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High-risk procedures may become more available locally for elderly patients, lowering the high incidence of deaths due to cardiovascular or cancer surgeries in low-volume hospitals (Gastonia, p. 2).
Exporting medicine overseas. Care and love for all people is important to those who wish to find meaning in their healthcare jobs. If only people in their country are cared for, the lack of care for others appears more obvious. In fact, some diseases may be wiped out if medication is provided to parts of the world where the incidence of that particular health risk is prevalent. For instance lymphatic filariasis, or malaria, is spread by mosquitoes. Through the efforts of the World Health Organization, private donors and pharmaceutical corporations, progress is being made in wiping out this disfiguring disease in Africa and India (GSK, p. 1).
Fighting common ailments. Obesity and smoking are habits which, when eliminated, create better quality of life for the client.
Obesity was found in one study to reduce life expectancy by five years. Smokers, however, were even worse off, with their life expectancy reduced by seven years. Control of diet and exercise are not the only ways in which quality of life may be enhanced for these subjects at very little cost. The study found that it was less costly to treat obese subjects than nonobese patients, so it was advantageous to treat obese clients and assist them in controlling diet and exercise. Smokers cost less than obese to treat and assist to quit their habit. Obesity is considered a major health issue today, as is smoking and there is no financial reason not to treat the clients who indulge in these two habits (McPherson, p. 37).
Relieving Excess Stress. Stress is a normal part of life and in some ways it is good for people, but too much stress can undermine health and create...
Absence from the job creates high costs for employers, but for the individual, being overly stressed may mean problems with pain in the back, joints and injuries due to strain. Quality of life may mean a lower stress in the workplace, ergonomically correct furniture, machinery and office products, days off to unwind and less taxing relationships on the job (HSE. p. 3).
When one is in a health care profession, one wants to be aware of how one's life can be affected by one's spiritual outlook and those who are assisting with one's physical well-being.
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Gastonia. (2005). Economic development, quality of life, health care: Gaston Memorial Hospital. City of Gaston, NC. Website. Retrieved February 29, 2008 at http://www.cityofgastonia.com/econ_dev/quality_life/health_care.cfm.
GSK. (2008). GSL in focus: Ten years on: fighting lymphatic filariasis. GlaxoSmithKline Report. Website: Retrieved February 29, 2008 at http://www.gsk.com/index.htm.
HSE. (2007). Work-related stress. Health & Safety Executive. Website: Retrieved February 29, 2008 at http://www.hse.gov.uk/stress/index.htm.
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