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Medical Technology and Computers

In seven pages medicine and its computer history are considered with such concepts as telemedicine, computer aided surgery, and 'v...

A Biography on Charles Drew

This biography takes a look at this black doctor who lived during the 1900s. What Drew would contribute to modern medicine is incl...

Modern Medicine and Reproductive Technology

In five pages this paper discusses modern medicine in a consideration of reproductive issues associated with surrogate motherhood,...

In Favor of Socialized Health Care in the United States

In fourteen pages this author considers the many Americans currently without any type of health car insurance in order to make the...

Managed Care Power and Its Effects

staff or group model HMOs would provide all health care by the mid-1990s, but, in actuality, such HMOs have been declining in numb...

Exercise in Making an Ethical Decision

the cracks of indigent health care. The hospital quite naturally is concerned about the cost of continuing to provide care for Mr...

Medicine from Ancient China

(Traditional Chinese medicine, 2000). But it declined from the end of the Ming Dynasty until 1949, when the Chinese government "b...

Ethics and Personalized Medicine Science

Two obvious questions linked with personalized medicine are: * Who can receive such personalized treatment? * Who pays for that pe...

Examination of CAM Therapies

reduce discomfort following surgery (NCCAM, 2004). Use of CAM has been controversial in the medical community, especially...

Occupational Drug Testing of Employees

have enacted certain laws on their own which sometimes provide for testing in a much wider arena. Consider Idaho as an example. ...

Two Novels on Female Relationships and Power

that is part of mine. But when she was born, she sprang from me like a slippery fish, and has been swimming away from me since" (T...

CAM in Mainstream Medicine and in the Future

invest billions annually on alternative approaches to healthcare (Allen, 2005). The National Institutes of Health estimates that ...

Herbal Medicine and Environmental Pollution

the effects of carcinogens and toxins (p. 88). Canadian scientists have found that algin, although non-digestible in an of itself...

Force and William Carlos Williams' 'The Use of Force'

of nature and the unveiling of secrets; a theme which is well illustrated in The Use of Force. As Johnson (2004) notes, the narrat...

Questioning Health Policy

who suffer from cancer, arthritis, AIDS, multiple sclerosis or acute back pain are known to frequently turn to alternative medicin...

The Role of the Physician: Differing Views in Accordance with Age, Gender, Ethnicity and OccupationVarious Perspectives on the Role of Medical Doctor

value the psychological and social factors which can equate with disease or infirmity. Nurses, although also trained primar...

Medical Treatment, Complimentary Alternative Medicine

a concept created by Andrew Weil, MD (2004). He claims that it refers to the best of both worlds and an integration of alternativ...

Overview of Homeopathic Medicine

a natural and interactive manner, while at the same time working toward prevention. While the Medical Association has typically h...

Medicine Evolution and Physicians

When we explore Greek medicine we are immediately immersed in the works of such notable ancient Greek philosophers as Homer, Arist...

Contract Payment Alternatives and HMOs

same basic framework. If specific fees are determined contractually and the HMO remains solvent, then there is little risk associ...

Exploring Complementary and Alternative Medicine

in fact no particular system that is called holism (1999). Rather, holistic medicine is really alternative. At the same time, ther...

Lipsha Character in Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich

of one individual, Lipsha. One critic notes that this novel "explores more or less three general areas which constitutes its plot:...

Contemporary Nursing's History

as how the profession has been viewed for at least a century. It was an honorable and respected position for a woman and one that ...

Community in Medicine River by Thomas King

place that Will checks out in regards to a loan is the Department of Indian Affairs. Whitney Oldcrow shakes his head and explains ...

Advantages and Disadvantages of Socialized Medicine in America

own economic self-interests, and unfortunately, this does not necessarily mean that their actions are in the best interest of the ...

Medicine and Artificial Intelligence

beneficial in considering their application for prediction models and medical research. Reflecting on the utility of these system...

Developing New Medicines through Neural Networks and Expert Systems' Pattern Recognition and Diagnostic Abilities

a number of technological developments, computers have not only become integral components of daily life, but they have also been ...

The Medicine of the Ancient Greeks

to promote schools, schools where medical pursuits were blended with the ecclesiastical (Draper, 1992). These schools would ultima...

Ancient Greek Women and the Effects of Medicine, Law, and Architecture

of Greek culture to glean hints as to how a woman interacted in this male-dominated world....

Andrew Weil and Ralph Snyderman on U.S. Health Care System Restructuring

medical education, it changed all aspects of medical care and the relationships that exist between physician and patient (pp. 395)...