Hospital and Healthcare Industry Abstract Health care may be defined as “The prevention‚ treatment‚ management of illness and the preservation of mental and physical well-being through the services offered by the medical and allied health professionals.”From the ages of self medication‚ Indian health care industry has come of ages during the recent times. Indian health care industry has emerged as one of the most challenging as well as largest service sector industry in the country. With
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Corporate Culture (a) What do you think is the dominant corporate culture in your organization? Describe some of the features of this culture‚ what shaped them‚ and comment on their effects (both positive and negative) on organizational performance and staff behaviour and motivation. (b) Could some of the negative cultural features be changed or minimized? If yes‚ describe how you would go about changing them using any change model you like and what resources/support are needed. Suggest the
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Ethical Implications in Practice The embodiment of Nursing is caring and compassion‚ the prevention of illness‚ lessening any discomforts and the protection‚ betterment and reclamation of health. Ethics has been an essential part of the framework of the healthcare provider and it is idiosyncratic‚ self reflective and abiding. Another essential part is confidentiality‚ for the healthcare provider and patient this helps gain trust and open communication‚ ensuring that the best possible care can be
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Whether we know it or not‚ culture affects our lives in countless ways. The culture that people grow up in is‚ most of the time‚ what their beliefs are based on. This includes beliefs about health care‚ how we treat‚ view‚ and recover from illness. The culture around us also can limit our access to health care or can broaden the types of treatment we receive. In the United States‚ we are blessed to have so much scientific knowledge. We understand a large number of diseases enough to know the cause
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Culture Culture refers to the shared set of values‚ norms‚ and beliefs of a specific group. Common social groupings including trained adults in the same profession‚ youths participating in the same sport‚ and people with common religious beliefs have their own cultures. It is clear that social contexts and cultures are the key determinants that change the mental health services that minorities use while shaping their mental health in the process. The minorities may be prevented from receiving proper
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achieving universal health care in the country The Planning Commission’s draft 12th Plan for health has attracted much debate and controversy. Critics have been quick to direct their attention at two issues in it — the proposed increase in government health spending from one per cent to 1.58 per cent of GDP‚ and the “managed care model.” The spending increase was rightly felt to be grossly inadequate to move India towards achieving universal health care. The “managed care” model was expected to
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1. Using the stakeholder typology model‚ identify and describe the important stakeholders for PCA in relation to the privacy issue. What is the nature of their claim? Discuss whether and how the company chooses to respond to these claims. Introduction: it has been proved that it is crucial for organisations to communicate with their stakeholders that could develop and protect their reputation. And managers need to think very strategically about their business overall and how they can effectively
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Ethical Health Care Issues Illegal immigrants or noncitizens are sometimes portrayed as free loaders using public services without contributing financially to public funding through taxes. Some argue that illegal immigrants hold no claim to public health benefits because if they don’t have a right to be in the county legally‚ then they have no right to accept the benefits of being a citizen of that county. Other humanists argue that access to public health care is a basic right of humans and should
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Successful Patient-Doctor Relationships with the Arab Culture Many people have seen the increase of immigrants coming to the United States. “Census 2000 measured a U.S. population of 281.4 million‚ including 1.2 million who reported and Arab ancestry” (de la Cruz and Brittingham‚ 2000). Arab Americans are those people who speak or are descendents of Arabic-speaking populations. As doctors and caregivers continue to provide care to those that speak English‚ communication between them is easy. But
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considered illegal in most countries until the 19th century (Boston Women’s Health Book Collective‚ 2005‚ p.1). Even though abortions became outlawed in the United States‚ it did not stop women from getting abortions illegally. “By 1965‚ all fifty states banned abortion‚ with some exceptions which varied by state: to save the life of the mother‚ in cases of rape or incest‚ or if the fetus was deformed” (Boston Women’s Health Book Collective‚ 2005‚ p.1). Many women worked daily in an effort to have
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