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The Mother-to-Child Transmission of Hepatitis C Infections Health Sciences & Medicine Literature review
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Infection is a health concern among public health authorities worldwide. The disease has been indicated as a significant cause of chronic and acute hepatitis, hepatocellular carcinoma, and liver cirrhosis. The primary mode of transmission among adults is through intravenous drug injection in cases where needs are shared. 
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Cognitive Behaviour Therapy in Clinical Practice Health Sciences & Medicine Term Paper
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Through the use of open communication, probing questions, empathic, reflective, and analytical reasoning the researcher was able to gather information from the patient about his belief system and his lifestyle. It has been found that record-keeping is an essential part of understanding the medical needs of the patient.
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The Risk Management Of Infection In Burn Unit Health Sciences & Medicine Coursework
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The transfer of blood from the patient to the caregiver is through percutaneous injury which exposes the body of the caregiver to traces of blood of the patient. In most cases, this injury could be as small as a skin crack or could be a big deep injury leading to a faster spread of the disease.
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Mandatory Immunization of Health Workers Health Sciences & Medicine Literature review
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Voluntary immunization has not been able to ensure the desired immunization rate of 83% to 94%, which would ensure herd immunity (Anikeeva et al., 2009). Data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) has shown that only 36% of health care workers are actually immunized each year. The remaining 64% is the key cause of influenza outbreaks in a clinical setting.
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Epidemiological Analysis of Influenza Health Sciences & Medicine Literature review
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According to reports from WHO, to curb and reduce the viral influence and mitigate the pandemic on the world’s people's health as well as on the global economy, there is an urgent need to organize and facilitate influenza vaccinations for the mass especially the youth and the children globally (Hood, 2006).
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Complications in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Health Sciences & Medicine Term Paper
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It is well known that diabetes represents a risk factor for morbidity and mortality of arteriosclerosis and the diseases related to it, mainly coronary artery disease and cerebrovascular disease. 30-40% of the patients on hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis suffer from diabetic neuropathy, while the main cause of blindness is diabetic retinopathy. 
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Primary HealthCare Reforms in Australia Health Sciences & Medicine Case Study
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The division's program is now moving to outcomes-based funding, whereby divisions receive fixed budgets proportional to the population in their area and funding is linked to agreed outcomes, which can be defined and measured. There will be a focus on the development of longer-term programs of activity targeting local and national health priority areas.
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Appraisal of Reform Proposals for Primary Health Care in Canada Health Sciences & Medicine Term Paper
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The reform process of primary health care in Canada is not a new venture. This is an undertaking that is long-term and requires critical analysis and knowledge. Although past reform strategies have yielded results that are impressive, it is, however, evident there is still a need for continued reforms in the primary health care sector.
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Health Conditions of People Experiencing Disability Health Sciences & Medicine Case Study
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Patients with a disability can face the challenge of independence during their rehabilitation and treatment. Health care institutions and professionals should however appreciate the importance of independence to such a group of people (Orto & Power 2007). Patients should be allowed to make choices (Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy 2002).
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Patient Satisfaction with Health Care Services Health Sciences & Medicine Term Paper
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Satisfaction is a valid measure of the quality of healthcare and has been used as a research outcome of the quality of healthcare delivery. Furthermore, it is known that patient satisfaction or dissatisfaction is a complicated phenomenon. Various instruments that measure different aspects of patient satisfaction have been developed for inpatient as well as outpatient care.
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Specifics of Endotoxins and Endotoxemia Health Sciences & Medicine Essay
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Ingress and the presence of endotoxin in human blood are, almost without exception, called endotoxemia rather than endotoxemia. The distinction between these two terms is at first glance too trivial to be worthy of any special comment. Nevertheless, the abbreviated form may change the sense, leading to a distorted clinical view that the condition is primarily harmful.
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The Body Composition Assessment Health Sciences & Medicine Report
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Assessment of the amount of fat an individual has is therefore critical since it will help manage/control its effects, such as the ones mentioned above. Obesity, for example, is caused by excess accumulation of body fat, and body fat is contributed to by the number of calories that one takes. If this can be controlled, then obesity can be controlled as well (Heyward p. 231).
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Dealing with Diabetes Mellitus among the Aboriginal Australia Community Health Sciences & Medicine Assignment
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The all-encompassing approach is the best way to deal with a large area that is widely affected by any scourge. As an example, it is easier for diabetes patients to participate in local community programs (where they feel more at home) than for them to go to hospitals or clinics (where they know they are likely to meet strangers and be asked many questions).
