Essays on Medical Practice

Information and Communication Teachnology

ABSTRACT As telemedicine is used throughout the rural parts of Africa, there are many professionals and patients who find the entire process very beneficial because there is an allowance for a decrease in transmission of highly contagious diseases such as MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus). If there are clinics that are found in locations surrounding rural Africa, there are strong concerns that patients will be able to transmit their diseases to other people who are otherwise healthy. With the use of telemedicine, the patients and the health care providers can see each other through a confined space and there is ...

I. Challenges Given current case, one best planning strategy to adopt is a combination of Team Involvement and Reciprocity (Dunn, 2015). As not all coders agree on proposed change, persuading remaining coder could be "bought in" by seeking support of another manager, probably in Human Resources Department (HRM). This selection is based on a performance-compensation basis. More specifically, a change from ICD-9 to ICD-10 should be "sold" to non-boarding coder based on a better performance due to more enhanced capabilities of ICD-10 compared to ICD-9 and hence more workflow efficiencies and, ultimately, more customer satisfaction and better compensation prospects. ...

Several individuals throughout history have been using different methods to prevent and control certain diseases. Additionally, these mechanisms were applied in the prevention of illness. Societies have become larger, complex, as well as culturally diverse. The growth of cultures has necessitated the development of therapeutic options that have resulted in healthcare pluralism. In most countries, formal healthcare and sub-cultural practices exist. The subcultures have different cultural as well as social aspects (Mitchell & Haroun, 2012). The health care sub-cultures that are considered indigenous to a given society are regarded as traditional medicine (TM). The development of the communities has led ...

Report from Chapters 6 & 16 in Ann Fadiman’s “The Spirit Catches and You Fall Down”

Chapter 6: high velocity transcortical lead therapy

Hmong in America present challenges in the handling of cross-cultural medicine. At the Merced Community Medical Center (MCMC) the Hmong immigrants feel that their cultural practices and beliefs, such as women exposing themselves to doctors during medical examinations, are not right but they feel obliged by the local systems. There is a legal implication on the rights of patients in dealing with doctors since the doctors seem to disregard the rights their patients have to select treatment. For instance the issue of the lady who had blisters in her mouth and instead ...

Every government has specific services that it provides for its citizens. One of the primary areas that every government should focus at is health care (Younghee, 2013). There are various ways through which a government can improve the status of health care provided to the public. Some of these approaches are health education and medical practice. Health education helps the people to avoid unhealthy habits and make healthy choices while medical practice deals with medical issues affecting the people. Health education helps in reducing the health problems in society. For example, lung cancer in smokers is a significant problem ...

The usage of Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) is an essential element in the healthcare delivery. It is first necessary to explain that evidence-based practice is a decision-making process concerning the healthcare delivery to patients on the basis of modern, recognized and proved research evidence, priorities of consumers, professional judgments and public expectations (Yip, Mordiffi, Kim, Zhang & Majid, 2013). In any case, EBP has great chances for promoting healthcare industry to a higher level of producing the intended healthcare delivery. Nursing as an occupation has always acknowledged the significance of the investigation, studying, and experimentation as an important framework for its ...

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed by President Obama in 2010. There were three major goals of ACA: to expand health insurance coverage, to shift focus from treatment to prevention, and to reduce costs but improve the efficiency of health care in the USA. “The intent of the ACA is to reform how insurance and health systems work to ultimately improve health care access, quality, and individual and public cost” (Hellerstedt, 2014). Indeed, The ACA provides incentives for delivering preventive care and funds for primary prevention programs. Nevertheless, The ACA’s primary goal is to ...

Introduction

Individuals have many significant views about human life. There are some circumstances that a person love his life, but may choose to end it for some unwanted medical reason. Some individuals may be in a situation that requires an important decision to end someone else’s life, such as a doctor who was requested to end the patient’s life through assisted suicide. In some cases, a family member may need to decide whether or not to continue his relative’s suffering through continuous medication or to end the physical pain by discontinuing the treatment especially during terminal cases. ...

Introduction:

Physician assisted suicide is the act of destroying one’s own life with the assistance of a physician. According to Walker (25), in Oregon based on a terminally ill patient’s request a physician can prescribe a lethal dose of medication to take the life of a patient. To stop the pain what ethical issues surround the termination of the life of a terminally ill patient? Who bears the responsibility of making this decision? Is it the patient, the medical practitioner, or the patient’s relatives? What considerations are required before making the decision to end a patient’s ...

