Doctor Critical Thinkings Samples For Students

Application Paper

Application Paper

Introduction

The article entitled “The Unexpected Influence of Physician Attributes in Clinical Decisions” was transcribed by John B. McKinlay along with others. Their main purpose for conducting the research under Health and Social Behavior was intended at determining various aspects. For instance, it was aimed at determining if patient’s features were taking a central role in clinical-decision making. In addition, the experiment was meant to indicate if it was only the medical doctor’sindividualities or it was mishmash with the patient’s physical characteristics that predisposed medical assessment making. The patient’s features that were under consideration included ...

Q1. How does the modified accrual basis of accounting differ from the accrual basis?

-The concept of Modified Accrual basis is more popular in the preparation of the financial statements of Government Agencies as those financial statements focus on the flow of current financial resources and if the available resources were allocated and used in conformity with the budgetary and other financial constraints. Under this accrual method, the government agencies use the combination of accrual accounting and cash basis accounting. Hence, under this accrual method of accounting, revenues that will not be collected in the time period so as to pay-off current period obligations, will not be included as part of revenue figures. ...

Assisted suicide

Recently in the newspapers there was a man who killed his wife who was suffering from stage four cancer. In his defense, he said that the wife had asked him to kill her in order for her to stop feeling pain. The wife was no longer responding to pain medication and was in agony for several weeks. This act of mercy killing is called euthanasia.

Euthanasia

Euthanasia is defined as the intentional killing of people in order to relieve them from pain and suffering. Euthanasia is a hotly debated topic. Critics believe that mercy killing is unethical. They believe that the choice ...

In the past, patients have been exposed to a lot of dangers during the treatment process. There are various elements which may be the main causes of the dangers. Following the alarming rates of dangers that patients are being exposed to through improper treatment process, concrete support has been introduced. Following these, patient safety became a major element in healthcare. It aims at reporting, analyzing, and preventing any medical error that often causes adverse healthcare issues.
The US Congress has been at the fore front in fight for patient safety. The Congress is entrusted the role of ensuring laws in ...

Just to begin with, I would like to note that aneurysm is a terrible disease which can easily lead to death of not well treated. This particular illness always occurs especially when a particular blood vessel such as the artery or the cardiac muscle swells or if the walls of the blood vessels are weak. This implies that as the blood pressure builds up, the weak points of the blood vessels bulges outwards or swells as this disease grows, an individual is exposed to the risk of rupture. This in turn may lead to severe hemorrhagic and then eventually sudden death.
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SCENARIO: Baylie Cole is a 27-year-old female, diagnosed with a soft tissue benign tumor on the large toe, no prior pain or illness.Ms. Cole had a procedure in order to remove a soft tissue benign tumor from her toe. Anesthesia was not needed, localized numbing of the area sufficed. The tumor was removed by a single surgeon and biopsied.Everything went according to plan and she was released the same day.

THE CODES USED WOULD BE:

CPT Code: 28108-T5 Excision or curettage of bone cyst or benign tumor, phalanges of foot, right foot, great toe (Abraham)
HCPCS Code: G8883 Biopsy results reviewed, communicated, tracked and documented (“hcpcs codes”)
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Personal Health Records

A personal health record allows a patient to access, manage and share information about their health, in a private and confidential environment. When Mrs. Johnson was unable to recall for her heart medication, she logged in to her personal health record and got all the information from her physician.
PHRs enhance organization and make it possible for patients to receive results for tests taken during a visit to the doctor. Mrs. Johnson’s PHR listed all the medication she took. In addition, it had a list of drugs she was allergic to. She also received a message from her doctor with the results ...

Hamad General Hospital

Emergency Department
Observation on our Emergency Department
Points of possible improvement
INTRODUCTION
I am presenting this document in a preliminary format of possible a larger one which could contain an extensive observation I have worked as a physician in the last 2 years in the department of emergency at Hamad General Hospital. I have noticed that the hospital administration has emphasized a great deal of weight on improvement of the working standards and condition. The hospital has in the recent trying to fall in the right path in order to acquire the JCI accreditation.
I am forwarding these ...

