Essays and Research Papers on Health Care

This 4 page paper describes Hemby Children’s Hospital in Charlotte, NC. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 4 page paper assessing the National Naval Medical Center's stated values with observed actions. The paper concludes that there are many aspects of NNMC's operation that should and does inspire pride in those associated with it; congruence between action and stated values is clear. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 7 page paper that begins with an introduction to Leininger's transcultural assessment model and the importance of cultural competence. The essay focuses on Arab-Americans, explaining and discussing issues related to health care from a transcultural perspective. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

This 3 page paper explicates an article about a study done on hospice and non-hospice care. Surprisingly, the survey shows no difference between the two groups with their attitudes toward quality of life. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 3-page paper focuses on three physical diagnosis resulting from life-based stressors. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 15 page paper provides an overview of existing literature about the impacts that dental professionals have on family violence interventions. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This 5 page paper responds to different questions, most of which involve medical coding beginning with the constructs that affect medical coding. Other topics include cost shifting, time studies, case mix management, implementing electronic medical records and ethical lapses of two physicians discussing a patient while riding in an elevator. Bibliography lists 5 sources. ...

This 3 page paper responds to two diverse topics. The first one discusses the question: Is medical coding the process of operationalizing the construct of "severity" -- or the construct itself? The writer determines the illness and severity is the construct. The second question is about medical consent forms and provides a real court ...

This 8 page paper discusses the problem of a growing lack of primary care physicians. It provides background, current policies and suggestions for solving the problem. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 5 page paper that incorporates and labels aspects of a lesson plan for senior citizens on the relationship between heart disease and smoking. The lesson incorporates small group brainstorming on different topics, large group discussion, questions, and lecture notes that include statistical data. The lesson ends with a quote that affirms the success ...

This 10 page paper examines the phenomenon of substance dependence and addiction in order to discuss whether substance dependence is a psychological or a physiological phenomenon. The discussion includes aspects such as whether addiction, such as alcoholism, is a disease, the role of culture, family, coping mechanisms and the influences on initial addiction and ...

A 22 page paper. Research regarding eczema is reported, including appropriate statistical data, the explosive increase in cases over three decades, symptoms, diagnosis, causes and discussions, including impact on quality of life. Another section reports and discusses research and expert discussions about the management of atopic eczema. Management is a multi-faceted approach that involves ...

This 9 page paper discusses a peculiarly distressing form of the condition, that which afflicts infants and toddlers. It considers the importance of the issue, who it affects and how it impacts children’s development. It also considers what agencies are working on the problem and makes suggestions for further research and funding. Bibliography lists 6 ...

This 3 page paper analyzes medication errors as to their root cause. Suggestions are made to prevent those errors. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 9 page paper which examines President Elect Barack Obama’s universal healthcare plan. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This 3 page paper briefly examines the health care systems in the U.S. and China, and argues that both are overly complex, far too costly and ineffective. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 12 page paper discusses the symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and effect on families of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

This 3-page paper focuses on a fictitious situation in which the manager of a rural medical clinic must decide what services to add/cut in the face of a departmental budget cut. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 4 page paper discusses migraine headaches and how they differ from ordinary headaches; symptoms and treatment. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses why even a person with a healthy personality can be overwhelmed by a hospital visit. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 9 page paper that is based on a hypothetical case of two health care institutions merging. One of the directions are to redesign jobs to include universal workers. The writer discusses what this is and where they most often practice. Using Senge's model, the paper identifies steps for this organization to take. Bibliography ...

This 15 page paper discusses the concept of culturally competent care and in particular, how it can be implemented at Tripler Army Medical Center in Hawai’i. Bibliography lists 8 sources

This 16 page paper begins with an introduction and definitions of key words. The paper discusses the long tradition of healing in Christianity beginning with Christ and His Apostles. The writer comments on faith healers, including Mary Baker Eddy and the potential dangers of relying only on prayer. The paper then discusses the charismatic Christian ...

This paper explores the problems inherent in pharmaceutical advertising, gifts to physicians, and polypharmacy. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This 3 page paper examines medical coding procedures created by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). CCI policies and procedures is the focus of this paper. Bibliography lists 4 sources.