Primary care physician

Americans will either be opposed or supportive when you mention Physician Assisted Suicide. In fact, 70 percent of Americans support the idea of allowing physicians to end a terminally ill patients life (Pickert, 2009). Although the surprisingly high percentage of supporters, only five states allow the act. Many Americans can understand why states support it, such as allowing terminally ill patients to die on their own terms. (Pickert, 2009). The opposing side although, gives strong points to…

she complains of numbness in her toes. The nurse should have recognized this as possibly being a complication of the fracture, The nurse had a duty to report her findings to the patient’s physician immediately. The…

OB/GYN services include family planning, breast care, pregnancy and childbirth, vulvar disease, endometriosis, fertility and reproductive health, routine gynecologic care, and more. (“Obstetricians and Gynecologists” Ohio Means Jobs) Hormonal changes and urinary tract infections are also in the hands of an OB/GYN. The job of an OB/GYN is not only to take care of their patients and treat them. They also have to show good bedside manners. Doctors need to…

life-threatening ailments, but many of my interactions were with patients who weren’t experiencing life-threatening episodes. Understandingly, the latter of these patients use the emergency department because they lack the health insurance to afford a primary care physician or the local community lacks the resources to assist some special demographics: Drug abusers, psychiatric patients, the homeless, geriatrics and undocumented immigrants, etc. As…

1) Biomedicine, according to Kinsley, is ontological and mechanical and does not generally subscribe to looking at a patient’s “way of life” for diagnosing disease and illness. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Why? Illustrate with examples. Kinsley describes ontological as a disease process that is different or separate from the individual’s body (1996:170). To me this would be considered something along the lines of bacterial or viral infections that invade the body causing harm…

my life. Being a first generation college graduate and a potential medical school candidate is a double edged sword. It is an accomplishment, yet it is a road that I had to wander without much guidance. I do not come from a family of established physicians. My mother carved her way to a casino supervisor starting off at the very bottom. My father performed extraneous amounts of physical labor to make his living. From watching their struggles, I understand the importance of hard work and…

clinical centers. The physicians often seek sick-leaves in which case they are still being paid for services they do not deliver. Consequently, the allocation and utility of resources in the health care setting becomes questionable as a result of doctors decreased capacity to handle his/her clients. Equitable Gap analysis Depression in doctors is a critical issue in the healthcare setting due to its adverse impact on the health care pillars that support access to best medical care.…

visits. Emergency department overcrowding is one of the most complex issues facing health care today. Indeed, a literature review by Boyle et al. states that emergency department crowding is one of the leading problems facing emergency physicians, nurses, and their patients in most developed countries (Boyle, Beniuk, Higginson & Atkinson, 2012). It is important to remember that in our current system of health care delivery the emergency department not only provides treatment for acute illness…

Internal Medicine has grown with each experience as I believe it provides the best choice for me by enabling different and fulfilling avenues including careers in primary care as well as other medical subspecialties. It’s not the final destination, but just a path to a multitude of destinations, whether you want to go into primary care or enter one of the subspecialties, the decision is still within one’s…

observe several procedures. It became apparent just in the short observation day, that nurses interacted and supported the patients tremendously. After the physicians would leave, the nurses would not only provide care but also explain everything to patients and family members in terms they could understand. It was apparent that the physicians were dedicated and driven, but the nurses truly formed special relationships with their patients that I could not help but admire. The differences between…