“In testing a patient’s blood, a doctor learns that the patient has AIDS. He tells the patient, who says, ‘I don’t want my wife to know I have the disease.’ Should the doctor honor the patient’s request, or should he tell the wife?”
It is the moral obligation of the doctor to protect the patient and act according to his desires. The above case is an issue of professional ethics where a doctor is obliged to keep the patients information private and act according to his desires. There is however the issue of ensuring that other people around ...

Introduction

Both the present Mayor Mr. P Stone and Dr. Eager are contesting the upcoming “Mayor” elections in Jefferson, Columbia. Mr. Stone is canvassing for a second term while Dr. Eager is the main challenger. In this situation, the statements made by Dr.Eager to the media, have to be examined with a different perspective. The statements have to be analyzed, with the destiination as to whether Dr. Eagers statements and his arguments, justifying them, are logically and rationally tenable. This is the purpose of this short essay.

Argumentative Thesis Question

Crime & Drug Abuse
Dr. Eager seeks to justify his contention that crime rates increase ...

Physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia all have a common goal of voluntarily terminating one’s life by administering a lethal substance directly or indirectly assisted by a physician. In physician-assisted suicide, the physician provides the necessary information, and the patient performs the act while in euthanasia the physician performs the act that finally ends life. The practices have their proponents and opponents. Physicians who oppose the acts believe that they violate fundamental function of medicine and believe that doctors are supposed to be healers and not killers.
Before her father’s death, for over two decades Wolf totally opposed the legalization of ...

Social desirability bias is a factor which could affect the results of any research study which involves methods of self-reporting by participants. Human beings have an inbuilt desire to portray themselves in the most positive light possible. Sometimes they are unaware of this tendency altogether and do not realise they are being dishonest in their answers. At other times, people are aware and deliberately respond in a way they believe to be socially favourable. Furthermore, social desirability bias can apply to everyday life, in addition to research studies.

According to Anton J. Nederhof (2006), “Social desirability is one of the most ...

Discussion of Three Solutions

Discussion of Three Supporting Points

Ethical dilemma is a social phenomenon that cuts across disciplines, which means that it is not exclusive to the nursing science. However, there are dilemmas peculiar to the science, which nurses encounter on a daily basis. As such, frequently, reference must be made to the American Nursing Code of Ethics in order to salvage one’s morality dealing with these situations on a daily basis. In the following pages of this document the writer will explore the best ways in which a case study ethical dilemma could be resolved utilizing the premise of justice and autonomy of a patient’ ...

Physician-assisted suicide has been a controversial topic within the medical sector. Over a prolonged period of time, employees within the medical field have maintained a long tradition of making sure that the life of a patient is protected no matter the cost. However, there has been a shift in this tradition over the recent past. Some medical practitioners have begun to embrace the decisions of patients about what they would like to do with their own lives. This accounts for the reason as no why many doctors have been known to aid patients in their death. The embracement of physician-assisted suicide has aroused heated ...

INTRODUCTION

The concept of critical appraisal has made it possible for the realization of the improvement of quality and cost of healthcare. This is made possible through getting the best evidence (research evidence) on the results of health care intercessions by identifying the strengths and weaknesses of research, assessing the usefulness, and validating the findings. In a critical appraisal, assessment of the suitability and the methodological features of the study design are of utmost importance.

This work was aimed at evaluating the Randomized Controlled Trial by Lesley Fallowfield, Valerie Jenkins, Vern Farewell, Jacky Saul, Anthony Duffy, and Rebecca Eves on communication ...

Introduction:

Physician assisted suicide is the act of destroying one’s own life with the assistance of a physician. According to Walker (25), in Oregon based on a terminally ill patient’s request a physician can prescribe a lethal dose of medication to take the life of a patient. To stop the pain what ethical issues surround the termination of the life of a terminally ill patient? Who bears the responsibility of making this decision? Is it the patient, the medical practitioner, or the patient’s relatives? What considerations are required before making the decision to end a patient’s ...

Outline

Introduction

Lenn Goodman- ‘Some Moral Minima:’ A Perspective

Challenges to Relativism

Conclusion

Introduction
Relativism is a concept that forges reality advancing assumptions which declare nothing to be absolutely true or valid. This is so because what has been proven true or valid is always based on personal perceptions which may be influenced by various predisposing factors. Often they may be merely subjective sentiments which are not universal since they only represent the view point of a few, the minority, majority or imposition of a dictator (Baghramian, 2004)
When conceptualized within the context of morality it impinges on the framework that ...

