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This paper briefly elucidates some factors that make the students opt for a doctoral program.

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This paper reviews the dissertation by Michael Goldsby entitled "Analyzing quantitative data: Basic statistical models for different types of data; scale construction and testing." This paper concentrates on five specific questions concerning an assessment and review of the data that Goldsby presents in his dissertation. The goal of this paper is to clearly critique Goldby's work in terms of its accuracy and its presentation.

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This paper takes a look at the implementation of the Practice Doctorate in nursing by the year 2015. The paper asserts that this degree in nursing education is presently in a position to facilitate an extraordinary vision in advanced practice nursing. It holds that due to an increase in service demand, a growth in the complexity of care, ongoing incongruities in health care and changing demographics, there is a charge for health care reformation. The paper refers to several journal writings and commentaries that articulate the importance of health care workers who have better preparation both clinically and educationally. In conclusion, the paper claims that the Doctor of Nursing Practice will provide an elevated bridge between advanced practice nursing and research-based practice and will allow the graduates who matriculate to become empowered and armed with the knowledge base to implement change toward an evolving health care system.

From the Paper
"The growing intricacies of health care, an exuberant growth in scientific knowledge, and increasing advancements in technology have necessitated master's degree programs that prepare advanced practice nurses to expand the number of academic and clinical clock hours significantly. From 1995 to 2000, the average quantity of semester credit hours required for the Nurse Practitioner master's degree remained constant, however, the academic and supervised clinical practice hours increased by 72 and 36 clock hours. Many Nurse Practitioner master's programs now exceed 60 credit hours. Most are not capable of being completed in less than three years time. Based on this information, two challenges are evident. "Master's prepared advanced practice nurses have identified additional knowledge that is required for a higher level of advanced and the time spent in master's level nursing education is not congruent with the degree earned"(Position Statement on the Practice Doctorate in Nursing, 2004 p. 7-8)."

Tags:PhD, practice, profession, nurse

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The paper adds four pages to a previous essay on how a doctorate will enhance one's personal and professional life.

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"Numerous factors can be contributed to someone pursuing a doctorate in business. In my case, I have worked in the banking field for most of my professional life and the banking industry is where I expect to spend the rest of my career. Of late, banking has been in the news as the global financial crisis has centered on the decisions made by individuals at the local level..."

Tags:Business degree, PhD, doctorate, doctoral program

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The paper discusses how Jones' (2001) article is an ideal illustration of patients as consumers who make use of the Internet and the subsequent role played by doctors. The writer relates that his own view of the issue is that doctors have not changed their approach to the patient encounter but currently, as a result of the Internet, have many more tools available to provide advice and to assess their patients. The paper looks at the issue discussed - patients with erectile dysfunction and their use of Viagra - and how it can be a matter of life and death. The paper points out that what has changed from traditional practice is that doctors are no longer merely focusing on physical symptoms and patient assessment but are evaluating the knowledge that has been acquired by the patient.

From the Paper
"Jones' (2001) article is an ideal illustration of patients as consumers who make use of the Internet and the subsequent role played by doctors. My own view of the issue is that doctors have not changed their approach to the patient encounter but currently, as a result of the Internet, have many more tools available to provide advice and to assess their patients. The issue discussed - patients with erectile dysfunction and their use of Viagra - can be a matter of life and death. What has changed from traditional practice is that doctors are no longer merely focusing on..."

Tags:doctors, patients, internet

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This paper is a report from a medical supply company regarding the responsibility of physicians who work in close association with pharmaceutical companies to put the well being of their patients at the forefront of their professional work. The paper states, that whilst cooperation between doctors and pharmaceutical companies is essential for the development of new treatments, the doctor's prime consideration is, and must always be, the well being of his patient. The writer states that there have been cases where doctors have put their association with a pharmaceutical company before the good of their patients but, in the vast majority of cases, the exact opposite is true.

