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his ideal weight yet less than that which takes his BMI past the boundary for obesity (Fontanarosa, 1998). Either condition is a ...

definitions of community have emerged, with the consequence that, concurrently, definitions of health promotions have also evolved...

Continuing education is a universal requirement for professionals in the healthcare industry. This paper presents a lesson plan on...

not just to the move, but the circumstances under which the individual became a refugee. In general terms for all migrants the pot...

completing the ranges of study required to attain the licensing level each holds. Aides are not licensed individuals and may or m...

Foundation, 2006). In 2003, at least US$700 million was spent by Americans purchasing drugs from Canadian pharmacies (Kaiser Famil...

now our nations elderly have depended on Medicare/Medicaid for their medical needs. The Medicare/Medicaid system upon which these...

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

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

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

conversation with MaryAlice Mowry," 2003). Many people do not realize that government benefits aligned with disabilities would be ...

knowledge safely and appropriately" (p. 17). Morath (2003) went so far as to state clearly that the U.S. healthcare system is dang...

much broader in its application. It is this broadness that allows nurses to reach across religious lines and distinctions. In a su...

would have no need for surgical gloves, but a hospital or a stand-alone outpatient surgery clinic has need for both. A mate...

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

2000). Even as recently as just a couple of decades ago, conditions such as cramps, pregnancy nausea and even labor pains were oft...

primarily through government funding supported by tax receipts. Icelands national health care system "receives 85% of its funding...

subject of rationing health care. The authors look at the years 1989 through 1995 and laws which were put in place in Oregon to ad...

that gives patients more options while maintaining fewer requirements (McKelvey, 2004). It is something that should strengthen the...

important to understanding the impact of interventions. One of the major problems noted by a number of theorists is that the exte...

markets that can be quite lucrative. The industry can expect greater numbers of patients in the future, resulting both from demog...

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

hallways of hospitals, it does seem to contain a great deal of minority workers. Yet, it is not clear who are in managerial roles ...

infected individuals essentially quadrupled in South Africa and Zimbabwe (El-Asfahani and Girvan, 2009). Today an estimated 25 pe...

anticipated to help improve the system over the long term, short-term there will have to be adaptations by organizations as they d...

labyrinthine topic which is overwhelming in terms of both accessibility and comprehension. This is because the health care industr...

The health care situation is rather complex, but solutions can be implemented once the problem is thoroughly understood. This pape...

professional from Phoenix Childrens Hospital in Arizona. The organization is an excellent representation of the importance of publ...

care without knowing some data. It is also lopsided to discuss the cost without discussing the savings. In 2009, the National Coal...

example of this was introduced by Coreil et al in 2001 when discussing breast cancer - they point out that incidence rates for bre...