The innovations that the Hill Physicians Medical Group (HPMG) employees can be replicated in 2014 and beyond. The purpose of HPMG’s innovation agenda is to improve and transform healthcare delivery through an affiliated, but not fully integrated healthcare group. The innovations that HPMG employed in 2009 can be replicated in 2014 because of some reasons. First, the technology still exists in 2014 in the same, if not improved, status. For example, HPMG uses health information technology approaches to maintain electronic medical records and integrate them into the daily medical practice of the physicians (Emswiler & Nichols, 2009). The physicians ...

Critical Article Analysis

Synopsis and Summary
There is constant innovation in the health care industry of the United States. As part of the innovation, new implants and devices are constantly emerging in the market. Such devices come at considerable cost, and their utilization in the hospital is primarily driven by the preference of the physician. These high value physician preference items form a large chunk of hospital expenses, a rising proportion of which is no more covered by government funded schemes like Medicare. Hence, there is a need to whether the newer high technology items introduced actually add value to the quality ...

Q1: Prioritizing patient care will help to complete nurse’s shift duties without any adverse patient complication. Prioritizing will help to plan out the day and in managing the cases in the most effective way (Alfaro-LeFevre 2014). The best path to plan care for the patient with different medical and surgical priorities is to set timed objectives and meet the discharge goals based on the urgency of the medical or surgical condition. The handover from the staff of the previous shift provided the information for 4 patients, of which Lucy’s condition is more of an emergency that will ...

Introduction

Health care system remains an integral component in the society as it contributes in national development. It is within the facet of an effective health care system that a nation can realize its potential in production, technology advancement, trade and other economic sectors. It is clear that a healthy nation is more productive, innovative, and creative than unhealthy one because the former ensures that all citizens have access to quality, affordable, and reliable medical services. In order to achieve this goal, the federal governments has established more health care facilities and nursing homes, hired qualified and trained medical practitioners, and introduced ...

Introduction

Literary critical theory is a complicated process - there are many different ways from which one can look at a story. The question remains, however, whether or not these readings are valid. Is the process of literary criticism a means of mental gymnastics, where theorists can force a reading into a text like a child pushing a square peg in a round hole? Looking at the various theorists who make up the most prominently observed members of the literary critical canon, it becomes clear that the act of reading itself is an interactive one, with the reader bringing just as much into the experience of reading as ...

Abortion is defined as the act of clinically or surgically terminating pregnancy. A clinical abortion involves the use of medication to get rid of a pregnancy while a surgical abortion is carried out in the operating room whereby surgical equipments are used. There are many concerns on whether abortion should be permitted. Some people equate abortion to murder while others are neutral. This has resulted in two schools of thought; pro-choice and pro-life. Pro-choice are those who believe the woman should make a choice. On the contrary, pro-life are who believe abortion to murder. Therefore, it should not be legalized. Consequently, abortion ...

Reviewing "The Yellow Wallpaper" through Plato and Christine de Pisan

Charlotte Gilman’s short story “The Yellow Wallpaper” tells the tale of a young married woman who suffers from what is presumed to be post-partum depression. Her physician husband decides to sequester her for a ‘rest cure’ in their summer home, which turns out to backfire when she starts to slowly go insane. The story takes the form of journal entries denoting her gradual slide into madness, as she hallucinates and forms paranoid thoughts about her husband and the outside world. The audience sees all of this through a first-person perspective that allows us to see inside the mind of the protagonist, ...

Articles Review

Healthcare system is a complex system of relationships on various organizational levels. While organization-client relationships are essential, the success of the companies in the sector depends on their ability to recognize the trends and opportunities and build stronger bonds between public, private and not-for-profit (NFP) sectors. Globalization, technological advancement and others aspects of the environment in which healthcare professionals and organizations operate places more pressure on the healthcare system with regards to strategic development and implementation of appropriate strategic alternatives, which can ensure sustainable and high-quality service in all the services.Martin Healthcare Systems is subject to all these influences ...

