Anorexia Nervosa is really not about food at all: A confirmed condition of negativity that is not bound by culture - A cross cultural analysis
Thesis - 15 pages - Journalism
Anorexia nervosa/bulimia is really not about food at all. This condition is one that is a manifestation of something much deeper. And we are wrong to view anorexia nervosa/bulimia as a disease. While the thoughts of Mr. DiNicola are common today, the key words to his statement are “yet...
Medical tourism challenges
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
Traveling around the globe to seek cancer treatment has been steadily growing over the years. Medical tourism is mainly influenced by several factors that include: cheaper cancer treatments, advanced medical facilities, better qualified medical personnel and better healthcare services. The...
Health concepts
Essay - 3 pages - Medical studies
When going to the doctor's office or hospital many things are going through an individual's head. The individual is most likely experiencing some very high anxiety at this point, not knowing what to expect. The anxiety can come from the pain and suffering, financial concerns, or numerous other...
Invasion of the body snatcher
Thesis - 3 pages - Philosophy
A doctor must make a moral decision. He works in a hospital and has five deathly ill patients to look after. Each patient needs one organ to stay alive. A pizza delivery man enters the hospital. The delivery man is an organ match for all of the patients who are desperate and...
Perioperative procedures
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
Provision of quality healthcare should be the ultimate goal of any health practitioner and institution. The process begins when a patient entrust their wellbeing to the practitioner. Be it a nurse, medical doctor, surgeon or pharmaceutical. One of the most important stages during surgical...
Aravind eye care system
Case study - 6 pages - Management
Aravind eye care system was started in 1976 in India by Dr. Govindappa Venkataswamy and the main idea was to get rid of blindness which had become very rampant in India. At the start of the eye care center, the clinic has only 11 beds and by the end of the first year, the clinic had gotten 23...
Organ Donation
Case study - 2 pages - Psychology
Organ donation and transplant remains one of the most regulated health practices to date by federal and legislative law. Legislation and control on organ donation is important to ensure equitable allocation, distribution and transplantation of the donated organ. Donated organs can either be...
Bipolar Disorder as depicted in the film Mr. Jones", Using Films for Healing
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
“Mr. Jones” is a film centered on a man diagnosed with a psychological condition, bipolar condition, and admitted to a psychiatry care-giving centre. The main actor in the film is Mr. Jones (played by Richard Gere, a charismatic man with a bipolar condition. At first, there is an...
Role and responsibilities of healthcare professionals
Essay - 2 pages - Medical care & personal assistance
Healthcare is a dynamic field that is often changing to accommodate the needs of patients and communities. The roles and responsibilities of healthcare professionals help to deliver quality care and enhance health outcomes. Healthcare management professionals are critical for the efficient...
Reflective insights from a psychiatric nursing case study
Case study - 2 pages - Medical care & personal assistance
Studies taught me so much about being emotionally aware, listening, and responding with care and love to the despair and hustling spirit shown by patients. In a nutshell, I appreciated that nursing denotes the presence of an empathic soul. This reflection encapsulates true and unaltered...
The Obesity Epidemic in the United States
Essay - 2 pages - Medical care & personal assistance
In nursing, dealing with obesity as a problem needs a broad view. Nurses can push for policy changes that make places healthier, like supporting areas that are easy to walk around or school fitness policies. They can also be accommodating in teaching and guiding patients, giving them the...
Diversity and Learning Theories - Nursing Education
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
Choosing an appropriate educational theory is crucial in the ever-changing field of nursing education to promote successful learning results. An essential aspect of any course is not just its content but also the theoretical framework that informs its design. This comprehensive pedagogical...
Drug Abuse Treatment and Relapse Prevention
Presentation - 28 pages - Medical studies
Patients who use illicit drugs benefit from treatment if they recognize that their substance use is a problem. The transtheoretical model considers a patient on a continuum from precontemplation (denial) toward maintenance (abstinence/recovery). The clinical approach should be...
Tuberculosis and HIV Coordination
Essay - 3 pages - Medical studies
Tuberculosis and HIV are responsible for the greatest burden on public health systems around the world. Their individual burdens continue to rise, straining the abilities of public health through their subsequent morbidity and mortality, yet their disease patterns are also linked to each other....
Music as therapy: The pain and anxiety reducing properties of music
Essay - 5 pages - Medical studies
This literature review examined the effect of music on pain and anxiety in preoperative patients and burn victims as well as older people with osteoarthritis. Studies that explored the effect of music intervention generally allowed subjects to listen to self-selected music during the...
