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…. Overall, Canada is a net gainer of skilled workers worldwide; however, it is a net loser of its highly skilled workforce to the United States. Health care providers, scientists, executives and managers, educators and technologists are among the leading…

…Physician-Assisted Suicide Kathleen M. Foley, author of Competent Care for the Dying Instead of Physician-Assisted Suicide, believes doctors should develop treatments for the physical and psychological problems of dying patients rather than…

…euthanasia Kathleen M. Foley, author of Competent Care for the Dying Instead of Physician-Assisted Suicide, believes doctors should develop treatments for the physical and psychological problems of dying patients rather than helping them…

…Involuntary treatment Donald H. Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defense on November 18, 2001, states: "The United States of America represents something so important to the world - our free way of life. If you care about human beings, you have to care…

…sleep disorders and fewer than 50,000 are diagnosed (Walsleben and Baron-Faust). Narcolepsy is often mistaken for a depression or people often blame side effects of medication they are taking for their excessive sleepiness. People who have problems in sleep…

…relative with schizophrenia are more likely to develop the disorder than are people who have no relatives with the illness. Conversely it has been established that over 90 percent of cases arise in families with no known medical history of mental disorders…

…and treat medical conditions of recent onset and severity that would lead a prudent layperson, possessing an average knowledge of medicine and health, to believe that urgent and/ or unscheduled medical care is required." The following pages will illustrate…

…in the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, over 50% of patients with the diagnosis of colds or upper-respiratory infections (conditions usually caused by viruses) were given antibiotics (Gonzales 903). It is difficult in many cases to differentiate between…

…disorders and depressions and are making these diagnosis with more frequency. A primary care physician can prescribe medication, or may refer a patient to a mental health provider.…

…, those guidelines and rules are not being followed. The hospital also has a serious problem with its staff interfering with proper medical treatment. They allow their religious beliefs and personal morals to interfere with their judgments, without addressing…