Academic papers on Medicine, Medical Issues, & Pharmacy

Five Common Chemotherapeutic Agents: Cancer Treatments, Side Effects and Complications
This is a 15 page paper discussing five common chemotherapeutic agents in their treatment of cancer, their side effects and complications. Chemotherapeutic agents are used to interfere with the growth of cancer cells in an effort to destroy them....
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Using MRI's to detect Placenta Accreta
13 pages. This paper will describe the medical imaging technology with emphasis on placenta accreta. The definition will include a review of the existing methodologies as well as identification of key performance parameters and possible clinical...
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Nursing/Retention of Nurses/ICU & ER
A 5 page research paper that examines the nationwide shortage of nurses, particularly in emergency rooms and intensive care units. The writer explores the work environment for these nurses and the reasons why retention is problem and then looks how...
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Ethical Issues in Managed Care Research
This 7 page paper provides an overview of the reasons behind the rise of the HMO and the dilemmas surrounding alternatives. The problem that the paper addresses is that most research is centered on those of white European heritage, a problem...
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Rheumatic Fever
A 10 page paper which examines the issue, significance, agent, condition, morbidity and mortality from the perspectives of person, place and time, considering race, age, gender, geographical area, socioeconomic factors, occupation, education and...
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Neonatal Jaundice
This 5 page paper provides information on Neonatal Jaundice. However , all information is from web sources and the purpose of the paper is to evaluate the credibility of these sites. Still, much of the information is accurate as it draws on data...
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Research Proposal: Patient Records Waiting Times
A 5 page paper proposing investigation of the time required for patients requesting records to receive them. The paper proposes combining quantitative and qualitative approaches, quantitative to establish time studies along each point of the...
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The Human Integument (Skin): Structure, Function and Conditions By Which it is Affected
A 5 page overview of the various components of the integument system and their function. The author explains that the body
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School Nurse
A 7 page paper which examines the benefits of having a school nurse. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Susan Sontag/Illness as Metaphor
A 5 page research paper that concentrates on summarizes and analyzing Susan Sontag's remarks on AIDS as a metaphor for illness in Illness in Metaphor and AIDS and its Metaphors. The writer examines Sontag's argument and then looks at how her points...
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Iran's Native Medical System
7 pages. When asked what changes have been felt as a result of the change in the healthcare industry, several doctors explained that there is a need to gear down their expectations about what they hope to accomplish with patients. This is due to...
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MOVEMENT OF IONS IN THE CELLS OF THE BODY
This 8 page paper describes the movement of ions throughout the body's various systems, including the resting cell membrane, bone matix , skeletal muscles, and describes the systems of the somatic and autonomic portions of the nervous system....
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Special Interest Groups: Health Care
5 pages in length. Politics by nature is a difficult game to play, especially if a desired reform is supported by a fierce interest group with significant power. Attempting to enact policy reform is both an arduous and complicated process by which...
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Health Care Management: Organizational Structures
A 6 page paper identifying the structural differences between community hospitals, major teaching hospitals and health maintenance organizations (HMOs). All are primary players in the overall health care industry, but each maintains a different...
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Patient Perception of Therapy; An Article Critique
This 6 page paper critically evaluates a research paper by Llewelyn and Hume, that considers the role of relationships and non specific factors in therapy treatments. The paper focuses on the appropriateness of the design, sample and method and then...
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