Charlotte Gilman’s short story “The Yellow Wallpaper” tells the tale of a young married woman who suffers from what is presumed to be post-partum depression. Her physician husband decides to sequester her for a ‘rest cure’ in their summer home, which turns out to backfire when she starts to slowly go insane. The story takes the form of journal entries denoting her gradual slide into madness, as she hallucinates and forms paranoid thoughts about her husband and the outside world. The audience sees all of this through a first-person perspective that allows us to see inside the mind of the protagonist, ...

A matter of ongoing ethical concern for nurses, doctors and other medical professionals is the need for clear guidelines when it comes to the decision to suggest that a patient or family consider filling out a DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) order. These kinds of advanced healthcare directives are becoming ever more common as our population ages. While it has been widely accepted that medical professionals should respect legally implemented end-of-life treatment preferences for those patients whose lives are drawing to a close for those who suffer a sudden and nonrecoverable illness, the technical and practical aspects of how these ...

Ethical problem

Stacy (2012) reviewed a case study of an irreversible case of pneumococcal pneumonia who had become mechanical ventilator support dependent. The male patient had decided to be removed from the ventilator and allowed to die with full knowledge of his irreversible condition and the eventual death that will come upon him after all life-maintaining support were removed. Although the family did not agree on the removal of the life-support treatment, they acceded to the wish of their father and approved the gradual removal of the ventilator referred to as terminal weaning. This case, unlike most controversial cases that leads ...

English

Patients who have been suffering unbearable pain or are terminally ill and have no hope of getting better, have a right to take a stance and end the misery. And to that end, a medical doctor, for the benefit of such a patient, should consider it ethical and their moral duty to assist the patient commit suicide 1. Doctors should have a clear ethical stance on assisted suicide, so that when the circumstances demand, the doctor, beyond a shadow of doubt, can help the distressed and the patient's family take a prompt decision to avoid any unnecessary agony.
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It is often the case that science fiction writers infuse aspects of religion in their works. In the case of the two books Out of the Silent Planet and Bellwether the authors have infused aspects of religion in their works as will be shown in this essay. The presence of science fiction in books makes the genre more interesting to read. In the two novels the two main characters are characterized by their agency and their subjectivity. This means that they exhibit a mythic dimension and an ethical dimension. Characterized by their agency, the main characters in these novels are ...

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Introduction
“meeting the health needs of all persons, viewed as free and equal citizens, is of comparable and special moral importance” –Justice and Access to Health Care, Norman Daniels
The above statement expresses the sentiments of persons who concur with the idea that there should be universal access to healthcare. The concept of distributive healthcare prevents this from taking place since it subjects persons to a screening process to determine their eligibility for certain types of healthcare. Additionally, distributive healthcare also promotes discrimination of persons, even substance abusers, in need of dire care at ...

CLC Assignment: Home Visit with Sallie Mae Fisher
CLC Assignment: Home Visit with Sallie Mae Fisher

Part A: Home Visit Essay

Introduction
Sallie Mae Fisher, 82 had been discharged after three day hospitalization to treat increases dyspnea, weight gain and angina. She has a history of congestive health failure (CHF), atrial fibrillation and hypertension. She is windowed and lives alone with limited family support since her daughter has a full time job and personal family problems. A home visit is conducted after her discharge to evaluate her status. In this essay, the identified problems are prioritized and rational interventions discussed to ensure that Ms. ...

Universal healthcare is a contentious topic in the United States. On one side, people argue the benefits of a single-payer system where individuals are covered by the government as the ultimate insurer. On the other side of the debate are those that argue that the government mustn’t intervene in the healthcare marketplace at any cost. Healthcare consumes approximately 16% of the American GDP. This is due to a number of factors including: the high costs associated with long term advanced treatments such as dialysis and chemotherapy, as well as the fact that physicians earn more in the United States than in ...

Instruction:

Heath share of Oregon
ACOs
The phrase ACO is an acronym for Accountable Care Organization. This term refers to groupings of hospitals, doctors, and other healthcare providers. The involved parties voluntarily come together to give high quality coordinated care to Medicare patients. Essentially, ACOs came up as a result of the poor service delivery in public hospitals. It is worth noting that patients have for a long time complained about the high cost of Medicare. Furthermore, they also experience reduced healthcare delivery that is not flexible to their needs. The legacy system adopts a “one size fits all healthcare ...

