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2% were on home hemodialysis (Freitas, 2002, 167). There are many chronic problems associated with hemodialysis including hyper...

2004). this symptom is sufficient for a diagnosis (HealthyPlace.com). Schizophrenia is treated with both drugs and therapeutic i...

true medical condition. The approach is taken even further by Thomas Szasz where any mental condition is not seen as a true medi...

dolphins could provide a piece to a perplexing medical puzzle that has long been missing. They can, these dolphin aficionados mai...

chlamydial, and rickettsial organisms" (Bessette, 2004). Inhibits bacterial protein synthesis (Bessette, 2004). E. Cloxacillin: "...

of condition in terms of importance due the impact on lifestyle and ability to result in death is not treated correctly (King et a...

routine activities necessary to their own care. The purpose is that with a nurses direction, encouragement and initial supervisio...

episode of major depression be treated in this type of program? Or can this person be treated in a primary addiction-oriented prog...

who "cheats" on his diet (1994). Doctors merely expect patients to comply with their dictums but this author says that some like S...

much sugar remains in the blood and too little energy is transferred to other cells. The diabetic needs to take externally adminis...

(called IgE) (ONeill, 1990). This then sticks to other cells such as the mast cells or the basophils, this is a chain reaction as ...

to reduce pain remains controversial. A 2001 meta-analysis of 39 clinical studies found that marijuanas was no more effective in...

issues of spirituality. In essence, the parish nurse has the ability to treat the whole patient, rather than only addressing symp...

after which he began drinking again. After this, the patient demonstrated a desire to poison himself, and this resulted in his ow...

in which nurses had to request perceptions for certain types of dressing was a waste of time and resources, which in turn impacted...

how it was initiated. This means that contacting partners, or figuring out who might have given one the disease, can become rather...

The following are the five DSM-IV-TR Diagnoses based on the DSM Five-Axis determinations: Axis I: Alcohol dependence...

using similar tests and with mixed variables such as aromatherapy and hypnosis. All of the studies mentioned concluded that massag...

welfare must be protected at a premium. If our definition of boundary violations, however, overlap our standard practices a dilem...

primary function is to "pump blood coming into the ventricles from the lower pressure venous system against the higher pressure ar...

Ida would do fine provide support for his theories. All he had to do was to fit her and her symptoms into the framework he alread...

and height), an intense fear of becoming fat, and (in females) skipped menstrual periods for at least three months" (Grilo, Sinha,...

diagnosing it. It is not as if depression is difficult to diagnose. What is difficult is getting clients into facilities and to ad...

In three pages this paper discusses dementia in elderly patients and how dementia can result in this consideration of etiology and...

what serves the greatest number serves the greater good" (London A12), rather than what is favorable for a few. Indeed, this has ...

an SD of 17.2, compared with the heavier mean of those seeking treatment of 194 with a SD of 38.5. The sample used was 100% whit...

prior to patient/surgeon consultation (Lee, Walsh, and Ho, 2001). In reality, such approaches are limited given that the most acc...

It seems that within the context of the work, there is little compassion shown for the protagonist with the exception of one oncol...

The procedures of a surgical team are presented in a hypothetical case that consists of 7 pages. These procedures are described w...

This 5 page paper discusses the way mentally ill women were treated in the 19th century. The writer argues that mental illness oft...