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Health Policy on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Health Sciences & Medicine Term Paper
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Health Services offer medical care, therapy, referrals, assessment of risk, education practicing safer sex, and HIV before-testing and after-testing counseling to infected and non-infected patients. Screening programs to determine HIV status should be put in place and policies that ensure the confidentiality of medical results be practiced.
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Reasons for Failure of a Healthcare Goal Health Sciences & Medicine Essay
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The Alma Ata health declaration called upon all governments to develop national strategies, policies and action plan to establish and sustain primary health care as part of the national health system to be well coordinated with other socially and economically productive sectors. However, the target set by the health international conference has not been attained in almost all countries.
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Role of Surgical Mask in Preventing Infection of Wounds Health Sciences & Medicine Essay
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In order to gain insight into the necessity of implementing or doing away with the use of face masks, it is imperative to carry out research in the direction and then establish results. This paper thus aims at refining the research question keeping the above framework in mind.
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Pain Management Using Sustained Mobile Tens Therapy Health Sciences & Medicine Assignment
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The tiny size and weight mean that they can be comfortably worn under clothing and the application of therapy can be done at any time on demand (Kenneth DM. 2006). This calls for the electrical pulse impulse to be in the magnitude of the micropulse. SMT devices have been sold and used in the Australian market for about four years.
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Age Estimation by Forensic Odontology Health Sciences & Medicine Term Paper
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This paper will highlight the X-ray factor, age estimation in bite mark area, and then use of Aspartic acid racemization such as L-amino and D amino acid in age estimation. Ultimately, this paper will give recommendations of what odontologists need to do with the findings in the pre and postmortem stages in reference to their dental records (Noble, 1976).
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Appraisal of a Health Promotion Initiative Health Sciences & Medicine Essay
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This program was aimed at addressing the critical issues that have been raised in the health approach in the region where the community had called for ending ‘the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff approach to health’ and hence put more emphasis on culturally appropriate and community-directed prevention strategies.
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How the Increase in the Price Would Be Affecting Tobacco Sales in Saudi Arabia Health Sciences & Medicine Research Proposal
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More than one billion people in the world smoke tobacco and the expectation is for this number to increase to 1.6 billion in 2025. About 5 million people die annually because of tobacco products. Furthermore, this number is expected to increase up to 10 million by 2020 (Guindon, Perucic, Boisclari, 2003).
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General Diagnostic Imaging vs. MRI Health Sciences & Medicine Coursework
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The magnetic field strength present in MRI is a critical factor in determining image quality. Higher magnetic fields amplify the signal-to-noise ratio, allowing higher resolution or faster scanning. However, it is costly to purchase and maintain such higher magnetic field strengths, which have raised accessibility concerns.
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Acute Care Nursing: Osteoarthritis Health Sciences & Medicine Case Study
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Cartilage is a firm and flexible connective tissue, which plays a key role in articulating the surface of bone joints. The healthy cartilage enables easier bone articulation and thus helps shock absorption. The rubbing together of the bones causes pain swelling and loss of motion in the joints (Arthritis Foundation, 2008).
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Analysis of the Childbirth Stories Health Sciences & Medicine Case Study
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Their choices have also proved to be appropriate in respect of safety unique to their preferences. The presence of family members and husbands has also played crucial roles in the outcomes. Describe the sequence of events that leads up to the birth of a baby. The events leading to the birth of a baby are known as labor. Hormones in the body cause labor comprised of several events. It begins with contractions in the uterus.
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Obesity in School-Age Children Health Sciences & Medicine Term Paper
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Family health is very essential as it plays an imperative role in the health of a nation and its overall development. School-age children form a large percentage of the family unit in Australia today. There are various health issues that affect different age groups of people in society. School-age children are also prone to certain health issues. (Cohen, 2002)
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Health and Safety Management at the University of Lancashire Health Sciences & Medicine Case Study
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With about 2.2 million individuals work in Britain’s construction industry, Health and Safety Executive (HSE), Britain’s government agency for workplace health and safety, is apt to implement strict rules, regulations, and other legal boundaries that construction companies must conform to in order to operate within England’s political domain (HSE 2009).
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An Epidemiological Review of Multiple Sclerosis Health Sciences & Medicine Coursework
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Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis has presented a challenge to both medical practitioners and researchers. For instance, currently, there is no universal criterion for the diagnosis of the disease; this is because the disease takes time for some individuals to present the symptoms. The symptoms are sometimes not exclusive to the disease.