Pressure ulcer program proposal
Thesis - 4 pages - Medical studies
Pressure ulcers are one of the largest risks facing patients in hospitals today. The program that is described in this proposal sets out an agenda for dealing with this problem in a way that focuses on prevention. It is important because increasing numbers of patients are entering...
Primary Health Care
Case study - 3 pages - Medical studies
Primary health care (PHC) is a fundamental and consistent approach that facilitates a holistic, community-based opportunity to provide individuals and families with accessible, comprehensive care. It encompasses community, society, individuals and adapted, accessible services, which are at the...
A comparative study between propofol and thiopentone with topical lignocaine for the insertion of a laryngeal mask airway
Case study - 48 pages - Medical studies
LMA is a device commonly used in the practice of anesthesia. A condition for insertion of LMA, haemodynamic stability and respiratory depression following induction with Propofol was compared with Thiopentone preceded by topical Lignocaine. The study was a prospective, randomized, comparative...
Pulmonary Rehabilitation in COPD Management
Case study - 3 pages - Medical care & personal assistance
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is among the top three deadliest diseases globally, ranking behind ischaemic heart disease and stroke. Despite medical care improvements, COPD still carries a considerable burden on afflicted people and health systems. Recent studies have emphasised...
Who deserves health care?
Thesis - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
In order to do this each patient requiring expensive treatment is assessed according to a quality adjusted life years (QALY) score¹. This is an equation that measures all of the aforementioned criteria and is used to assess the cost versus benefit of a particular treatment. If a...
Analysing healthcare issues - Medication errors
Essay - 2 pages - Medical care & personal assistance
Medication errors are defined as any events that may result in the wrong use of medications or harm to the patient, where an individual can prevent harm. Such mistakes happen at the different phases of the medication cascade, ranging from prescription, dispensation, administration, and...
The importance of accurate diagnosis of the mentally
Thesis - 5 pages - Medical studies
Assessment of a patient in an acute phase of mental illness could arguably be one of the most important tasks that a registered mental health nurse faces in their career. The importance of gaining the correct information at this critical stage leaves little margin for error. Sullivan...
Measurement of pain
Thesis - 9 pages - Medical studies
The pain often makes the patient unfit physically and emotionally by both cluttering and subvert the behavior of the sore subject. The pain prevents you from thinking coherently and induces the patient to seek treatment or relief.According to a reliable model, the pain consists of...
Aspects of psychodynamic pharmacotherapy
Thesis - 7 pages - Psychology
Considerations on the doctor-patient drug addict. As long as there are beings who suffer and until their illnesses are not cured, will I be, to help them, their doctor, their resolve and their servant. Start the practice of the bodhisattva. The ability to develop an effective...
Hypertension: The silent killer
Thesis - 8 pages - Medical studies
In the U.S., according to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHNES III); at least 30% of patients with hypertension are not aware of their condition, and only 31% of patients treated achieve target blood pressure below 140/90 desired mmHg.3 In Indonesia, with...
The Fair family: Nursing, healthcare and ethics
Thesis - 7 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The factual scenario raises complex issues pertaining to ethical and legal considerations with regard to the rights of Mr Fair and his daughter. As an initial observation, patient autonomy and consent will be a central factor in determining the appropriate course of action and from a...
Understanding occupational therapy
Thesis - 2 pages - Medical studies
The goal of occupational therapy is to improve the lives of people restricted by either mental or physical disabilities. Occupational therapists assess the patient's condition and situation, and work towards developing activities of daily living (ADL). They begin with critical...
The Specificities of Surgery
Worksheets - 5 pages - Medical studies
Surgery can refer to an invasive treatment, which is an aggressive approach that causes inflammation and involves "violating" a natural barrier in the human body (penetrating the skin or a mucous membrane to "work" inside the human body). An important concept in invasive treatment is the...
A reflection on one student's preparation to transition from student nurse to graduate nurse
Thesis - 5 pages - Medical studies
This author's personal philosophy of nursing draws from a variety of sources to form a comprehensive whole. Feminist ethics, and the ethics of care which derives from it, encourages health care professionals to look at clients as whole people, who fit into a social framework, and who have...
Contracts and tort law - Causation and loss of chance
Essay - 10 pages - Other law subjects
When it comes to tort or contract litigation in the aim of obtaining damages, the most important aspect to take into account is the issue of causation. Indeed, without proving a causal link between the defendant's action and the claimant's harm, no liability can be held. This rigor is a means of...