HCPM 341

Introduction Practice management is one of the least popular jobs among medical practitioners, probably because it leans more on the field of management than in the medical practice itself (Aluise, 2012 p.142). However, done correctly, the organization will produce the profit that is needed in order to continue providing excellent healthcare services to patients. In managing the multi-specialty group of six doctors and three mid-level providers, I will employ planning, organizing, staffing, controlling, directing, and decision-making. Planning is probably the most important of these six elements because without it, there is no order. Even if there are duties and ...

Introduction

Leadership is a process whereby one person directs members of a group towards the attainment of a common goal. Like all phenomenon, leadership is susceptible to changes over time as variables in society changes. The evolution of leadership has changed from autocratic models to democratic systems whereby the concern for people is a very important aspect of attaining group goals and objectives. Health Science Education is now complicated and designed to cover a wide array of issues and matters in the 21st Century. This includes amongst other things, cross-specialization, interaction of people from different professional backgrounds, a high rate ...

Reader Response Based on Film and Readings- Pioneer Women in Medical Front

The book A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard based on her diary, 1785-1812, was written by the historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich in reference to the diary of an 18th century American midwife and healer, Martha Moore Ballard (1735-1812). The documentary film, The American Experience, was based on the Ulrich’s book. During the period of 3 decades (from 1785-1812), Martha Ballard kept a diary that recorded her life as a midwife and healer and housewife with children. Her records illustrate struggles and tragedies that she faced within her family and the society as a whole during ...

A. In the third part of the poster project, I visited the Chinese American Museum in Los Angeles, where I gained insights in the following ideas: the history of Chinese in Monterey Park, acupuncture, and the abacus.

Various writings and materials at the Museum provide information about Chinese history in Monterey Park.

Acupuncture, a healing technique that utilizes fine needles inserted into points of the body, was first accepted officially as a medical practice in California in 1976. The abacus was invented to do mathematical calculations in China and it is still used by shops in Asia and Chinese American communities in North America. B.

Presently, Monterey Park is one of the cities in the United States that accommodates the largest population of Chinese Americans.

For instance, the migration of Chinese to the United ...

The book starts with the definition of ethics, its historical attributions, moral reasoning, and bioethics. One of the most interesting parts of the book is chapter 13 on euthanasia and assisted suicide. A distinction was set to differentiate euthanasia from assisted suicide where euthanasia is referred to, as medical killing while assisted suicide is medical suicide. In euthanasia, the doctor alone is instrumental to the death of the patient for reasons attributed to the ethical concept of non-maleficence. The practice of euthanasia can be classified as passive and active where active refers to the act of removing the life ...

Obtaining Patient’s Informed Consent

Most nurses are faced with a dilemma in nursing practice on whether to seek clients consent before administering for some medicine or nursing procedures. It is important for nurses to uphold patient consent and seek for their opinion before applying certain healthcare procedures and medications. The patient should be made aware of the choices that are possible and given a chance to choose what is best for them. The nurses should only withhold the principle of the patient consent when the client is incapacitated. Many occasions' nurses are faced with this dilemma of seeking the customer consent and sometimes ...

Summary

Differences The Kaiser Permanente (KP) is an autonomous integrated not-for-profit health care organization. It comprises of the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Permanente Medical Groups, and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals. The organization has its services spread across eight regions. It focuses on the successful evolution of a system that encourages physician and managerial partnership for quality and efficiency in patient care. The Mayo Clinic is a non-profitable healthcare organization based in Rochester Minnesota. This organization concentrates on education, medical practice and research. It operates as one of the largest nonprofit organizations in the world that specialize in complex healthcare issues through ...

In the third part of the poster project, I visited a local cultural resource where I gained many insights into various aspects of my cultural background based on the materials kept at the resource. In particular, I explored three main ideas: the history of Chinese in Monterey Park, acupuncture, and the abacus. Various writings and materials kept at the cultural resource provide many insights into the Chinese history in Monterey Park. For instance, according to one of the writings maintained at the resource, immigrants including those from China and other Asian countries were first allowed to come to the ...

