The United States health care issues associate mostly with cost and quality. Modern science invention ability to alleviate debilitating illness and terminal disease is an achievement to humanity. However‚ with all modern scientific advancement come the encounter of ethical dilemma related to economic‚ cost and policy decisions like the one presented in this week reading “Review of prostate cancer drugs Provenge -----“(Sein‚ 2010). The United States Health care industry dash out into medical innovation
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The basic philosophy of palliative care is to achieve the best quality of life for patients even when their illness cannot be cured. Palliative care is provided through comprehensive management of the physical‚ psychological‚ social‚ and spiritual needs of patients‚ while remaining sensitive to their personal‚ cultural‚ and religious values and beliefs. Hospital palliative care services are often provided through an interdisciplinary team of health care professionals including‚ but not limited to:
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irrespective of age‚ gender‚ religious tendency‚ educational background‚ social status‚ and race or color during any illness and especially when nearing the end of life. According to the centre for advance palliative care: “Palliative care is specialized medical care for people with serious illnesses. It focuses on providing patients with relief from the symptoms‚ pain‚ and stress of a serious illness—whatever the diagnosis. The goal is to improve quality of life for both the patient and the family. Palliative
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the highly vulnerable public clients are having difficulty finding the services that they require for the needs. Clients sometimes have to navigate between multiple agencies to receive services such as a person with mental illness may be served by one agency for the mental illness condition‚ but if he/she also has a physical health problem‚ he/she would be required to go to another agency‚ and for substance abuse‚ still another agency. Often the client doesn’t know who offers what services and ends
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Cause and Effect Essay English Comp. II No person should be held against their will to go through long-time and terminal pain and suffering. By legalizing euthanasia‚ hundreds of thousands of terminally ill and injured people would immediately have a way to end the pain and suffering for not only themselves‚ but their families as well. After the initial help and being the best decision for those who are hospitalized‚ it may become the first go to solution‚ even though other options may work
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University of Phoenix Material Programs and Services Matrix Use the matrix to identify five different types of programs or services available for long-term care populations. Include a brief description of the program or service and identify the populations that may be in need of each. Indicate whether this type of service or program is available in your community and provide examples‚ if possible‚ of each. |Program or service |Description |Population(s)
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Continuum of Care Presentation Annotated Bibliography Donna Shultz HCS / 235 October 27‚ 2014 Marjorie Romano Continuum of Care Presentation Annotated Bibliography Reference Annotated Bibliography Feder‚ J.‚ Komisar‚ H. L.‚ & Niefeld‚ M. (2000). Long-term care in the United States: An overview. Health Affairs‚ 19(3)‚ 40-56. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/204635741?accountid=458 This article is peer-reviewed and was retrieved from the University of Phoenix Library‚ it explains
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vast majority of the patients I have cared for are those undergoing elective procedures. They have chosen to have joint arthroplasty or some other type of procedure. I have also had the great fortune to care for those who have been diagnosed with terminal illnesses such as cancer and leukemia. Many times I see these patients in the infancy of their disease process‚ but I also see them on a continue basis during treatments such as blood or platelet transfusions. The difficulties faced by patient s
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Person Specification I have years of experience working with different clients/patients group. I work with people with terminal illness such as cancer patients‚ renal and heart failure in different settings such as hospital wards‚ rehabilitation wards‚ private‚ residential and nursing homes. Skills and Abilities Ability to respond to changes in patient condition I have responded to changes in patients conditions by documenting my observation and informing person in charge that patient was breathless
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Association of America Nov. 2010) (Harrington C‚ Carrillo H‚ Woleslagle B B‚ O ’Brian T‚ 2010) (Harrington C.‚ 2008) What is hospice care? Hospice care focuses on improving the quality of life for persons and their families faced with a life-limiting illness. The primary goals of hospice care are to provide comfort‚ relieve physical‚ emotional‚ and spiritual suffering‚ and promote the dignity of terminally ill persons. Hospice care neither prolongs nor hastens the dying process. Hospice care is a philosophy
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