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Chest Physical Therapy and Breathing Techniques Health Sciences & Medicine Literature review
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Several studies have shown that the technique has either been useless or harmful in patients who did not produce excessive sputum. This paper will focus on how CPT can contribute greatly to pulmonary rehabilitation, which works to reduce symptoms of respiratory diseases and restoring independent function.
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Bone Marrow Transplantation and the Graft-Versus-Host Disease Health Sciences & Medicine Assignment
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Bone marrow transplant surgery is commonly considered a highly successful medical therapy for the treatment of cancer. The BMT has not only been touted as one of the most effective procedures for controlling the spread of cancer in the patient’s body but is also considered one of the less time-consuming therapies for cancer control.  
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Approaches to the Prevention of Public Health Problems Health Sciences & Medicine Essay
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Public health is a discipline that is concerned with disease prevention, increasing life expectancy and promoting health by use of structured efforts and knowledgeable choices of the community, society, public and private, and persons. It is concerned with health risk factors that affect the general health of a society as relates to a population health study. 
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The Main Issues Which Contribute to the Spread of HIV/Aids Pandemic in Brazil and Africa Health Sciences & Medicine Term Paper
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The disease management was done thought very late but cures have been found for the diseases. For the last 28 or 30 years AIDS is the one and the only disease that has been a challenge to the world and especially in the 123 countries where millions ns millions of people have lost their lives to the disease.
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Population Health and Epidemiology in Australia Health Sciences & Medicine Report
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The knowledge that had been gained about the antiviral drug mechanism seems to be helpful in drug trials to help stop the virus from spreading in the human body. The main aim behind carrying out the trial has been to check the effectiveness of each class of drug on Dengue fever patients having varying symptoms, which depend upon the severity of the disease.
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Patients Past Medical History Health Sciences & Medicine Case Study
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In addition, the patient was already on a dose of Captopril for treating high blood pressure. Though Captopril generally is well tolerated, and side effects are usually mild and transient. Continual use of medicine commonly causes a dry, persistent cough. The concerned patient’s productive cough could have been a side effect of this medicine.
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The Role of Sensory Science in Improving the Nutritional Status of the Elderly Health Sciences & Medicine Term Paper
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Inadequate exercise and calcium intake, particularly during adolescence and early middle age, can considerably amplify the danger of osteoporosis, a disease that causes bones to become fragile and break or crack effortlessly. But good nutrition still can assist lessen the effects of diseases prevalent amongst older people or progress the quality of life in individuals who have such diseases.
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Possible Health Concerns for Children Born to Overeating Mothers Health Sciences & Medicine Research Paper
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The latest research revealed that the children of mothers who eat too much are in danger of liver and pancreas harm. Both can add to pre-onset corpulence and diabetes. Major brain changes can happen in the children of some mothers who overindulge. These alterations happen in the hypothalamus, the area of the brain that organizes weight parameter 
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The Safe System of Work on Construction Sites Health Sciences & Medicine Essay
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The frequent grounds of these accidents are regularly owing to the want of a safe system of work for the operation, inapt variety on the equipment utilization, operators being not suitably taught and useless,  the poor safeguarding of the apparatus, and failure in examining the required safety precautions.
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Obesity Epidemic in the UK Today Health Sciences & Medicine Literature review
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John Luik and Patrick Basham in a recent article in the British Medical Journal put forth the argument that the level of obesity that is being touted is at best dubious. They have advanced the argument that part of the exaggeration of the numbers surrounding obesity has been perpetrated by public health officials, because of their concern for the health of the public.
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Contact Lens Analysis: Optometry and Vision Science Health Sciences & Medicine Case Study
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The case deals with the patient suffering from keratoconus with progressive corneal thinning leading to vision problems and haziness. The patient was using KBA lenses and developed problems of dimple veiling and corneal scarring, however timely modifications in the parameters of the lens fitted helped in the removal of staining and fogging in the eye.
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A Need to Integrate Naturopathy and Acupuncture with the Western Orthodox Medical Health Sciences & Medicine Essay
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Acute diseases such as influenza and colds, especially in children, may recede despite improper management if the patient's powers of recuperation are still intact. Chronic diseases such as arthritis and cancer can never be fully remedied by therapeutic fragments but only through the restoration of the proper relationship of all the elements of life in organic unity.