Pharmacogenomics and the potential capabilities of sequencing technology are used to create future medicine which might be used by patients without much assistance. A healthy Malay male was asked of his parent’s medical history. Based from the history, the study was able to develop a working system and algorithm which shows the flow of possible variations in pharmacogenomics analysis (Salleh et al, 2013). The analysis showed that there are 607 variations found within the pathway of drugs. This only means that there are several potentials which can be used in medical practice. As a result, the study is ...

Medical practitioners have on various occasions have been facing challenges as far as making crucial decisions concerning patient visitation. A good example is a situation whereby a certain patient is terminally ill and has contagious disease which is a threat to other human beings or when a patient is hostile and there is possibility of attacking visitors. In most cases, hostile and patient with chronic illness such as Ebola and swine flu scare are usually placed in quarantine under close care. As such, the physician is usually under crossroads in deciding whether to allow visitation or not to such ...

Focus group carry a very high importance for the business’ decision-making process, and with help of appropriately designed focus groups, an organization can implement necessary changes or make useful improvements for the enhancement of customers’ experience. In such a way, designing right questions is one of the key factors in drawing usefulness from focus groups. There are various types of questions, such as multiple choice or open-ended. Taking the given scenario about the healthcare organization and the emerging issues in it, one of the ways of constructing the questions is the following: How would you describe your experience with ...

Governments’ ability to identify, finance, and provide desirable medical services is under increasing pressure from aging populations, consumer expectations, and escalating health-related technological costs. In the US, health expenditure is nearly sixteen percent of the GDP with bureaucracy consuming about thirty-one percent of the expense (Gorman, 2008). In addition, up to forty-five million Americans lack adequate access to quality healthcare. However, the principle obstacle facing the healthcare system is the shortage of well-educated medical doctors who are adequately prepared to handle the various challenges encountered in the profession (Gorman, 2008). Thus, improvements in the education and certification of doctors ...

The Miracle In Front of You Jamie Lynnn Schuster's recent article titled “Miracle In Front Of You” interviews pediatric oncologist and Duke University Professor Raymond Barfield on the intersection of medicine, philosophy and theology and his views on integrating palliative care for children and adults alike. In this interview, Barfield speaks of his personal background, history and underlying philosophy that guides his research and work with pediatric cancer patients. He also speaks on his current medical research which examines immune therapies and quality of life issues for children with terminal illness. He also speaks on how his doctoral work ...

Introduction:

Performance management is a comprehensive process that ensures that ensures that the performance of individuals and teams of employees works towards achieving the business goals and objectives (Demartini, 2013). In this regard, an operational system governing performance and employees’ behavior is put in place. The system establishes a mutual understanding on what is to be achieved and develops an approach on how the set goals will be achieved. The process combines key elements of good human resource management practices such as, learning and skills development, performance appraisal, and organizational development.

Relevance of performance management systems:

The initiative focuses on achieving high levels of organizational ...

The article reviewed in this paper is;

Rak, S., & Coffin, J. (2012). Affordable Care Act. The Journal of medical practice management: MPM, 28(5), 317-319. The paper was published in a peer reviewed journal and the authors have the capacity to publish this type of paper being affiliated to Georgia Health Sciences University.

Abstract

The affordable care act was enacted on March 23, 2010 with the goal of reducing the number of people without health insurance in America and extending the availability of health services through affordable costs. This is because the US health care system is ranked first in terms of costs, 37th in terms of ...

In Australia, there are code of ethics for healthcare professionals such as nurses, doctors, midwives, dentists, and pharmacists.

The Code of Ethics for Australia nurses serve four purposes. Firstly, it highlighted the fundamental standards of ethics and values where nursing practitioners are expected to commit themselves to. The second purpose is to offer nurse practitioners a point of reference where they not only reflect their conduct but also the conduct of others. The third purpose is to guide the nurse practitioners in making ethical decisions and practices. Finally, the code of ethics highlights the ethical values as well as the ethical standards which members of the community expect nurses to respect. Basically, there are 8 code of ethics ...

The tradition applied in medical practice since time immemorial that treatment is administered upon ascertaining that the person is a patient may be misleading as it is helpful. A patient should not necessarily be a person in order to qualify as a patient. I agree with this article because: In past medical ethics literature, the notion of “person” does not seem to have executed a major role in determining how medicine should not or should be administered with regard to a particular patient (Szasz). This notion does not just reveal the bad shape that the philosophy of medicine or medical ethics is in, ...

