SEARCH RESULTS

they should have "choices that are diverse and responsive to individual needs"; and they should exercise personal responsibility i...

is how the people who are in treatment, or receiving care, should participate in that care. The Planetree model for example takes...

and others is becoming more and more diverse. Mwaura (2006) emphasizes that every culture has experienced a similar evolu...

to current medicines, or to increase their ability to be spread into the environment" (Miller-Boyle, 2006, p. 6). Miller-Boyle wri...

has one location but intends to open a second site, which is the purpose of seeking venture capital. * By-laws of the company alon...

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

reform is the American Health Choices Plan. In it she addresses costs and quality and hits on topics such as long term care, canc...

had out-earned Intel. Intels response has been to lower prices on its PC chips (Edwards, 2006); additional revenue from other sou...

a company rather than career corrections officers, they are underpaid, demoralized, and the turnover is high (Friedmann, 1999). Pr...

be grateful to their employer for the benefit and also, might want to stay at least until they complete their schooling. Of course...

have to lose their home over medical bills. Of course, a representative from the insurance industry was there and did explain that...

right to live if it is possible, one could well argue that it is never anyones duty to die. Battins essay, however, speaks of th...

systems." The author explains that ISO 9000 can help institutional health care providers who must comply with the standards establ...

influences can be broken down into political, economic, social and technological. Political influences are one of the most importa...

conditions may worsen and require treatment which will be more costly for the state or healthcare provider. This is unlikely to ha...

had pushed through legislation mandating mandatory medical error reporting (Hosford, 2008). Additionally, and perhaps more importa...

There is no question HMOs are in need of some major improvement efforts. Time and time again, anecdotal accounts of personal ongo...

4 pages in length. The writer discusses money's role in driving health care reform and what shifts might take place over the next...

costs ("American Academy of Emergency Management: EMTALA," 2008). In some cases, patients without insurance would be sent to a cou...

merely decided to retest all of the students (ONeil, 2004). Finally, the third scenario in this case study involves Rosa. Rosa man...

with similar expertise but with a slightly different viewpoint; it may be expanding vertically by acquiring a company either above...

desire for the latest developments (The managed care evolution, 2004). Unfortunately, super-sophisticated medical technology is e...

allowing the Department of Defense to provide civilian health care to dependents of military service members, TRICARE today has di...

Hillary Clinton has lobbied tirelessly to provide all Americans with decent and affordable health insurance and was the chief arch...

(Maier-Lorentz, 2008). Male doctors, for instance, may not be allowed to touch female Arab patients in certain parts of the body a...

are told what they should do by their physicians. For example, if a patient visits a doctor and due to age parameters, he or she w...

this indicates, family is incorporated into and valued within the realm of pediatric nursing practice as a factor that is crucial ...

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

doctors and hospitals who have no problems charging a patient three dollars for an aspirin tablet. Its also easy to point the fing...

States will cost a lot. There just isnt enough to do so. But Welch (2005) points out that a universal health care policy doesnt ha...