Essays and Research Papers on Medical Marijuana

This is a 5 page paper discussing the issues involved with the use of steroids and supplements today. While steroids remain mostly illegal, except in medical treatments, usage remains fairly easy to spot. Supplement use, on the other hand, is on the rise in adolescents today and can be seen as far more dangerous because ...

A 7 page paper that discusses how one medical clinic initiated a change in a major operational task and also improved the transfer of training to the work site at the same time. This is an issue faced by many corporations. This partially hypothetical case focuses on an outpatient clinic in an urban hospital. The ...

A 5 page paper discussing this theory in conjunction with conditions in modern refugee camps. Application of Nightingale's theory directly applies today to refugee camps around the world. As these camps exist in countries whose economies have been decimated by never-ending war, drought or cataclysmic natural disaster, it is common for them to ...

A 10 page paper discussing the growing use of qualitative research methods in clinical settings, focusing on the value of the interview as a data collection tool. Qualitative research still is not accepted as valid by all the medical community, but the fact remains that valid, reliable qualitative research can give insights that cannot ...

10 pages in length. The explosive opposition to China's one-child policy act has been supported by incidents of inhumane proportions. Given the fact that large families are representative of China's inherent history, imposing restrictions that allow only one child per family --otherwise leaving the parents to face fines, taxes and the absence of governmental ...

An 8 page discussion of the need for technological competence in nursing. This paper asserts that utilizing technology to optimize patient outcome is directly dependent on a nurse’s competence with that particular technology. Because technology is changing on a daily basis in the medical environment, nursing competency is an ever evolving phenomena. ...

5 pages in length. Hunter 'Patch' Adams saw beyond society's brusque and compassionless approach to medicine in a mighty attempt to change the system. After spending self-imposed time in a mental institution, he came to realize why people were not getting better and were, in fact, oftentimes getting worse. The lack of ...

A 10 page review of the need for improved information management and protection. Utilizes the work of noted policy analyst Anne Wells Branscomb to illustrate the fact that the management of information has become considerably more complex in the last few generations. The miracles of modern technology have resulted in easy access to ...

This 15 page paper discusses the state of research into finding an AIDS vaccine, including the medical perspective. New AIDS cases have declined in the US and several other developed nations, but AIDS is still the scourge of much of Africa, India and China, threatening an entire generation in some sections of Africa. ...

6 pages in length. Australia, held in one of the highest regards with regard to organ transplant success rates, has found itself up against the same ethical wall as other global communities grappling with the issue of policy. There is no question as to Australia's desire to move forward as the medical community ...

5 pages in length. Technological advancement has changed virtually everything about how man operates in his world. From medical discoveries to genetic food alteration and work efficiency to personal convenience, technology has afforded people the opportunity to achieve goals and objectives with much greater ease. However, a positive side such as this ...

7 pages in length. To understand man's behavior and mental processes is to realize the capacity, quirks and composition of the human mind; as a result, studying psychology provides a greater awareness of how each individual harbors altogether different stimuli that creates said behavior and mental processes. It is imperative for these aspects ...

3 pages in length. Hypothyroidism - a medical condition whereby an underactive thyroid does not produce an adequate amount of hormone for the body to function normally - has many offshoot consequences above and beyond the physical issues that can manifest from the condition; because of lacking the hormone thyroxin, the body's energy level ...

15 pages in length. The 1940s and 1950s ushered in medical options for treating psychological disorders, many of which proved to abate symptoms but not cure the problem. Still, these pharmaceutical offerings proved a saving grace for those whose ability to function within society was greatly augmented by popping an antipsychotic pill. ...

This 8 page paper considers a proposal. A clinic in China relies on external funding, they treat the poor who cannot afford medical treatment, when funds are low they have to turn many away. There is a plan, the building of an abortion clinic, this will attract middle class women and the funds can be ...

8 pages in length. The health care industry is fraught with struggles that keep people from obtaining the medical attention they need in a system where patients often pay the price for social and political agendas. One area in which this fall down of services is felt especially hard is with regard to ...

A 5 page research paper that discusses a case scenario and the ethical issues involved. Due to medical innovation and advancement, more patients are living longer with chronic diseases. But while these innovations can prolong life, death is eventually inevitable for everyone and, therefore, it seems logical that the majority of nurses will be called ...

A 16 page paper discussing strategy for the National Naval Medical Center (NNMC). It is the primary site of Navy medicine and is one of the largest healthcare systems in the United States. NNMC will be taking on some of the functions of Walter Reed Army Hospital by 2011 and so has opportunity ...

16 pages in length. The concept of incentive systems within the health care industry is yet another method by which control cyclically passes from one entity to another in the attempt to influence which provider a insured individual sees. The physician receives an incentive for keeping down costs associated with his or her ...

3 pages in length. Medical science has long taken the road less traveled when it comes to researching unique - and often controversial - ways to sustain the human species. Life extension, disease control and prevention, artificial body parts, organ transplants and brain surgery are just the tip of the proverbial iceberg with ...

3 pages in length. The vicious cycle that keeps low income families from attaining adequate - and oftentimes any - health care is both grand and far-reaching; low-end jobs may not offer employee benefits, and having the wage earner foot the cost of insurance premiums is entirely out of the question when getting food ...

A 9 page research paper that examines the ethical issues associated with the issue of euthanasia, which are frequently addressed in contemporary society due to the fact that modern medical innovation has made it possible to prolong life in situations where, in previous eras, death would have been swift and inevitable. As this suggests, ...

A 10 page research paper that discusses Total hip replacement (THR), which has been identified in medical literature as one of the most "successful and cost-effective surgical interventions" (McMurray, et al, 2005). This discussion of THR relates literature on this topic to the requirements of a nursing student to formulate a focused clinical inquiry ...

A 5 page research paper that discusses Medical Emergency Teams (METs), which are also known as rapid response teams, aid hospitals by addressing the "warning signs of patient crises" (Finding back value, 2007, p. 64). This is a strategy that holds the promise of reducing not only hospital mortality rates, but also length of stays ...

6 pages in length. Spousal abuse is not only about women whose husbands physical assault them, nor is it simply about men who lose their tempers and take out their anger on their wives. It is especially not about the woman deserving to be battered or simply making the decision to leave her ...