The article ‘Terminally ill Toronto man seeks physician-assisted death’ talks about an 80-year-old man that has requested for assisted suicide from physicians since he has got lymphoma which is in the advanced stage and is really aggressive (Gallant, 2016). To do so, he is filing for an application in the Superior Court, which he aims at exempting him from any legal repercussions and blockades that usually accompany such actions. The patient sites that the chances of him surviving from the condition are very minimal and so they neediest to have him alleviated from the pain that he currently faces. ...

Robert J Katenbaum compiles some writings that fall under the bracket of death, human experience and perception of the society. Chapter nine of the book looks into assisted death, euthanasia, right to die and abortion. These four items characterize as the most controversial issues present in the current times. People have different opinion towards them especially on abortion and the right to die. The main reason is that they center on an individual’s perspective and will without thinking of the environment. For instance, abortion is a crucial talk in most human rights convention in that there are people ...

Patient Care vs Profit

Pharmaceutical Industry: Patient Care vs Profit
Brief Industry History
The pharmaceutical industry has its early beginnings from the mid-1800s to the time of the 2nd World War. During those times, discovery of compounds that can be used for treatment was being widely explored even with only minimal research. The discovery of penicillin by Alexander Fleming in 1920s marked a milestone in the history and industry of drug discovery. Expansion of the pharmaceutical industry, however, did not come until after World War II, during mid-1900s. Around this time until 1990, the world saw the birth of major pharmaceutical companies, ...

Social Welfare & Services

Social policies are standards, legislation, activities, and guidelines that influence the living settings conductive to the society. These policies are bound to change in time, and their change behavior can be analyzed using the Blau analysis model that includes politics, history, economic, ideology, and social movement as changing factors. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to analyze critically the conscientious objection in medicine policy using a medical commentary and the Michigan Senate Bill 896 based on the five policy changing factors of Blau analysis model. The paper will also review the various factors influencing social welfare. The factors are:

History

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Critical analysis of The Influence of a Post discharge Intervention on Reducing Hospital Readmissions in a Medicare Population by Costantino, M. E., Frey, B., Hall, B. & Painter, P. October 2013 16(5), 310-316.

Interventions Reducing Readmissions

Abstract
Discharging patients from a hospital is a complex and intricate process that should be handled with a lot of attention and care to avoid the unnecessary readmission of patients. The study states that some reasons cause hospital readmission in Medicare patients between 30 days of discharge and they may include failure to follow the physician’s directions, reoccurrence of the condition, lack of follow-up care ...

According to the Loc sin’s theory, individuals are seen to be greater than the sum of their parts. All the times, human beings are considered to be whole regardless of whether technology is utilized on them or even when they are sick (Locsin & Purnell, 2015). This theory expects nurses not just to try and fix the broken patients, but to care for the patients holistically. It encourages the mutual process between the nurse and the ones being nursed.
I am greatly connected to this theory given the fact that I strongly believe that caring and technology can coexist ( ...

Brief summary of author’s main points

In this article, Murphy talks about the need of considering the possibility of making the healthcare system to revolve around the patients and hence bring to an end the common system of which the patient is the one seeking health services in hospitals. The author also proposes that the patient-centric point of view upon implementing and optimizing the use of health information technology (HIT) will be able to provide the new perspectives on the meaning of ‘integrated’ health care. Murphy also states that there is need to convince the patients that their participation in health care matters makes sense, ...

Having seen the interview on YouTube, I have to say that I was not impressed by what I saw or heard. The interviewer was biased and her aggressive posture as the interview went along was a total give-away. The interviewer was unfair to Aslan, and in most cases, kept asking the same question again and again without justification. It was also obvious that she tripped, as her emotions got the better of her. Aslan was so convincing with his response that Lauren Green, the interviewer, made the interview so personal and hit out at Aslan, without even thinking about her ...