Like any other business organization, the medical sector has a system of ethics which refers to moral principles that determine principles and rulings regarding the practice of medicine. Medical ethics as a scholarly discipline involves practical applications of the clinical atmosphere as well as application of the principles of philosophy, sociology and theology. This follows that fact that it is important to do right by the superior being, by the established societal morals and what is individually right. For this reason, persons seeking medical assistance (patients) have a right to enjoy their personal freedom while at the same time medical practitioners need ...

Virtue and Care Theory

Thesis: Virtue ethics is built on the premise that the undertakings of an individual or group must be aligned with the moral tenets that define the essence of good living. The traditional and modern practices of virtue ethics intimate that character traits, vices or virtues are the key determinants of moral standings. These variables determine how humans relate to each other in the society. Nonetheless, virtue ethics has been extensively applied in the medical practice. Virtue ethics and medical practice have a high affinity, and they enhance the provision of care in healthcare facilities. I. Introduction

B. Summary and ...

Abstract

The ethical issue of vaccination in the United States has become a controversial one of late, despite its status as a long-standing medical practice borne of practical results and rigorous scientific study. However, recent years have seen a rise in the anti-vaccination movement, cultivated chiefly through the Internet and popular cultural figures advocating for vaccine refusal. When viewing and examining this issue from a utilitarian perspective, it becomes clear that compulsory vaccination remains a moral and ethical imperative, regardless of the controversy that has surrounded it. The ethical issue of vaccination in the United States has become a controversial one of late, despite its ...

People with Disabilities and Their Families

Assisted Suicide Introduction Death is usually considered to be something appalling that everyone should avoid or overcome. However, no matter how modernized our medical technologies are, dying is an unavoidable thing in life. In this regard, there are concerns involving physician assisted suicide that can be depicted as a proceeding wherein the patient is agreeable to end their suffering with the assistance of a physician. Physician assisted kind of suicide or death is a process of prescribing a certain medication to a patient with an intention of ending his or her own life by way of eliminating the extreme pain voluntarily by ...

The Databases in Clinical Practice:

Advantages and Disadvantages 1. Introduction The field of medicine is an area of dynamic growth. As the population increases there are greater demands on the delivery of effective healthcare. Individual practitioners cannot keep up with the growing body of clinical information which is reported around the world. There is a growing need to create an effective way to keep all clinicians current in their medical practices. Although the practice of medicine is typically a one-on-one relationship between patient and doctor, the computer has become a useful element in the organization of patient records and the dissemination of clinical results. Every ...

Difference between entitlement program and block grants

An entitlement program is one of the government mechanisms in which public funds are given to people who meet specific requirement. Good example of an entitlement program in the united state of America is Medicare program. In the Medicare program on the part of it would qualify to be an entitlement program. In this program, the people who are unable to meet their medical care cost are given some funds. Other may confuse an entitlement program with social security program during their working day, but this is not a form of an entitlement program. The only time in which the ...

Introduction

The House of God is a hilarious novel with information on everything doctors do not want patients to know. The author based the story on his experience at the Beth Israel Hospital. The novel caused a scandal when it first appeared. The work glamorized traits of dehumanizing and unprofessional attitudes towards ailing patients, which are a set of very unethical issues. Such include a sadistic and dark humor such as how to “turf” patients to other specialties. Another idea is that GOMERs go round. The text promotes a detachment from the patient, which causes them to act in ways that may prove unsafe ...

The primary role of physicians in hospitals is to help save lives to the best of their abilities. Life support systems introduce ethical concerns and legal issues in the medical practice. Life support systems are usually regarded as a form of treatment that may assist the patient to recover and then the patient can be nursed into normal health when the life support system is removed. Currently, medical lawsuits against hospitals and physicians have made hospitals be more careful when dealing with issues of life support systems. According to Humphrey (2004, p46), physicians have opted to use other non-controversial approaches ...

Introduction

- Canada currently does not have any active criminal laws penalizing abortion - The Canada Health Act governs the proper process of abortion in Canada - Provision of abortion in Canada varies by province

Thesis

- The due observation and respect towards abortion rights in Canada stands as inviolable under the Canadian Charter of Rights, in light of the fundamental principle of protection to life through the autonomy of decisions on the health and body of Canadian women from state intervention.

