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Advantages of Socialized Medicine

in such a manner. There is no question that far too much time, money and effort is spent on government regulations and bureaucrac...

Nigeria - Health

this country (Hargreaves, 2002). Tuberculosis is another one (Hargreaves, 2002). It has to do with a lack of inoculations against ...

Alternative Medical Approaches

use these techniques only in response to certain ailments, such as back or neck pain (Steiner 20). However, another difference is ...

Love Medicine Chapter Summaries

(1934), pages 40-56. The story shifts to when Grandma is just 14. Her maiden name was Marie Lazarre. She is a headstrong girl, wit...

Nuclear Medicine: Past, Present, and Future

involves the use of radioactive isotopes to diagnose and treat disease. In more advanced technology radioactive materials are int...

Nuclear Medicine: Past, Present, and Future

the use of radioactive isotopes to diagnose and treat disease. Various types of cancer, for example, are being treated quite succ...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

Modern Medicine and Religious Traditions of the East

were any medical practitioners (Dworkin 3). The major obstacle in incorporating Eastern traditions into modern medicine has been ...

4 Cultural Topics

America, by contrast, embraces a decidedly more individualistic notion of cultural behavior by virtue of its capitalistic existenc...

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...

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...

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. ...

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...

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...

Questioning Health Policy

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

THE QUESTION OF CULTURE: LIA LEE, THE HMONG AND WESTERN MEDICINE

on p. 262 of her book. "However, I have come to believe that her life was ruined not by septic shock or noncompliant parents but b...

Considerations in Government Supported Stem Cell Research

heal without scarring (Muneoka 56; Pilcher 42). Unfortunately, embryonic stem cell research is an ethical quagmire. Stem cell ...

Chinese Culture and Health Beliefs

is the concept of Qi, which refers to the idea that there is an energy that flows from the surface of the body to the internal org...

Chiropractic and CAM

through the efforts of their own belief systems. However, some argue that without the additional use of conventional physical the...

Genetic Research, Trend Towards Personalized Medicine

envisioned as means to optimize care, taking it to a new level of quality. The technologies associated with this trend have result...