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Native Americans and Healthcare, 2006.
This paper details the lack of adequate healthcare services in the Native American community.
1,066 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 8 sources, APA, £ 25.95
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This writer of this paper examines the current situation in the Native American community and the absence of acceptable healthcare services offered. Topics discussed in this paper include: Healthcare funding, recruitment and retention of healthcare staff, changes to federal programs and cultural issues. This paper also discusses the Hispanic community which faces similar barriers to healthcare. This paper explores the various strategies to address the healthcare issues of Native Americans developed by the Indian Health Design Team.
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"Hispanics face similar barriers to healthcare, as do Native Americans. These are the lack of providers, which are close in proximity to the patient. Many Hispanics live in rural areas, which are far from healthcare providers. This problem does not only affect those in rural areas, but urban areas as well, another area which is heavily populated by Hispanics. Patients in this area may still have to travel quite a distance for healthcare, the choice of which may be limited due to type of coverage they have and they may not have adequate means of transportation. Finally, a healthcare provider who is closer may not be accepted due to differences in nationality."
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Native-American Indian Health-Related Problems, 2008.
Examines alcoholism, HIV, suicide and the subsequent risk factors for other health-related problems within the Native-American Indian culture.
1,765 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 7 sources, APA, £ 39.95
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This paper is a review of peer-reviewed literature to determine current incidence and subsequent risk factors for health-related problems among Native-Americans today. The author concludes that, because Native-Americans remain at a higher risk of HIV, alcoholism and suicide than their white counterparts with incidences even higher than for many other American minority groups, there is a growing consensus among healthcare experts and lawmakers at all levels that something must be done to correct this situation.
Table of Contents:
Review and Discussion
Background and Overview
Cultural Issues Affecting Native-American Healthcare
Conclusion
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"Even those Native-Americans fortunate enough to have healthcare providers from their own tribes who are familiar with these cultural perspectives are faced with some issues that are unique to their heritage and culture. For example, in some cases, healthcare providers have been fired from their positions with the state for participating in religious rituals involving the use of peyote and have even been denied unemployment benefits as well. According to Kellhofer (2001), in one case that went to the Supreme Court (Employment Division vs. Smith, 494 U.S. 872, 1990), dealt with the use of peyote."
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Cultural Diversity in Asian American Healthcare, 2005.
A discussion regarding health care in the Asian American sector.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 6 sources, £ 61.95
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This paper is a thorough discussion of the history of Asian American healthcare in the United States with respect to cultural diversity. The paper is broken down into discussions on healthcare, cultural diversity, traditional medicine and Western medical practice. This paper also focuses on ways in which the disparity in Asian American healthcare delivery can be resolved.
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"According to Dennis and Small (2003), today's challenge to the modern nurse is to become culturally informative and sensitive about diverse cultures as well to incorporate other medical care dimensions in consumer healthcare delivery system. Not only does the presence of cultural diversity lead to a better understanding of acceptable healthcare practices but increases the competence of the nurse practitioner, nurse administrator, and research nurse by providing them with alternative methods to optimal patient care. Further, all nursing education centers, clinics, and hospitals must establish the needed relevancy of diversity training. With the increased number of racially and ethically diverse patients visiting medical facilities all medical educators are urged to increase the sensitivity of all medical practitioners to all patients representing diverse cultures."
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Native and Non-native Tensions in Canada, 2005.
An analysis of the argument between native and non-native Canadians over claims of land.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 5 sources, £ 30.95
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This paper analyzes the land claims of the aboriginal people of Canada. The paper discusses the history over the struggle between native and non-native Canadians, in regards to their struggle over land, fishing and hunting rights upon property in the country for many years. The paper presents the argument of the aboriginal people and the counter-claim of those non-native Canadians who are opposed to the claim, as well as their solution to the problem.
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"Native Knowledge for Native Ecosystems", 2007.
A review of Robin Wall Kimmerer's article, "Native Knowledge for Native Ecosystems".
1,070 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 3 sources, APA, £ 25.95
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This paper briefly reviews Robin Wall Kimmerer's 2000 article, "Native Knowledge for Native Ecosystems" and highlights the article's main points as well as how it approaches the broad concept of ethno-ecology. More importantly, the paper also touches upon how the article approaches the linkage of local and/or traditional knowledge of ecological systems with academic and/or scientific knowledge of those same systems. Finally, the paper discusses the significance of the aforementioned linkage as it pertains to the future of human beings in the global ecosystem.
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"Simply put, Kimmerer's argument is that Native Americans intensively cultivated the land so that it would provide them with sufficient foodstuffs to brave the grueling winter months. While modern-day efforts to restore the ancient biological vitality and bio-diversity of the American woods and ecosystems is a laudable goal, it is not possible without also considering how the natives were able to so successfully manage the world around them. In effect, Kimmerer argues that modern-day conservationists must "heal" their relationship to the land and understand the land spiritually and emotionally as well as intellectually. Less abstractly, Kimmerer states that twenty-first century man must adopt the "site-specific" or "diachronic" knowledge which well-served Native Americans in the past and which lends itself to successful local site restoration. "
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Native vs. Non-native Anthropology, 2005.
