Primary care physician

has with the family physician. The role of the family physician in patients with Down Syndrome is to provide a comprehensive medical evaluation and medical surveillance of diseases common in them. Further, my parents seek for guidance for more than Jatinder’s medical needs, including his daily living skills, intellectual disability, and functional limitations.…

saying she did not want to live anymore. On that day the elderly patient, who was in the Intensive Care Unit breathing her last breath, was slowly allowed to die. This was about two years ago and I’ve never forgotten that moment. I was told that day that sometimes you have to let the patient pass. A physician is taught to do no harm; however, when should a patient be let go? Would you rather have a physician that held your hand as you died or ignored you while you got better? No matter how…

Physician-assisted suicide should be legalized for those with a condition that is causing them suffering or cannot be treated. This practice is illegal in most countries due to the overwhelming misunderstanding on the idea and the odd obsession with forcing people to survive against their will. Hopefully through educating the public on what assisted suicide is, what conditions meet the requirements for assisted suicide, and how the procedure actually goes, the practice will be legalized and help…

collaborative/supervisory relationship with a physician. Connecticut recently became the 18th state to allow Nurse Practitioners to practice independently (Lowes, 2014). Bill SB 751 for the 84th legislature was introduced by Senator Jose Rodriguez. This bill is aimed at granting Nurse Practitioners in our state autonomy from physician supervision and full prescriptive authority. Nurse practitioners will be able to diagnose, treat and prescribe patients without a physician oversight. Senator…

Obtaining a doctorate in pediatrics is only the first step in becoming a true pediatrician. There are certain moral and ethical guidelines that a primary care physician need to follow to maintain such a status. According to Mary E. Fallat, MD, Jacqueline Glover, PhD, and the committee on bioethics, a “good doctor” encapsulates both the scientific aspect and the art of medicine. In their academic article, Professionalism in Pediatrics published in the American Academy of Pediatrics’ journal…

was able to obtain a typical percentage of acceptance rate by calculating the average of admission rates to multiple medical schools in different parts of the country. "Medical Staff Structure." American College of Emergency Physicians. American College of Emergency Physicians, June 1998. Web. 2 Nov. 2015. The authors of this information paper describe different types of medical staff structure, and explain their hierarchy. The authors’ paper focuses on these medical staff structures can be…

States. APRNS are Master and post Masters level nurses providing care in specific roles for the patient population. APRNS are prepared by education and certification to assess, diagnose, and manage patient problems, order test, and prescribe medications. (National Council of State Boards of Nursing, n.d). Lyder (2012) discussed the growing need for an increased number of primary healthcare providers due to the shortage of primary care providers. Lyder (2012) recognized that the APRN, through…

United States, there are two kinds of complete physicians. These physicians are osteopathic physicians and medical physicians. If you are like the majority of people, you have received treatment from physicians your entire life without the knowledge that some of them were most likely osteopathic physicians. Osteopathic physicians and medical physicians work together to enhance the health care industry in the United States. The Difference Physicians who hold a Doctor of Medicine Degree are…

In this paper, I am going to talk a brief history overview of Dr. Louis Michael the physician as strategic manager case study, and then I will discuss the stakeholders. I will provide the primary problems and other key issues that attribute to primary problems. After, I will provide the alternative solutions of key issues and specify the steps for implementing a plan of action. In summary, I will give recommendations and ideas, which I think could help the practice success. In the early 1900s,…

Physician-assisted suicide is the voluntary termination of one's own life by administration of a lethal substance with the direct or indirect assistance of a physician. It is the practice of providing a competent patient with a prescription for medication for the patient to use with the primary intention of ending his or her own life (2012). Physician- assisted suicide is an issue that has been debated in United States. While there are many supporters of it, there is also a large amount against…