Critical Thinking

There is no arguing over the pervasive role of technology, especially information technology, especially in the field of medicine and the health sciences. A major area of health information technology (HIT) is biomedical informatics, which is the interdisciplinary technology field that synthesizes biomedical data, information and knowledge and relates them to scientific inquiry, problem-solving and decision-making with the end in view to impact positively on human health (Hsu, Markey and Wang, 2013). Biomedical imaging informatics (BMII) emerged as a subfield of biomedical informatics that tackles all concerns of biomedical informatics, including the social and behavioral considerations in the design and ...

Health care reforms refer to changes in government policies aimed at improving healthcare systems in the country. Government policies are often expressed through legislation that has a binding legal effect hence persons acting contrary to the law are likely to face criminal sanctions. Health care reforms are often targeted at improving access to medical services whilst reducing the cost. On one hand it is ethical to ensure that one’s moral right to health care is upheld whilst on the other, the financial needs of those providing these medical services ought to be taken into account. Decreasing the cost of ...

Introduction

In a nursing practicum, the nurse is exposed to real world experiences where a nurse takes care of patients, conducts evaluations and assessments. The exercise allows the nurse to develop competencies and readies him/her for work. During my spring semester, I undertook my practicum. Initially, I intended on registering with a facility in California. However, due to unforeseen circumstances, my clinical contract in California was null and voided. Consequently, I had to travel to Wisconsin where I conducted my clinicals. This was very challenging given the abject change in climate.
Unlike in California where the climate is hot, Wisconsin was snowy ...

The case number one is a rather subjective case. The main problem is caused by the father’s reluctance or fear of undergoing medical operations, which he actually has the right to. Critically, refusing to undergo a medical operation—one that would probably be the only way for Mary Stokes, Mr. Stokes’ daughter, to be saved from the primary and secondary complications of a renal disorder, can well be considered one of the rights that can be given to any patient.
The first question is all about whether the father—the one who refuses to let his daughter and the rest ...

A spring chart is an analysis of a patient’s records that is used for the treatment of that patient (Gabriel, 2008). These records are obtained through testing and analysis. The tests are important because they assist the doctor obtain the data needed in the treatment of the sick person. The procedures are also vital for developing the spring chart, which directs the doctor on what how to diagnose illnesses. In addition, the spring chart contains the diagnosis code section, which provides an opinion concerning what form of treatment will be appropriate in a given health scenario or illness.
Cebul ( ...

1. Introduction
In situations in which the demand for healthcare services exceeds the number of physicians available, nurse prescribing is normally recommended. This is because it has been found that the prescribing behavior of the nurses is equal to that of the physicians. The context within which nurse prescribing takes place exerts an influence on the mode of prescribing. In order to understand the views of nurses and other team members on nurse prescribing diabetes services, a case study was carried out in nine sites in England in order to determine the context within which nurses prescribe medicine for ...

1. Who am I?
The question looks so easy, but I was confused how to answer it. Who am I? I remember my classmate said ‘I am who I am’. I think the answer is very interesting and reasonable.
We all think we know ourselves very well; however, I believe that is not exactly true. We always represent someone else, someone different than us. Imagine that you are a salesman at a shopping mall. Can you really be yourself at work? I think the answer is no, because you have to be the person who makes the customers happy. ...

USED FOR ASSESSING ACTIVITY AND PARTICIPATION

IN PEOPLE WITH PARKINSON’S DISEASE

Patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) often have a problem with pausing or stopping at random moments during their daily activities called the freezing of gait (FOG). Lo et al. (2010) notes that studies have shown that within five years approximately 30% of PD patients exhibit FOG and within the next 5 years 60% have experienced FOG events (51). The biological and neural reasons causing the stop-motion are not well understood. FOG can be dangerous and is detrimental to the PD patient’s quality of life.

The Freezing of Gait Questionnaire (FOG-Q) was constructed ...

Introduction

To begin with, code of ethics for nurses can be contented as being one of the universally and globally agreed set of laws and rules that are internationally applicable to all nurses all over the world. Basically, nurses can be debated as having four significant and essential responsibilities and duties in the medical field: First, they are responsible to ensure that patients, families and communities remain in healthy conditions all the time irrespective of color, age, locality, gender, political background, physical disability, nationality, sex and tribe. In addition, nurses are expected to prevent, avert and obviate illness, sickness, disease ...

