Essays and Research Papers on Medical Issues

A 5 page paper that uses Christoffe’s conceptual framework and identifies elements related to childhood asthma for each of the three steps. Bandura’s social cognitive theory is mentioned in terms of changing adult behaviors that might reduce the incidence of childhood asthma. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

An 8 page research paper, which includes a 1 page abstract, and offers a comprehensive overview of hemophilia. Type of hemophilia are described, along with its effects, historical background, prevalence, treatments and the focus of current research. Bibliography lists 9 sources.

This 3 page research paper pertains to sickle cell disease and the genetic material associated with these diseases. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 3 page paper the explains two goals for reducing childhood asthma attacks. One focuses on parents, the other on the children. The goals describe the educational program. The paper begins with statistics about the incidence of childhood asthma in this country. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 3 page paper. Scientists know less about taste than they know about the other senses. In some ways, taste is a mystery but more knowledge about this sense is evolving. This essay examines what we know about taste. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 5 page paper that begins with a review of the guidelines from the National Guideline Clearinghouse. Discussion includes recommendations and how they arrived at these. Three research studies are briefly reported with comments regarding the guidelines. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 7 page paper investigates the clinical research on Sitagliptin, a Class DPP-4 drug for treating this type of diabetes. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 3 page paper examines different companies in the EMR field. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 6 page research paper that outlines the ethical issues associated with artificial insemination and how a hypothetical ethical dilemma might be addressed. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 3-page paper discusses follow-up examination of a wrong-site surgery event. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 3 page paper consists of a Roman Numeral outline of blood cell culture. The last page consists of a series of photographs illustrating normal blood vessel growth verses laboratory culture.

This 9 page paper explores the problem of HIV/AIDS among African Americans and compares the applicability of the theories of Jean Watson, Dorothea Orem, and Hildegard Peplau. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 6 page paper. This essay discusses a one-day-old infant who died because he was given the wrong medication and a dose that was ten times what should have been given for his age. There were mistakes along the entire chain. Had even one of those mistakes not happened, the infant might have lived because ...

In six pages this paper examines the various issues associated with the rarely researched phenomenon of young men who suffer from anorexia nervosa. Five sources are listed in the bibliography.

This 3 page paper examines a scenario where a ninety-five year old woman is denied kidney transplant although her seventy year old son is a willing donor. Bibliography lists 1 source.

An Ethical Framework This 10 page paper explores the ethical controversy surrounding mandatory vaccination to prevent cervical cancer. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

A 7 page paper that presents an analysis of the movie, Super Size Me. The paper reports Spurlock’s health data prior to his experiment and that same data at the end of the 30 days. It reports his symptoms as the experiment continued. The paper also reports data on obesity and the health issues ...

This 12-page paper discusses pressure ulcers as hospital acquired conditions and how quality tools can be used to prevent or reduce them. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

This 5 page research paper offers an overview of the reemergence of tuberculosis (TB) as a public health problem in the US. The writer discusses prevalence, causes and treatment, at-risk groups, and public policy, among other issues. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

A 4 page paper that begins with a survey that will be sent to parents of asthmatic children. The survey is a data collection instrument. An educational packet was sent to parents, the contents of which are described. Statistical data about childhood asthma is reported. Tips for reducing attacks are included. Bibliography lists 4 ...

A 3 page essay/research paper that describes why the student researching this topic is qualified for the role of chief pharmacist. In providing this argument, the qualifications for a chief pharmacist are described. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 8 page paper looks at a medical research article from an ethical perspective. The article, which examines the potential use of nicotine to reduce aggressive behavior in schizophrenic patients admitted to an emergency department. Issues such as informed consent, the value of the research and the benefits and risks are all discussed. The ...

This 4 page paper provides an overview of a crisis management plan, with a focus on the creation of a living will. This paper considers the need for a crisis management team.

This 6 page paper reviews an article which assesses the costs of hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis for the treatment of end stage renal disease. The direct and indirect costs are assessed It is argued that the high investments needed for hemodialysis is likely to impact the potential for the more cost effective peritoneal dialysis becoming ...

This 5 page research paper offers an overview of osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), which is written from the perspective of a 15-year-old with this genetic disorder. Bibliography lists 4 sources.