Body: Abortion Rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

- Article 2(a) - MAIN IDEA: Abortion is an issue severely debated by both religious and ...

With the advancement in technology, there have occurred a number of innovations and the healthcare industry has been one of the industries that have experienced technological innovations. The Medios EHR software is a system which is based on the internet connection, designed for healthcare practitioners to access patient records on any device which is internet enabled. Given a generation of technology and the need to reduce costs, this innovation comes in the medical practice hence making the topic on the EHR software worthy discussing. The Medios EHR software is an innovation which promises to empower healthcare providers enabling them to improve their ...

Abstract

The scope of the practice guideline was developed to inform medical personnel and medical institutions about the value of using prophylactic antibiotics in the management of infection rates, among the patients receiving spinal surgery. The recommendations and also conclusions of the study were fashioned through evidence-based evaluation of literatures authored on the topic. The guide-document’s scope is limited to exploration of usefulness of prophylactic antibiotics in managing infection rates, among spinal surgery patients. The purpose of the study was offering medical personnel and institutions with a model for delivering care to spinal surgery patients. The research questions for the ...

Abstract

Medication errors are still experienced in clinical settings in spite of the current technological advancements. Nurses play a crucial role in the provision of care including medical therapy to patients. In line with this, they ought to be trained on how to avoid medication errors. In this paper, a case scenario in which a nurse administers wrong vaccines to two patients with similar names is assessed. In addition, it gives strategies that can be used to prevent the occurrence of such a medication error. Nursing leadership, minimization of communication barriers between patients and nurses, a decent duty delegation process and the championship of patients’ ...

Critical Thinking

There is no arguing over the pervasive role of technology, especially information technology, especially in the field of medicine and the health sciences. A major area of health information technology (HIT) is biomedical informatics, which is the interdisciplinary technology field that synthesizes biomedical data, information and knowledge and relates them to scientific inquiry, problem-solving and decision-making with the end in view to impact positively on human health (Hsu, Markey and Wang, 2013). Biomedical imaging informatics (BMII) emerged as a subfield of biomedical informatics that tackles all concerns of biomedical informatics, including the social and behavioral considerations in the design and ...

Implementation of the IOM: Future of Nursing Report

Implementation of the IOM: Future of Nursing Report RWJF is a committee formulated earlier on in the year 2008. The aim was to come up with an IOM (Institute of Medicine), capable of influencing the nursing practice, nursing licensure as well as checking the wellness of the rising number of nurses in the State of Nevada currently slightly above three million in population. As part of the strategies, it was to discuss the future of nursing. The implementation of IOM in the future of nursing will be helpful and has its drawbacks.

IOM Implications

The future of nursing encompasses embracement of ...

Business

Research Paper

Healthcare Administrative Partners (HAP) is one of the top medical billing, coding, and consulting companies in the country, which caters to healthcare providers. The company was founded in 1995 essentially, to facilitate the compliance and advancement of hospital and physicians to set performance metrics in delivering quality care. It is currently based in Media, Philadelphia and conducts outsourcing operations in nearby locations: Media, Pennsylvania and Portsmouth, New Hampshire. More information about HAP can be found in its website http://www.hapusa.com/ (HAP, 2014). HAP takes pride in its proven process, technology infrastructure and more importantly, in the extensive ...

In earnest, I seek readmission to MBA Degree program at the University of South Florida. Following a deep contemplation over my being dropped from the MBA Degree program at the University of South Florida, I came to the conclusion that cannot give up my cherished dream of securing an MBA just because I am challenged with too many converging events in my life recently. When I was accepted initially this past spring into the MBA program with a probationary clause to maintain grades of a B or above, I did not hesitate because it would be out of question and an ...

Following the American Psychological Association’s Guidelines

Placebos and Ethics Introduction The only thing second in the medical field to successfully treating a patient is doing it ethically. Ethics are supposed to be held in the highest degree by doctors and nurses in order for patients to feel safe and optimistic about the treatment they receive. Treatments, under the Hippocratic Oath and several moral and ethical maxims must be provided in a safe, ethical manner in order for them to be considered justified practices. Examples include delivering chemotherapy to cancer patients, and antibiotics to patients with viruses. Other instances may involve obtaining conscientious permission from the ...