From the Paper
"There have been exceptions to the above, where physicians have, in the opinion of their peers, overstepped their boundaries and represented the medical suppliers' interest more than their patients or the value of their science. A recent case, involving Dr. Martin Leon of Columbia, was particularly egregious. Dr. Leon revealed evidence from a clinical trial prior to its 'unveiling' date, which caused a significant movement in the stocks of several medical device companies. The response of the medical community was immediate and severe. Dr. Leon was suspended from editorial boards of the Journal of the American Cardiology Society and the New England Journal of Medicine for at least five years (Wood 2007). Dr. Leon's reputation as a clinical trials clinical investigator and participant was therefore permanently disadvantaged."

Tags:doctors, pharmaceutical, medicine, research, clinical, FDA

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This paper explains that doctor assisted suicide in the form of passive euthanasia should be legalized on the primary basis that human suffering should not be prolonged by medical science simply to extend physical life. The author stresses that terminally ill human beings have the inherent right to refuse medical treatment because they are the moral guardians of their own lives and the ultimate authority to be considered---not doctors, lawyers, insurance companies nor the government. The paper suggests that priorities have to be established in circumstances involving contending rights; in right-to-die issues, the highest priority should be the emotional, psychological and physical well-being of the person faced with inevitable death.

From the Paper
"This moral argument offered by opponents of doctor assisted suicide is of particular interest, for many of these groups explicitly assert that morality includes physical causality and moral culpability. It holds that active euthanasia establishes the physical causality of the physician, while passive euthanasia establishes the physical causality of the disease itself. In other words, in active and passive euthanasia the moral culpability remains the same, that is, it is in the hands of the physician. This is the due to the fact that the physician has the duty and the moral obligation to keep the patient alive. While these two separate worlds within the moral realm may cross in some places, it does not mean that they are one and the same, and this is one of the many reasons that the distinction should not be abolished."

Tags:doctors, causality, priorities, refuse, morality

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This paper focuses on the doctor/patient communication. It speaks of the ideas of the past in relation to this issue and how they have affected modern day medicine. The writer discusses the problems that exist when patients attempt communication with doctors, as well as problems that physicians face when addressing patients' concerns. The writer further offers suggestions for improvement and professional advice for resolving issues.

From the Paper
"Traditionally patients have been accustomed to trusting in the services of doctors, and in accepting only the information given during a consultation. In years past, (especially in the days of the town doctor who made house calls) doctors often provided patients with only the details that the doctor felt the patient needed to know. Specifics of illnesses (mostly terminal cases) were only verbally provided when the doctor decided that it was appropriate to do so. Although patients generally knew that this occurred, it appeared to be acceptable to the general population for many years. This is not to insist that patients demanded medical information. Many patients believed that to query a physician was to disrespect his or her profession. More often than not this resulted in patients needlessly suffering with illnesses that might have been detected if the lines of communication between doctors and patients had been more open."

Tags:doctor, patient, communication

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This paper provides an analysis of three doctor-patient conversations, two of which were provided in both video and transcript form and the third in transcript form only. The conversations are analyzed in detail to determine whether a pattern or phenomenon exists as evidenced by the interactions. A phenomenon is identified and described.

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"Analysis of conversations between doctors and patients in the oncology setting are instructive and revealing. In many cases comprehensive analysis of a video recording of such a conversation shows a great deal more communication occurring by way of gestures, facial expression and inflection than can be adequately captured in a mere transcript of the words alone. Conversations can be analyzed in terms of adjacency pairs or stimulus-response sets that show how the doctor and patient respond to each other's questions and answers. This paper examines..."

Tags:conversation analysis, adjacency pairs, medical, doctor, patient, cancer, oncology, okay, transcript, video

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This paper is an analysis of a brief video clip entitled "The Lucky One," in which a doctor questions a patient regarding her history of melanoma. The conversation--both verbal and non-verbal--is intensively analyzed, and the implications are explained.

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"The conversation between a patient and his or her doctor can be an emotional mine field. Patients' fears and rationalizations are expressed both verbally and in non-verbal language such as gestures, involuntary movements and other body language such as posture and facial expression. Gill notes that 'When people are ill they often attempt to make sense of what they are experiencing by constructing their own attributions for their problems. They formulate explanations for why their health problems occur.' "

Tags:conversation analysis, patient, doctor, melanoma, cancer, non-verbal, gesture, posture, cue