Essays and Research Papers on Medical Issues

This 6-page paper analyzes behavior health care and provider relationships. Topics discussed include an analysis of four major behavioral health care organizations, what it takes to be a provider, and how to develop a strong provider - organization relationship. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3-page paper covers questions dealing with the U.S. healthcare system. Issues address include what is third-party payment, and why healthcare reform is such a hot-button issue. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

An 11 page paper. that begins with a description of what an ethical organizational culture looks like. This includes behaviors that can be observed. The next section discusses what Public Health is and its impact on the population. The last and longest section reports and discusses establishing an ethical culture in Public Health. Samples of ...

A 7 page paper. There are disparities in health care access and delivery just as there are disparities in many social programs. This essay discusses one group of Americans, Hispanics. The essay reports the data regarding insurance, different health concerns this population tends to have, actual barriers and disparities, legislation and policies that may ...

A paper which considers the issue of negligence within the health care system with particular reference to the ways in which negligence may impact on those patients who suffer from mental or physical incapacity, such as the elderly or the metally ill. Bibliography lists 12 sources

A 7 page paper. This essay discusses universal health care beginning with the enterprise zones the program would affect, i.e., the entire country. The paper discusses some of the problems with the current system, the difficulties associated with calculating a cost benefit ratio of this program, experiences of individual states and the possible cost. ...

A 12 page description of health care as a scientific practice. Contends that there is an intimate relationship between modern health care practices and the scientific process. Demonstrates this contention utilizing various examples of the relationship of epidemiology, diagnoses, treatment, and health care recommendations in regard to lifestyle and diet. Emphasizes that ...

This 3 page paper provides an overview of a plan initiative for Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, OH. This paper discusses the implementation of healthcare portals. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A critical appraisal of this article by Linnet et al, which investigates the relationship between GERD and dental erosion in terms of the general oral health of children. Bibliography lists 9 sources

This 5-page paper examines the thought that treatment of chronic disease such as hypertension require a different approach for treatment than the standard methods. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 7 page paper that discusses the different aspects of health care in the United States today. The paper discusses HMOs, physicians, and the general condition of health care as it relates to coverage issues. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 7 page paper that reports certain data, including expenses related to GDP per capita compared to other countries, the number of Americans with no or inadequate health insurance. The paper discusses how individual states attempted to fund universal health coverage and how other countries fund the program. The writer comments on the savings that ...

5 pages in length. The ongoing quest for providing universal health insurance has done little more than deepen the social, political and cultural quagmire of America's health care system. Even with employer-subsidized and private insurance coverage, there are still nearly fifty million people in the United States who are without any type of ...

A 7 page consideration of the ethical impacts of health care rationing. The author asserts that a combination of our longer life spans and more and more elaborate and expensive medical technology has resulted in stressed health care resources. Patients clamor for optimized care and the medical profession and our political system struggle ...

5 pages in length. Turkey struggles along with the rest of the world in establishing and maintaining quality healthcare for its people. Depending upon myriad elements – social, political, economic, cultural, environmental – different global communities experience different challenges in meeting this objective. Turkey's primary barriers include the combination of infectious disease ...

A 3 page research paper that discusses the American system. According to an online dictionary, www.businessdictionary.com, a "health care system" is defined as a "Complex of facilities, organizations, and trained personnel engaged in providing health care within a geographical area." If one considers only this extremely broad definition of a "health care system," then, yes, ...

A 5 page paper presenting the contention that older people use health services to a proportionately greater extent than any other population group and that because of this disproportionate use it is a matter of urgency that we seek ways of preventing illness and promoting healthy lifestyles among our older community members. Provides statistics ...

A 9 page paper assessing current health care policy, forces that maintain the status quo and suggestions for improving policy. The bottom line is that ultimately, Medicare controls the course of most of health care in the US, including precipitating much of the cost increase against which all parties appear to be powerless. ...

A 5 page research paper that investigates domestic violence from a community health nursing standpoint. Guidelines for diagnosis and recovery plan are offered. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses the lack of health care in the Mississippi Delta, the problems residents face, and what can be done about it. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

7 pages in length. The writer discusses various issues in the American health care system via two dozen briefly answered questions. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 12 page research paper on the nature and variety of HMOs, and physician duties in regard to disclosure. The writer details the types of HMOs, their means of funding treatment, how they impact treatment decisions, and what must be done ethically in this new climate. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 3-page paper attempts to address the AIDs crisis in Africa and tries to determine the political advantage behind SAPs in addressing the problem. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 7 page paper discusses what it is like to work in a health-care setting that does not seek to place blame for errors, but instead looks at the entire process as responsible when an error occurs. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 5 page paper presenting a strategic plan for a private hospital. The proposed strategy for St. Vincent Health Care is to concentrate on health promotion, disease prevention, community-based health education, increased internal efficiency and continued attention to quality. Patient care remains the leading priority for St. Vincent, but training attention on these ...