Abstract

Conventional medicine or mainstream medicine, which is often called as allopathic medicine, is based on the Cartesian model of dualism that holds the view that the human body and the mind are two entities. On the contrary, complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) views the human body and the mind as a single entity. Many mainstream therapies were once considered complementary until they were proven clinically effective through research. Currently, many mainstream practitioners are adopting CAM therapies to provide integrated or holistic care. The National Institutes of Health and National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NIH/NCCAM) have divided CAM therapies ...

Pre-Operative Shaving of the Surgery Site

Changing the Practice Shaving the Surgery Site A1. The preoperative process of shaving the surgery site is a common medical practice that is believed to be necessary to avoid the risk of the surgery incision area from being infected. When a patient is scheduled for a surgery, practitioners’ advice patients to shave the surgery site prior to the surgery procedure. For the longest time, the medical practice believes that the culprit to surgical site infection was due to the hair follicles being contaminated with bacteria. Surgical site infection was reported to be the third most occurring incident of nosocomial infection among ...

Introduction

An optometrist has the technical ability to detect the early signs of potential ocular and systemic diseases. This is because the eyes, because of their rich blood supply, provide opportunities for inspection of the cardiovascular system. The fundus region in the eye can be observed non-invasively and directly, providing vital clues on the systemic status. Retinopathy may be caused by several factors like diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension and HIV positive status (Rughani, 2013). Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the biggest contributor to mortality in the Western world. It accounts for approximately 80% premature mortality in diabetes. The optometrist plays the important ...

End of life alternatives: physician assisted suicide and continue sedation

Introduction Today, many people are dying in hospitals due to chronic disease which often call for a decision regarding the end of life. Sometimes, these decisions lead to the shortening of life and have often roused immense debate based on ethical implications. “Physician Assisted suicide” (PAS) remains one of the most debated subjects in ethical circles. This is whereby the physician provides a patient, at their own request, with a lethal form of medication which is self-administered by the patient. On the other hand, Continuous Sedation (CS) when used at the end of life takes or reduces the patient’s consciousness ...

Medical ethics and law are two interrelated disciplines which overlap yet they are distinct and possess unique parameters. For instance, the concept of respect for independence in ethics finds its expression in law as individual liberty which is guaranteed in the Constitution. It is on this background that this paper seeks to compare and contrast the two disciplines so as to highlight the similarities and differences that exist between them. In medical practice, a number of issues emerge some of which involve and indeed necessitate the need for consultation of the medical personnel with lawyers and medical ethicists. Medical ...

An open system is much better than a closed system, as “[a]n organization depends on its supporting environments for continued inputs to ensure its sustainability and processes these inputs through the recurring and patterned activities and interactions of individuals to yield outputs” (Meyer & O’Brien-Pallas 2010, p. 2830). As applied to a nursing and medical practice environment, the need for this continued input is paramount, as resources and personnel can become scarce. For example, in my organization, one problem we often have is a lack of specialists to deal with our patients’ varied conditions and problems. In a closed system, we would be ...

4.1 Main research questions and sub research questions used Main question: How can the current medical treatments data synchronization be optimized in relation to the hospital billing system for a more efficient and accurate billing system?

Sub question 1: Which medical billing systems is state-of-the-art in medical treatment data synchronization at this moment? (Literature)

Sub question 2: How could the current data processing and billing system be described? (Analysis) Sub question 3: What are the requirements for an efficient, effective and accurate billing system? (Redesign) Literature Review Introduction Recent literature shows that the development in technology brings numerous things that individuals have not had in many years, especially in the healthcare. The basis ...

Transparency is becoming an integral aspect in healthcare considering the many other medical practice options that people have. Thus, when doctors and other medical practitioners begin to think of how to market their services, transparency is one of the issues that crops up. For this case, the task is to present the pros and cons of transparency to a group of young cardiologists who developed their own website from scratch. Becoming transparent means providing prospective patients the information about certain illnesses that they might have and placing these information on the website for all people to see. This includes ...