The comment I would leave on the video would be one regarding the action needed to be taken against the pharmacies which do not pay attention to the prescriptions and clinics which write these prescriptions for the people in the first place. This is importance because the video reveals how the pharmacists caught the people as their actions and prescriptions were suspicious, however, there is no concern revealed regarding taking any action against the mentioned clinics which have a doubtful operation running in the country.
I had observed a critical moment when I happened to be in a pharmacy ...

Martin Health System is a healthcare center founded by three medical practitioners, namely Van William Burns, Walter F. Davey, and Julian D. Parker in 1939, in Stuart, Florida. It was originally based on the principle that all patients should have access to medical care and treatment irrespective of their racial or financial background. Originally, it consisted of a facility that had twenty-three bed, ten workers, and three physicians, which has now expanded into one MediCenter, three hospitals, a free-standing Emergency Center, as well as, many outpatient clinics. It is a non-profit community based healthcare organization that provides preventive and ...

Healthcare fraud in the US is more common than one would think. In fact, the US government loses billions of dollars each year due to fraudulent billing, kickbacks, and other illegal activities by physicians, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, and many other stakeholders. In my opinion, the fines for healthcare fraud should be stiff, especially in cases that result in unnecessary injuries or deaths.
In my estimation, one of the best things that can be done to improve healthcare, and minimize incidents of fraud is to eliminate the profit motive from the healthcare system. In a video about Health Management Associates ( ...

Abstract

The payer mix in healthcare financing currently comprises of three broad groups that include private insurance, government payers, and private payers. Private insurance covers 61% of the US population and contributes 49% in revenues. Government payers cover 31% of the population and contribute 55% of the revenues while the private payers account for 5% of population and contribute 6% of the revenues. The Affordable Care Act seeks to increase the insurance coverage in the United States. It would increase the contributions from government payer and reduce the default risk associated the private payers. This would also ensure that all ...

Franz Kafka led a very complex life in the short amount of time he lived. A lot of critics love to make the probably true personal connections between Gregor and Franz in “The Metamorphosis,” but these critics always seem to forget two pertinent facts in addition, the work was first drafted well before he had any symptoms of tuberculosis, and during the beginning of the war, several revisions were made to the work before Kafka released it. The idea that his experience with TB has to do with the book in any way, usually the primary argument of literary ...

The drug that is highlighted in this paper is opiates. Opiates come in many forms are usually prescribed as pain medication. Opiates include most prescription pain medications such as: heroin, morphine, codeine, hydrocodone, oxycodone, et al. These drugs, while good for a short time after a serious accident, surgery, or other medical condition, to control pain, are highly addictive and can become an addictive substance in an individual who is prone to addictive habits. (The Abuse of Prescription Drugs, 2009)
Although opiates are one of the most addictive substances and cause thousands of deaths from self-medicating, there are not ...

Franz Kafka led a very complex life in the short amount of time he lived. A lot of critics love to make the probably true personal connections between Gregor and Franz in “The Metamorphosis,” but these critics always seem to forget two pertinent facts in addition, the work was first drafted well before he had any symptoms of tuberculosis, and during the beginning of the war, several revisions were made to the work before Kafka released it. The idea that his experience with TB has to do with the book in any way, usually the primary argument of literary ...

Augustine and Pelagius on Nature and Grace

In the 5th century, in the Church of Rome, the theological debate arises about the balance of forces of human nature and the grace of God in the salvation of man. Long before the separation of the Churches, the theological debate has significant influences on the development of Western Christianity both in the Roman Catholic and Protestant traditions. Particularly, the debate focused with the two important and outstanding names of the history, the Father of the Western Church, Saint Augustine of Hippo with his counterpart monk Pelagius, both are involved of this argument. Correspondingly, the Pelagian controversy has changed ...

Critical Thinking and Ethical Decision-Making

Critical Thinking and Ethical Decision-Making
Critical thinking is a value that enables one to make a decision that is not rush hence more efficient. In addition to that, it gives one a chance to consult with their moral value in essence preventing them from acting unethically. This paper intends to look into how critical thinking and ethics are related by looking into the steps of critical thinking and how values affect decision-making.
Critical thinking; also called critical analysis, is a clear and rational thinking that involves critique. It includes the making of clear, reasoned judgments after considering various angles ...