Chemotherapy Drugs
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This 6-page paper discusses the broad types of drugs used in chemotherapy and their side effects; then it discusses several specific drugs, their side effects and the cancers they are used to treat. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: HVChemo.rtf

Child Abuse: The Four Major Types of Abuse, Statistics, Prevention and Treatment
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This is a 3 page paper discussing child abuse. The four types of child abuse: physical, sexual, emotional and neglect affects over 879,000 children in the United States on an annual basis. In the past decade, it has been found that over 3 million suspected cases are reported each year. Perpetrators of the abuse are parents, caregivers, babysitters, relatives, and foster parents among others. While the rates of male and female children are around the same, female children suffer four times the rate of sexual abuse than males. In addition to the annual rates of abuse, approximately 1,200 children die each year from abuse and neglect with 85% of child fatalities occurring in children under the age of six. Each year new prevention and treatment programs are developed on national and state levels in order to lessen the incidence of child abuse through support programs and education. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: TJchabs1.rtf

CHILDHOOD VACCINATIONS: A NECESSITY
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This 5-page paper is an argumentative essay supporting the need to vaccinate children against childhood diseases. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: MTvaccin.rtf

Children with Neurodegenerative Life-Threatening Illnesses
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A 3 page paper which discusses the article “Trajectory of Certain Death at an Unknown Time: Children with Neurodegenerative Life-Threatening Illnesses” by Rose G. Steel. Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.
Filename: RAdegch.rtf

China and Medicine in the World Today
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6 pages in length. This is a vastly interesting paper on the topic of traditional Chinese medicine, its global effects and combination with western medicine. Also includes discussion on the use of organs, both legally and illegally, as well as the use of animal parts, in some cases the use of endangered species in its medications. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: JGAchnmd.wps

Chlamydia: An Imminent Threat to Philadelphia Teens
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A 7 page outline of the description and effects of Chlamydia, a bacteria which can have severe consequences for Philadelphia teens and indeed for individuals around the world, claiming four million victims in 2000 alone. Teens in particular are extremely susceptible to this potentially catastrophic organism. Philadelphia teens in particular exhibit a number of behavioral patterns which make them extremely susceptible to this sexually transmitted organism. Indeed, statistics for fifteen to nineteen year olds from around the nation rank Philadelphia third in the nation (outranked by Richmond Virginia and St. Louis Missouri) in the number of chlamydia cases which exist there. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PPchlamy.wps

Choosing Pharmacology As A Profession
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7 pages in length. The writer discusses the basic eighteen hours required by the pre-pharmacy program, as well as discusses what might make a student choose the pharmaceutical profession. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: TLCphrma.wps

Chronic Undertreatment of Pain in Elderly Home-Care Patients
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A 10 page consideration of pain treatment in the elderly patient. This paper emphasizes a three-pronged approach to pain management. This approach includes adequate pain assessment, constant monitoring, and the willingness to use both pharmacological and non-pharmacological intervention in pain treatment. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PPeldPn2.rtf

Circadian Rhythms
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This 6 page paper examines Circadian Rhythms what they are, how they work and their biology along with some of the medical and non medical myths that surround this little known subject. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: TEcircad.wps

Civil Monetary Penalties and Relevant State Statutes
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A 3 page paper discussing the Office of Inspector General (OIG)'s apparent reversal of itself in gainsharing arrangements between hospitals and physicians that strive to hold the line on spiraling health care costs. The paper demonstrates that OIG has not been inconsistent, that its initial rulings addressed treatment of individuals and that its subsequent agreement addressed treatment of entire groups of patients. The paper discusses Florida statute 456.053 in the same light. This law prevents physicians from referring patients to other physicians with whom the original could have a monetary link. Thus one doctor in a large practice cannot refer a patient to another in the same practice. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: KShlthCarCosGain.rtf

Clara Barton
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In 6 pages, the author discusses Clara Barton. "As a young girl, her skull was studied by phrenologist, and he determined her to be one that would never assert herself for herself, but that for others she would be fearless. Angel of mercy during the Civil War, although not a nurse. Founder of the American Red Cross. Whom do these depict? They are all descriptions of Clarissa Harlowe Barton, who is also known as Clara Barton. She was a woman that made major contributions to the development of nursing." Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PCclara.doc

Cleaning Instruments Before Sterilization
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This 5 page paper provides an overview of what occurs during the cleaning of instruments. This paper offers some information about sterilization and preventing cross contamination. Bibliography lists 5 sources
Filename: MHCrossC.rtf