Medical Care at the End of Life: A Catholic Perspective by David F. Kelly (end of life issues)

In the context of this book various ethical principles are analyzed with respect to the medical care at the end life of people and the support that people deserve at their end life. The book is broken into sections which try to expound on the principles guiding the healthcare at the end life of people. In the context of chapter one, the issue of ordinary and extraordinary means has been reflected with respect to end life medical care ethics. This shows the dilemma facing the medical professionals and the health institutions with regards to end life ethics. This ...

Health Economics

My View of Medical Practice Health Policy and Law including other health related legislations are created to address the issues of social health needs and one of them is the view of medical practitioners towards health economics. There are suggested theories regarding the issue. However, the theory stating, “medicine is a science and experts will ultimately discover the best means for treating every illness” (Musgrave, 1995) appears to suit the given issue more appropriately. It is apparent that history tells us how medicine was revolutionized by several discoveries. One example of that is the discovery of penicillin. In ...

[Your instructor’s name] [Your course title]

When old enough at the age of 18, I became an employee of the family’s business. During that time, I was assigned management responsibilities, which included revising rules and regulations to improve employee performance and help the business move forward. After that adventure, I entered college and earned an LLB degree in law from Abia State University in 2001. The following year I went to Nigerian Law School in Abuja and took the Bar in 2004. Having completed academic goals, I was ready to achieve my dream of becoming a ...

for Euthanasia

Protecting the Right to Act Autonomously: A Philosophical Argument for Euthanasia

There is a long tradition of support for voluntary euthanasia in Western civilization. The ancient Greeks and Romans “did not believe that life needed to be preserved at any cost and were, in consequence, tolerant of suicide in cases where no relief could be offered to the dying” The ancient schools of philosophy, the Stoics and Epicureans, believed that an individual who no longer wanted to live and chose to commit suicide should be supported in their decision. Thomas More, writing in the 16th century, foresaw a utopian community in which individuals suffering from intolerable pain and burdened by ...

Objectives

I target to identify new areas of medical practice related to nursing that I have not learning. In comparison to my list of weaknesses and strengths, I will focus on these areas so that I can get a stable grasp of the practical knowledge. The first objective that I have in this field is to act professionally with regards to my decorum. This will involve my punctuality to the hospital facility, a positive attitude towards patients and a positive image of the medical institution that I am engaging for this elective program. With this basis, I look forward to adhering to ...

Organizations mostly find it difficult managing their finances especially when some employees stay dormant because their services are not required. Medical Care centers have different types of staffs who have specified duties. As a manager in one of the leading healthcare center, I wished to cut down the overhead costs while maintaining the revenue cycle. The process was critical, but I managed to resolve some of the key issues. The following is a negotiation plan and the resolving steps.

Negotiation plan

Goal statement

Every financial, year Medical Care centers find themselves looking for ways of cutting down their operating costs in order to ...

Social Welfare & Services

Social policies are standards, legislation, activities, and guidelines that influence the living settings conductive to the society. These policies are bound to change in time, and their change behavior can be analyzed using the Blau analysis model that includes politics, history, economic, ideology, and social movement as changing factors. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to analyze critically the conscientious objection in medicine policy using a medical commentary and the Michigan Senate Bill 896 based on the five policy changing factors of Blau analysis model. The paper will also review the various factors influencing social welfare. The factors are:

History

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The Joint Commission:

The joint commission is the body that concerns itself with observance of standards in healthcare. The body operates in the United States of America. The body certifies healthcare organisations based on their record of accomplishment and performance concerning set standards. Considering the fact that the commission has a subscription list of nineteen thousand health care facilities, it is a reputable origination. It is a non-for profit-oriented organisation (Brauer, 2001). Its primary goal is to ensure healthcare standards maintenance and enforcement throughout the country take place. Stakeholders view certificates issued by the commission as a true vindication of performance and quality. Goals of the ...

Writing a Claim of Policy Essay

Claim- There should be a universal standard regarding the legality of physician-assisted suicide. 1. Overview, Purpose and historical background

Definition of Terms

Some of the key terms in this paper that the reader needs to be conversant with include, suicide, assisted suicide, and physician assisted suicide. Kopelman and De Ville write that suicide is the taking of one’s life without being forced by from one’s self will. This means that when a suicide is committed, the victim has the willingness to die with him or herself. Kopelman and De Ville continue to explain that an action is considered as physician assisted ...