The Corporate Compliance Plan in a Multi-Specialty Group Practice
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A 15 page paper discussing the benefits and role of the corporate compliance plan. This document type arose from the federal government's intense scrutiny of health care organizations active in Medicare and Medicaid for the purpose of detecting and prosecuting fraudulent billing practices. Viewing the compliance plan as only that prevents it from being as useful as it could be, however, particularly as an administrative management tool. The paper provides some background on its origins and discusses its benefits from both the oganization's and the individual's views. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
Filename: KScorpComp.wps

The Effectiveness of Acupuncture in the United States
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5 pages in length. Explains the use and effectiveness of acupuncture, its introduction to the United States and some of the mind and body connections.
Filename: JGAacupn.wps

THE ENGLISH PATIENT: A NURSING DILEMMA
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This 3 page paper illustrates the dilemma that a nursing student can face when engaged in the care of a terminally ill patient.Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: MBenglish.rtf

The Ethics of Invitro Fertilization
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A 16 page research paper that examines questions concerning the ethics of invitro fertilization (IVF) and the problems associated with multiple births (pregnancy reduction) from an ethical standpoint that includes Kant, utilitarianism, and liberal individualism. The writer argues in favor of IVF procedures. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: 00ivf.rtf

The Ethics of Managed Health Care
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A 12 page research paper on the nature and variety of HMOs, and physician duties in regard to disclosure. The writer details the types of HMOs, their means of funding treatment, how they impact treatment decisions, and what must be done ethically in this new climate. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Lawethic.wps

The Ethics of Medical Experimentation on Humans: Four Views on the Nazi Medical Experiments
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This 10 page paper provides a review of four specific articles on the ethics of medical experimentation on human subjects and the implications. This paper considers the argument that benefits can still be derived from assessments of the outcomes of the Nazi experimentation and the various arguments on the ethics of using the results of Nazi medical experiments. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: MHhuman4.wps

The Ethics of Organ Transplant: The Consequentialist and Nonconsequentialist Framework
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A 5 page examination of the ethics of organ transplant. The author approaches organ transplant from both the consequentialist and nonconsequentialist framework, asserting that the ethics are dependent on the particular situation at hand in regard to the donor, the recipient and the particulars of the organ procurement. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PPtrnsp2.rtf

The Ethics Of Prescribing Antibiotics Without A Culture
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5 pages in length. Antibiotics may be considered a cure-all when it comes to fighting infections, but doctors are prescribing their usage far too often and many times without the aid of a culture test to determine if their administration is truly necessary. The writer discusses the ethics of prescribing antibiotics without a culture, as well as how doing so is perpetuating the immunity of all bacteria strains. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Antibiot.wps

The Ethics of Putting a Price on Life
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A 4 page essay on business practices regarding unsafe products, and the particular case of death from Toxic Shock Syndrome. The writer details how businesses decide to let or keep unsafe products on the market, the effect of lawsuits on such decisions, and the actions of government agencies in preventing such deaths. No bibliography.
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The Future of Human Cloning.
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(7 pp) The idea of human cloning either sounds like something out of a bad science fiction movie, is a boon to medical science or a travesty to morality. As in the case of most exaggerations, there is a shred of truth in all of them. Although our proposed challenge is to project what might happen, some of those projections will be examined under a humorous light. Generally speaking we learn best when we can laugh. Other projections are as assigned. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: BBclone.doc

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
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6 pages. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) is a bill that was intended to allow individuals to maintain their health insurance coverage. There is some concern about the bill's current legislation provisions pertaining to security and privacy, which at times could present ethical dilemmas not only for the patient but for the covered entities as well. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: JGAhipaa.wps

The High Cost of Health Insurance: Co-Pay for Prescription Drugs
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This 5 page paper provides an example letter of a consumer writing to Oxford Health Plans regarding the high cost of prescription drugs. Suggestions are made and reasoning is provided to convince the insurance company to change its drug co-pay options. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: SA249Ox.rtf