This paper contends that distinctions between native and non-native anthropology are insignificant.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 4 sources, £ 42.95
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This paper explains that a native anthropologist is one who conducts research in their own society whereas a regular anthropologist conducts research in any society. The paper considers how some would argue that there should be a distinction. This paper presents the hypothesis that the distinctions between native and regular anthropology do not matter. To support this argument, the work of the following two anthropologists is considered; Vincent Crapanzano, who is considered a Native anthropologist because he is doing research in his own society and Anne Allison, an American doing research in Japan.
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Improving Healthcare in a Healthcare Facility, 2006.
Describes a system for improving the patient incident reporting system in a typical tertiary healthcare facility.
2,249 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 16 sources, APA, £ 48.95
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This paper examines the patient incident reporting system at a hospital and explains that the present system, which is designed to track patient incidents such as falls, patient abuse and medication errors, as well as provide a means of implementing corrective action, is highly labor-intensive and cumbersome. The paper then proceeds to identify and describe six different initiatives that would improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the current patient incident reporting system.
Table of Contents
Initiative No. 1. Use Existing Hospital Information
System for Patient Incident Reporting for JCAHO
Quality Assurance Tracking Purposes
Initiative No. 2. Installation of Hospital-Wide Patient
Records Database
Initiative No. 3. Use Existing IT Systems to Trend
Adverse Patient Incidents for Inclusion in Hospital-Wide
Quality Assurance Reports
Initiative No. 4. Applying Existing Information Systems
for Improved Inventory Control
Initiative No. 5. Implement Interactive Menu-Processing
System for Inpatients
Initiative No. 6. Improve Hospital and Grounds Security
by Using IT-Based Web Camera Applications
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"The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) has already mandated that all accredited healthcare facilities have in place a means of tracking patient incidents such as falls, patient abuse, and medication errors and to provide a means of implementing corrective action when deficiencies are identified (Bryan & O'Connell 23). Although our hospital does in fact have such a patient incident reporting system in place, it is a highly labor-intensive paper form-based approach that requires copying and hand-delivery to the Office of Quality Assurance; furthermore, this paper-based system is easily transferable to the existing hospital-wide information system intranet. In this regard, the proposed online replacement should replicate the existing patient incident reporting system as closely as possible to ensure staff acceptance of this alternative (Auerbach, Beckerman, Cohen, Goldstein, Quitkin & Rock 134)."
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Socialization of America's Healthcare, 2005.
This paper discusses the socialization of the American healthcare system by examining the current U.S. Medicare and Medicaid programs, the socialized systems of Japan, Russia and Canada and the American HMO systems.
3,625 words (approx. 14.5 pages), 6 sources, APA, £ 69.95
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This paper explains that, currently, the majority of Americans has health insurance through their employer or through government funded programs such as Medicare, Medicaid and the Veteran's Administration; however, 16% of the population being uninsured, such as the unemployed, the underemployed and workers with preexisting medical conditions, will receive medical treatment only if their life is immediately at risk. The author points out that Medicaid and Medicare, a partial federal and state paid program, similar to socialized systems in other countries, suffer from a physician payment hierarchy, which creates a longer waiting times and lesser access to care for patients under Medicaid, and abuse on the part of patients and that the paradox with HMOs is the less healthcare they provided the more money the HMO stands to gain. The paper concludes that a fully socialized healthcare system to grant healthcare access to every citizen and to reign in the rising costs is ultimately the answer to all the problems facing the U.S. medical industry.
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"Attempts to establish fully socialized healthcare within the United States have been occurring for nearly a century. From Theodore Roosevelt to Bill Clinton, every time politicians have believed they were on the brink of passing such legislation, their efforts were thwarted by either opposing partisan groups or other lobbyists. Additionally, other simultaneously occurring geopolitical issues have often acted to stymie the passing of such laws. Today, the current state of exponentially escalating U.S. medical costs, which has left over 40 million lower income citizens without affordable access to healthcare, has acted to renew fervor on this debate."
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Healthcare in Canada, the USA and the U.K., 2005.
A comparison of American, Canadian and British healthcare systems.
1,874 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 15 sources, APA, £ 41.95
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Healthcare reform has been a topic of debate for many years in America. Often, American politicians look to their neighbors to the north and ally across the Atlantic for both inspiration and warning of what healthcare could become. This paper provides an overview of American, Canadian and British healthcare systems. It details the pros and cons for each system and, in the end, discusses which is most effective for its citizens, as well as which system is most common throughout the world.
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Abstract
Introduction
American Healthcare System (Overview, Pros, Cons)
Canadian Healthcare System (Overview, Pros, Cons)
British Healthcare System (Overview, Pros, Cons)
Which System Provides the Best Care for its Citizens?
Which System is Most Adopted by Other Countries?
References
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"Great Britain's National Health Service (NHS) is a publicly funded healthcare system that was created by Clement Attlee's labor government, in 1948 ("NHS history", n.d.). The NHS provides most of the healthcare services for citizens in the UK, which includes general practitioner services, emergency services, long-term healthcare, and dentistry. The NHS not only pays for healthcare expenses, but it also employs the doctors and nurses that provide these services, as well as runs the hospitals and clinics, which is in stark contrast to most of Continental Europe ("National Health Service", 2005)."
