Essays and Research Papers on Medicine / Mixed issues

5 pages in length. Explains the discipline of pharmacology and the science of the chemistry and pharmacology of the skin. The ability of the epidermis to absorb chemicals and the various layers of the skin are described, as well as terms such as desquamation and keratinization. A fascinating look at the role ...

This 6 page paper provides a general overview of the importance of effective communication within the health care system. The discussions include: health care provider and patient; the need for communication skills to be learned, the need to recognize cultural and national communication differences, communication between professionals, and an example of how one organization ...

A 4 page discussion of the importance of effective communication in the healthcare environment. The author emphasizes the importance not just of oral communication but also of adequate record keeping. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 7 page paper divided into two sections. The first section identifies the stakeholders in health care reform and comments on the types of communication policymakers would have with these groups. The second section discusses the types of communication media elected officials would need to have with stakeholders. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 4 page paper concludes that there are communication and cultural gaps between the Hmong and Americans, and this is something that can lead to a reduction of proper medical treatment and preventative care. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses specific student-identified aspects of managing in the health care setting. Those aspects are: communication, delegation, training, dealing with employee restrictions, i.e., shortages, social and discrimination issues, and how to terminate an employee. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A paper which looks at some of the communication barriers facing deaf children, using the social model of disability, and considering the kinds of therapy, support and educational facilities available to deaf children. Bibliography lists 4 sources

A 6 page paper discussing the effects that a large physical expansion project at Glendale Adventist Medical Center (GAMC) in Glendale, California will have on several areas of operation and management, including staffing, finances, technological advances and communication with the local community. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 10 page discussion of the need for, and benefits of continued education in the medical arena. Promotes the usefulness of distance learning in completing continued education programs, comparing the advantages and disadvantages of distance learning to more traditional classroom-based approaches. Notes the trend toward distance learning is one which has been promoted by ...

A 5 page paper. This essay discusses some of the challenges of having multiple layers of medical care, such as primary care physicians and specialists. One topic discussed is coordination and communication with survey data reported. The last part of the essay reports the medical malpractice award caps in Texas. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 3 page report discusses three different views of deafness: 1) a medical view which sees deafness as a medical problem to be cured; 2) a communicative view, which takes deafness to be an impediment to effective communication with others, and; 3) the cultural view, which focuses on the distinctive cultural heritage and patterns of ...

A 10 page discussion of the diagnostic procedures which are preferred for acute appendicitis. The author compares the value of collecting a detailed clinical history and symptoms with that of more elaborate tests such as computerized Tomography. The contention is presented that although CT offers some advantages in some cases, it all too ...

This 3 page paper provides an overview of how monoclonal antibody technology works, how it has been applied to solve a particular problem and its strengths and weaknesses in relation to other technologies used to address this problem. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 5 page assertion that networking is opening vast avenues for increased efficiency and accuracy in the analysis of medical imaging. Traditional methods of data analysis in such applications and medicine relied solely on the visual inspection of that data by experts. Neural networking complements this inspection with detailed computer analysis utilizing complex ...

A 10 page research paper that offers an overview of medical informatics and how they impact healthcare delivery and access. Bibliography lists 14 sources.

This 4 page paper takes a look at different advances to come about in the field. Ethics are examined. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 4-page paper focuses on technological developments in medicine. Topics include telesurgery, virtual systems and intranets. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 4 page paper provides an overview of the issue of technological advancement and the prolonging of life from a positive financial perspective. This paper also responds to three questions on medical ethics. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 5 page overview of the problems being confronted with bird flu. The author reviews the social impacts of the H5N1 virus and comments on the ethics of vaccine production. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 7 page research paper that discusses advancements and innovations. This examination of scientific creative innovation begins with the medicine and the penicillin revolution, but then looks also at the examples of creative revolutions that have occurred in the contemporary era and concludes with observations bout the way in which scientific and technological creativity tends ...

A 5 page research paper that offers an overview of this career. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This is a 4 page paper discussing the ideas of identity through the ongoing controversy of reproductive technology. Identity in today’s culture has become skewed in relation to the increasing technological possibilities in reproduction and the continued quest for the ideal American dream. Eugenics, or selective breeding, has been the basis for considerable controversy for ...

This 3-page paper discusses medical technology in home health care settings. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

An 11 page paper discussing emphasis on training and cost containment; the origins of success and failure of IT projects in health care; and a recommendation for achieving real IT-based value while decreasing training cost and time. The success and failure of IT projects in health care rests on the same basis as IT ...

Nanotechnology offers miniaturization of information systems and computing at the atomic level. With predictions of possible cures for cancer and other diseases comes the promise of enhanced physical and mental abilities. This 11 page paper discusses whether injecting nanotechnology into the body be acceptable, ethical or desirable, if long-term effects are not known. The ...