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This paper discusses group dynamics in healthcare practice from the perspective of a nurse-midwife. It deals with the competing desires and perspectives that often arise between members of a multifaceted treatment team. It uses John's Model of structured relations to analyze how working together as a team can produce a positive outcome for an expectant mother.

The Naegleria fowleri amoeba is a ubiquitous and free-living creature that parasitizes humans and can result in encephalitis when the pathogen penetrates the brain through the nasal passages. This paper reviews the literature concerning the pathways, complex life cycle and the effects that N. fowleri can have on humans, followed by a discussion concerning its economic impact and specific cases of N. Fowleri in Florida. A summary of the research and important findings are presented in the conclusion.

Lifestyles, Values and the Economy of Hispanic-Americans and Indian-Americans in South Dakota

The Mayans were one of the earliest civilizations to build great buildings which still stand today. Much of their architecture related in some way to the things that were important to them in everyday life.

Maximilian Weber was one of the most influential German political economists and sociologists. He began his career at the University of Berlin and later worked at other universities throughout Germany.

More than 50% of patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia (FM) suffer from major depression. In light of this significant statistic, this Evidence-based Practice (EBP) study explores the problem of depression in patients…

Breast cancer is one of the most misunderstood and feared cancers in women today. While it is true that breast cancer is extremely common amongst the cancers modern women are likely to contract, there are also many…

Stem cell studies are on the very cutting edge of biological advancement and research. These undifferentiated cells have the potential to become any cell in the body, from a simple part of a hair follicle to a complex…

This review briefly explains neurotransmission and then moves on to discuss how neurotransmission abnormalities have been linked to psychological disorders, more specifically Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).

To prevent errors from occurring, argues Hare, we need the critical reasoning that has to be directed according to broad ethical principles, and it would be advisable for society and for ourselves not to deviate from these broad ethical principles. Such broad principles should be structured in such a way that inter-generational and universal experience informs us of that which experience has shown to be generally conducive in producing the best consequences. These would involve many of the standard moral principles such as telling the truth, not harming others, and abstaining from arbitrary manslaughter. Hare's theory of the need for broad rules supplied justification for the prohibition against euthanasia in the States, but some issues such as manslaughter in the case euthanasia, life-destructing disability, or self-defense are sot so simple.