Academic papers on Medicine, Medical Issues, & Pharmacy

Language and Cultural Issues Related to Patient Care
This 6 page paper looks at problems pertinent to treating patients who are from different cultures as well as where there is a language barrier. The question as to whether or not the culture or language play a larger part in noncompliance--thus...
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The Role of the Physician: Differing Views in Accordance with Age, Gender, Ethnicity and Occupation
A 4 page contention that while medicine is evolving to be more humanistic, physicians seem intent on maintaining a solely empirical approach to healing. The author suggests that traditional cultures and women most often prefer the humanistic...
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Health Care Delivery in Iceland
A 6 page paper comparing the health care systems of Iceland and the United States, where Icelandic medical students generally go to complete their residency requirements. Both systems are facing intense economic pressures, but Iceland
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Psychosocial Factors And Heart Disease
A 5 page paper that presents reviews of five articles. Mental state and psychosocial factors have been identified as having a role in the development of heart disease and the onset of a heart attack. This essay reviews five articles that present...
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Cardiac Action Potential
A 9 page discussion of the importance of cardiac action potential. The author describes the physiological function of cardiac action potential and emphasizes that it can be impacted by a number of factors such as individual genetics, drugs, and...
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Dental Phobia
This 7 page paper examines the phenomenon of dental phobia and what can be done about it. Oral hygiene is discussed. The thesis of the paper is that the fact that most dentistry is cosmetic exacerbates the phobia that might otherwise easily be...
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Abortion and its Ethical Implications on Healthcare
An 8 page paper which examines the topic of abortion as it pertains to ethics within healthcare and a critical analysis of relevant concepts, issues, arguments, and attitudes. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Diabetes: Classifications and Treatment Implications
An 11 page overview of diabetes. The author discusses both type I diabetes and type II diabetes and the treatment implications of each. Diabetic ketoacidosis, hypoglycemia, and hyperglycemia, combine with social and psychological factors to...
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Generic Pharmaceuticals
A 4 page paper that reports a brief history of the generic pharmaceutical industry. Examples of generic companies are provided and the writer comments on the effect of the generic companies on the pharmaceutical industry. Bibliography lists 9...
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Asthma: Causes, Diagnosis, and Treatment
A 6 page discussion of asthma, its physiological causes and approaches to diagnosis and treatment. The importance of measures to prevent occurrences of asthma attacks are critical as is patient follow-through in the treatment plan. Diagnostic...
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Compliance and the Doctor-Patient Relationship
This 7 page paper examines the relationship between compliance and the doctor-patient relationship. The paper concludes that there is a correlation between patients who comply with a prescribed medical action plan and a good relationship with...
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The Link Between Parkinson's Disease and Growth Factors
A 5 page discussion of the importance of growth factors in this devastating condition. The author summarizes the findings of three research studies which suggests the administration of growth factor can play an important role in treating...
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General Psychology and its Applications to Dental Hygiene
A 4 page discussion of the potential value general psychology has to the dental hygienist. The author emphasizes that there are hundreds of situations and circumstances where a knowledge of general psychology could prove helpful to the dental...
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Ethical Dilemma Concerning Do Not Resuscitate Orders
7 pages in length. A terminally ill patient scheduled to have palliative surgery is refused by her doctor unless she reverses the Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order she put in place to address her incurable disease. The reason why her physician...
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Ankylosing Spondylitis
A 4 page description of the symptoms and causes of this form of inflammatory arthritis. Affecting an estimated 129 people out of every 100,000, Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) impacts primarily the cervical column, more precisely the joints which occur...
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