Palliative Care Reports Samples For Students

Other Current and Emerging Issues in Health Care

Lesson4:1-Decision-Making Concerning Individuals: Consent
Lesson 4:2- Decision-Making Concerning Individuals: Reproductive and End-of-Life Issues
Lesson 4:3 -The Impact of Globalization & Emerging Technology
Abstract
This document contains three essays pertaining to the lesson entitled ‘Other Current and Emerging Issues in Health Care’ outlining three subject areas. Lesson4:1 relates Decision-Making Concerning Individuals: Consent; Lesson 4:2- Decision-Making Concerning Individuals: Reproductive and End-of-Life Issues and Lesson 4:3 -The Impact of Globalization & Emerging Technology.
Lesson4:1-Decision-Making Concerning Individuals: Consent
Question 1:- Case Study, Mrs. Mary Smith.

Step 1: Facts

- She was admitted to Jones Memorial Hospital
- Initially her injuries did ...

Introduction

Vitas Hospice is a leading organization in the United States, specializing in offering nursing care to patients with life-limiting diseases such as cancer and HIV/AIDS (Vitas, 2013). Started in 1978, the leader and pioneer in providing end-of-life care is headquartered in Miami, Florida, and operates over 51 other sister stations spread across the United States (in over 17 states and the District of Columbia) (Vitas, 2013). The well-established hospice care facility employs over 8,000 nursing professionals, who care for terminally ill patients either at residential facilities, nursing homes, inpatient hospice and homes (Anonymous, 2013). After shadowing for six weeks ...

Nursing as a profession has since time immemorial strived to deliver a high quality holistic care to clients and patients. The holistic care targets physical, spiritual, psychological, and social well-being of a patient, and is often tailored to suit individual context (Rice, 2007). Context is hereby construed to mean patient’s diagnosis, its chronicity, and stage of recovery amongst others.

According to Goldsmith (2008), social support refers to the material, emotional, and informational assistance that a patient obtains from his social networks. Social network may include the family, neighbors, friends, co-workers, and formal agencies. Whatever the source, the purpose is to speed up ...

Validity of Health Information

Validation of information presented in a publication entails the evaluation of (1) the goals of the organization involved in the publication, (2) conflicts of interest, (3) major stakeholders, (4) the knowledge, expertise, and qualifications of the editorial board, and (5) the editorial process. The members of the Editorial Board of a publication interest are the gatekeepers of scientific information.

Australian Medical Handbook (AMH)

The Australian Medicines Handbook (AMH) was developed as a resource for healthcare practitioners interested in the quality use of pharmaceuticals in Australia (AMH, 2012). AMH is independent of both Government and the pharmaceutical industry; therefore, the AMH has no conflict of interest and ...