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Evaluation of a Clinical Teaching Session Health Sciences & Medicine Case Study
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Clinical teaching designed for undergraduate paramedics was held on the topic “How to Evaluate Blood Gases”. The teaching duration was initially pegged at 25 minutes, and the venue was the hospital. The objectives were to understand and apply the evaluation of blood gases. The teaching session began with Pre-Test Case Study.
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Active and Passive Immunotherapy of Cancer and Vaccines Health Sciences & Medicine Coursework
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Immunotherapy of cancer basically originated through Dr. William Coley about 100 years ago who proved that he could control the growth of some advanced-stage cancers through Coley’s toxin which is a blend of vaccines. Cancer immunotherapy is one that harnesses the individual’s self-defense mechanism to fight cancer cells.
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A Mouth Care Clinical Practice Guideline Health Sciences & Medicine Essay
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A clean mouth contains several hundred billion bacteria, and one can imagine the number of bacteria a not sufficiently mouth contains. Clinical practice includes reflection and analyses of the lifestyle parameters which play an imperative role in promoting oral health, encouraging exercising, walking and discouraging smoking, stress, depression.
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Active and Passive Smokers Health Sciences & Medicine Research Proposal
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Various methods were used in getting participants. An advertisement was carried out through television concerning the research. Through these participants were found. Sampling method was used to choose the respondents in this research. The participants included governmental and non-governmental organisations, active smokers and passive smokers.
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Asthma: Plan of Care Health Sciences & Medicine Case Study
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The causes of asthma include both hereditary as well as other environmental factors such as allergies, asthma triggers, etc (Stanford R, McLaughlin T, Okamoto J Lynn, 1999). 1. What signs and symptoms indicate to you that Jenny has moderate to severe asthma? In case of Jenny Cutter who is 17 years old, has moderate asthmatic symptoms such as dry cough, tiredness, and sore throat.
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Analysis of Asthma Patients Cases Health Sciences & Medicine Case Study
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Asthma is a respiratory emergency; in present days, it is considered a chronic disorder of the airways. It is classified as mild intermittent, mild persistent, moderate, or severe on the basis of the frequency and severity of symptoms. But in general, the frequency of attacks requiring emergency conditions depends on their severity.
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The Care Rendered by Nurses in the Clinical Setting Health Sciences & Medicine Essay
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The next phase would be the conduction phase. This will be the time when the trainer conducts the actual training. In addition, the trainer monitors the progress and response of learners, attempting to evaluate the effectiveness of the design and delivery as the training unfolds and adjusting during the session as needed.
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Benefits of Fruits for the Maintenance of a Healthy Body Health Sciences & Medicine Essay
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The understanding of phytonutrients and traditional nutrients has enlarged the possibility of getting cured of many diseases. There is also an emphasis on the role of diet in the prevention of diseases. There are many experiments that have come under prolific focus about the benefits that are related to the consumption of fruits.
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Introduction of Surgeons Report Cards - Pros and Cons Health Sciences & Medicine Case Study
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There are a number of potential pitfalls in any proposed reporting system, and the ways in which these problems can be avoided are examined in detail. It is concluded that the use of surgeons’ report cards has more ethical advantages than not using them would provide the system is constructed and used in a careful, considered, and fairway. 
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The Individualized Education and the Anxiety Level of Patients with Myocardial Infraction Health Sciences & Medicine Assignment
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In other patients, the movement improved slowly as depicted by the arm movement in some patients with 49 degrees of arm movement to 52 degrees of arm movement in 12 months after surgery. The movement of the arm between one month after surgery to 12 months after surgery showed a steady decrease in arm movement in all the patients.    
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Kidney Disease in Aboriginal Australians Health Sciences & Medicine Case Study
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Mortality rates reflect this sociological disaster. Standardized mortality rates in Aboriginal adults actually rose between 1981 and 1992, to a level more than five times that of non-Aboriginal Australians. Premature death in young and middle-aged adults is contributing to the family, community, and cultural breakdown. Most major conditions are represented in this excess mortality, including intoxications, trauma, and cardiovascular disease.
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The Challenges of Providing Equity in the Health Care Systems Health Sciences & Medicine Essay
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The hospital facility might be private. The manager might not want to collaborate with other competitive players because he is there to make business and his operational ethics might not be equity but opportunity care for people who are able to pay or are insured. The political climate can have a negative impact on the development of a health facility.
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