Pregnant woman’s involuntary hospitalization raises legal‚ ethical‚ medical questions My newspaper article was about a woman named Samantha Burton‚ a pregnant woman who was forced to be hospitalized. She was 25 weeks pregnant and forced on “bed rest”. Although Burton’s doctor confirmed that she was not in labor. Burton’s doctor took matters in his own hands and came back with an attorney forcing Samantha Burton to stay in the hospital against her will. The attorney was on line with the judge John
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Medical Tourism: Beneficence or Commerce? Danielle Evans February 15‚ 2013 Contemporary Perspectives‚ Spring 2013 Professor Philip J. Gibbon Psychology/ Occupational Therapy Major Medical Tourism is a health care trend that has recently greatly increased and is expected to continue increasing in the future. Medical Tourism is defined by tourist travel for the purpose of receiving medical treatment or improving health fitness (Medical Tourism‚ 1). The skyrocketing cost of health care
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Medical assistants complete administrative and clinical tasks in the offices of physicians‚ podiatrists‚ chiropractors‚ and other health practitioners. Their duties vary with the location‚ specialty‚ and size of the practice. There is so many reasons why I want to become a Medical Assistant. It is definitely not a career for everyone. It requires flexibility‚ a desire to help other people‚ and a passion for learning. Medical Assistant is career choice with so much potential. As a medical assistant
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uses or impacted by the system like the doctors‚ hospital administrations and other actors in medical sectors. Also it touches the patients and even their family who might share the discomfort from the irresponsible use of the dossiers. The second is the people whom the society entrusted the legal system on their responsible hands. And the third are those surrounding Google’s venture in the creation of medical recordkeeping system. This includes Google’s shareholders who risk the loss or profit from
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Sarah Hampton Medical Terminology & Coding Medical Terminilogy Report Medical terminology is a language for accurately describing the human body and associated components‚ conditions‚ processes and process in a science-based manner. Medical terminology is important in the medical field because it allows healthcare professionals to interact at all levels and details of the patients can be discussed with ease. The benefits of knowing medical terminology are that one can document faster
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Animals should be used in scientific research It’s commonly argued that animal testing has or hasn’t increased the average lifespan of humans by 23.5 years? Facts of Why animals are used in scientific research Over 100 million animals are used every year in the United States as models in biological and medical research to study human disease‚ injury‚ development‚ psychology‚ and anatomy and physiology. Research involving animals has played a vital role in virtually every major medical advance
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MEDICAL MARIJUANA Recently the dispute over the use of marijuana for medical purposes has grown a great deal. Marijuana is a very beneficial drug and could improve the lives of many very ill people. Marijuana should be legalized for medical use in the United States. This paper is based on the studies conducted by the IOM (Institute of Medicine) and will help to display the actual benefits of marijuana (Mack and Joy 5‚ 8). One of marijuana greatest benefits is its ability to increase the overall
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Medical documentation is an integral part of practice to ensure safe and effective care. Documentation is a record of the care provided by a health care provider; and is a primary communication between health professionals. Comprehensive and complete record - clinical staff have a professional obligation to maintain documentation clear‚ concise and comprehensive as an accurate and true record of care. Patient centred and collaborative - documentation should be centred to the specific needs of the
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Wikipedia Article for Medical Home * The medical home or patient-centered medical home (PCMH) is a team based health care delivery model that is led by a physician‚ P.A.‚ or N.P. that provides continuous and comprehensive medical care to obtain better health outcomes. * Its goal is to increase satisfaction with care‚ allow better access to health care‚ and improve health. * Care coordination is an important component to the PCMH‚ which requires: health information technology‚ and staff
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Medical Technology One of the most recently trending topics is how efficient the use of technology is. Many people suggest that today’s technology can potentially bring downfalls to this generation’s youth by addicting them into depending on it. What these people are forgetting to ask themselves is‚ “What benefits could today’s technology potentially bring?” Multiple correct answers to this question in a view that affects my life are well-explained in “Google Glass’s Efficient Applications in the
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