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American Health Care Managers, 2007.
This paper discusses the state of the American healthcare system and the challenges faced by health care managers.
1,460 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 14 sources, MLA, £ 33.95
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The paper relates that inequalities in the American healthcare system present a number of challenges to American health care managers. The paper explains that health care managers manage the state of affairs and day-to-day operations of this extremely complex system. The paper discusses their problems that include universal access to healthcare for all Americans, use of modern technology in every aspect of healthcare, universal insurance coverage for all Americans, adequate staffing in all urban and rural areas and lastly, communication with the patient so as to attain consumer satisfaction on a daily basis.
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"Current trends show that the American healthcare system has been consistently on the decline. A gloomy picture depicted by World Health Organization (WHO) is a mere reflection of the current state of affairs. For instance, in 2000, a pioneering WHO report, which assessed healthcare systems of each and every country, positioned American healthcare system at 37 squeezed in the middle of Costa Rica, at number 36, and Slovenia, at number 38 (Lander, 2000). This rapid decline has been taking place despite the fact that America's health care expenditures are by far the largest amongst the 191 members of W.H.O."
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Healthcare Communication, 2008.
This paper focuses on healthcare communication between the providers of healthcare and their patients.
1,454 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 8 sources, MLA, £ 33.95
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In this article, the writer notes that the term healthcare communication can refer to all types of communications used in the healthcare industry, be it communication between and among healthcare agencies, healthcare providers, and healthcare clients. In this paper, however, the writer concentrates on the topic of healthcare communication between healthcare providers and their patients-clients. The paper emphasizes the importance of this communication and looks at the current movement in healthcare education to bring back the human touch into healthcare practice in order for medicine to regain its soul.
Outline:
What is Healthcare Communication?
Relevance of Healthcare Communication
Emergency Room Situations
Confidentiality
Dealing with Family Issues
Dealing with Sociocultural Issues
Communication in the Process of Healing
Principles of Therapeutic Communication in Healthcare Settings
Verbal communications
Verbal communications
Nonverbal communications
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"Communication is an exchange, a two-way process. But sometimes this is forgotten in the healthcare setting when the patient-client becomes the passive, receiving end while the healthcare provider does all the talking and fails to listen. However, for healthcare delivery to be effective, there should be an exchange of information between the two parties.
"Healthcare providers have a 2-fold responsibility towards their patients who are basically their clients. First, they must have the technical skills, and second, they much have the ability to communicate and empathize. In other words, a healthcare professional does not only need the brain and skill to perform his/her work. He/she must also have his/her heart into it."
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Healthcare in America, 2002.
This paper analyzes the current state of healthcare insurance and implies that the government should increase its level of healthcare.
1,488 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 8 sources, MLA, £ 34.95
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This paper attempts to address the following statement: The government should institute a universal health care system to make preventive and medical health treatment available for all Americans, regardless of income. The paper begins with some basic information about the current status of uninsured Americans and then provides reasons why the government should provide this healthcare to its citizens.
Contents:
A Silent Crisis - Uninsured in America
Number of Uninsured
Economic Reasons That Contribute to Rise of Uninsured Americans
Contributory Reasons to Rise in Uninsured Americans
Road to Universal Healthcare
The Argument for Universal Healthcare
Obstacles to Universal Healthcare
Conclusion - Universal Healthcare is a Basic Right.
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"The Census Bureau ascribes the rising number of uninsured people to the significant drop in employer-based coverage. This decrease occurred almost entirely in firms with less than 25 employees, since these smaller businesses were more vulnerable to economic downturns. Additionally, young adults between 18 and 24 years old were the least likely to have insurance in 2001, with only 28 percent of the group having health insurance (Brostoff). Given the soaring cost of health care and sagging corporate benefits, analysts believe that decline in the number of uninsured Americans will continue to rise."
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The United States and National Healthcare Insurance, 2005.
Examines whether a government-sponsored healthcare insurance is a winning proposition for the American people.
1,857 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 7 sources, APA, £ 41.95
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In the early 1990s, under the Clinton administration, a system of national healthcare was proposed for the United States. Although the plan failed, many Americans still believe that they would be better off if the government paid for the costs of healthcare. This paper examines both sides of the argument - those who are pro-national healthcare and those who believe that the physician-patient relationship is not the proper province of government. The paper examines Europe's policy of state sponsored healthcare to compare with the United States.
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"So, no matter how many facts and figures each side brings to the table, the basic argument remains -- is the field of Healthcare appropriate for federal intervention? Regardless of the scope of European successes, regardless of the contribution to the general welfare, and regardless of its equalizing propensities, the use of federal dollars to pay for Healthcare in the United States will remain controversial. It is not that one side does not wish to help the other, the well-off to help the unfortunate, but rather that there is a difference of opinion on the ultimate extent of personal responsibility. For so long Americans have made so much of the concept of "self-reliance" that the mere mention of the creation of a new government program conjures up images of an uncontrollable and meddlesome monster."
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