Essays and Research Papers on Health Care

An 8 page paper discussing current changes in the health care industry in light of the perspective of Odin Anderson, a sociologist who examined the US health care industry as it existed in the late 1920s to analyze the "turning" of health care in the United States in the early years of the 20th century, ...

A 3 page review of the 2004 article by author Michael O’Donnell. O’Donnell summarizes what is known about the value of self-healing behavior and emphasizes that additional research is needed in regard to its impact on acute and chronic disease. No additional sources are listed.

A 5 page paper. Health care is delivered by a team of professionals with many supporting professionals behind the scenes. Each of these groups represents a stakeholder group. This essay will discuss several groups of stakeholders in a health care institution. It will identify their primary focus and interest. What each group contributes to ...

An 11 page paper that discusses how Canada's national health care system came about and what is happening now, including how it is failing to serve all Canadians and the dangers and risks associated with long wait times and unequal care between and among the provinces and territories. The writer reports innovations and programs ...

A 16 page paper discussing health care in "the health state." It ranks at the top or bottom of all national lists, and in all categories aside from those of cost, its position is determined by which position can be considered as being the most favorable. As example, Hawaii is first in average life span, 48th ...

In six pages this paper examines the increasing problem of nosocomial infections as a major cause of patient death and argues that healthcare systems need to employ certain measures to ensure that these oftentimes needless deaths can be averted. Eight sources are listed in the bibliography.

A 4 page overview of oxygen therapy in the home. The author discusses varying patient needs and the consequent variance that exist in therapeutic oversight. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 7 page paper discussing the rationale for including a commissioning authority throughout the design and construction phases of a new health care facility. The health care facility that waits until the end of construction to begin commissioning activities has waited far too late into the project. Though commissioning activities culminate with approval ...

A 7 page paper answering 4 questions about the current health care infrastructure; how managed care came to increase costs rather than reduce them; what alternative measures might be used to effect change; and what obstacles such measures might encounter. Answers to these questions focus on the medical community’s long-standing rejection of any alternative ...

This 4 page paper provides an overview of the issue of health care reform, especially in relation to the slow process of incremental change that has been used in the United States. Comparisons are made between the United States and the United Kingdom. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 4-page paper answers various questions as they pertain to marketing and health care. The questions include whether marketing is meant to deceive and parameters of marketing under HIPAA. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 7 page paper arguing that all Americans should have the right to choose their own health care provider. The writer describes why health care is a moral right, other factors contributing to health care reform, and reform plans to make choice possible. Bibliography lists 9 sources.

This 6-page paper focuses on decisions made by insurance company Castor Collins. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 15 page paper discussing the social and economic factors contributing to the increasing number of middle-class Americans who have no health-insurance coverage. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

A 5 page paper discussing New York's provision for ensuring that medically incompetent individuals' wishes are followed in issues of health care when they are unable to communicate those wishes themselves. The law was enacted in 1991, in direct response to the US Supreme Court's ruling on the Nancy Cruzan case, that of a Missouri woman whose parents ...

A 14 page paper which examines the current mental health policy regarding consumer rights and rehabilitation in Australia. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

An 8 page research paper that examines the unavailability of access to health care for the poor and the uninsured. Topics covered include the ramifications of poverty on health, as well as the characteristics of uninsured populations. The current availability of health care access is also profiled before concluding by discussing efforts that are being ...

This 4 page paper responds to two questions. The first is about the proliferation of health professionals and the effects of this outcome. The second addresses states and Medicaid. The writer reports the matching funds and the fact that states each have their own set of rules for these federally-funded health programs. Bibliography lists ...

This 6-page paper provides an overview and discussion of the current health care situation in Kenya. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 5 page discussion of the need for in-house training in the rural health care organization. The author points out that attracting and retaining qualified employees is a formidable task regardless of the industry or the location. For hospitals in rural areas, however, this task becomes even more difficult. One of the ...

A 5 page review and critique of an article of this same title. The article offers some specific statistics regarding illnesses, mortality and morbidity in different cultures as it affects women. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 7-page paper discusses universal health care coverage and the impact of the American Medical Association's Political Action Committee (AMAPAC) on this topic. Also included are a history of both AMAPAC and nationalized health care, as well as recommendations as to how AMAPAC can better formulate its agenda. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses the differences between aspirations and the reality of health care, both as a system and with regard to individuals. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper provides an overview of the disease as well as the public health nurse's role in campaigns against the illness. Campaigns in various countries are explored. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

A 10 page paper discussing methods of health care delivery. Distributive justice seeks to determine a best-case method of distributing goods and services to a specific group or population. One of the primary debates surrounding health care is that of how it should be distributed. Most insured Americans have no choice in ...