Something must be done. Universal health care has been proposed by many politicians...

relationship or marriage (Darling, 2005). For example, a homosexual man suffering from HIV-related illness and receiving the inten...

patient (Seidel, 2004). This author also states that effective communication is something that can and must be learned (Seidel, 2...

according to learning readiness; cultural backgrounds; gender; talents; learning styles; and interests (McGreevey-Nichols, 2004). ...

management (DM) concept Disease management (DM) is defined as a "systematic clinical improvement process," which addresses both ...

agony? Medicine was not always the assembly line it is today. According to Pescosolido and Boyer, there were three events that ch...

agony? Medicine was not always the assembly line it is today. According to Pescosolido and Boyer, there were three events that ch...

gum disease in one form or another (Cardiovascular Week, 2005). Gingivitis is the first step of periodontal disease. The...

it seems appropriate to suggest that a picture that appears less "faded" would be appropriate in conveying the message that the in...

because they do not have the means to get medical attention (Center for American Progress, 2007). Health care costs seem to rise e...

(Jennings, 2005). The reason for the huge increases in health care costs is not the insurance companies, Jennings found, but the f...

generalized research which took place many years ago. In more recent years there has been research that can be seen as specificall...

of literature about biomedical ethics relative to patient autonomy. This type of autonomy is limited, at best, with managed health...

defining the leadership characteristics that would be the focus of this educational effort (Pintar, Capuano and Rosser, 2007). As ...

need of treatment following tours in Rwanda, the Balkans and Somalia" (Auld). Mental health problems in regards to soldiers retu...

one of the primary issues is that these levels vary and that different researchers view the significance of levels differently. ...