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Prison Health Care, 2008.
This paper presents a prison nurse's evaluation of prison health care.
1,525 words (approx. 6.1 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 50.95
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This paper explains that the author, a prison nurse, believes that prison healthcare in the United States is widely inadequate to meet the needs of this special population. The author stresses that nurses need not only the physical strength but also mental stamina in order to help others overcome both their physical and non-physical problems. The paper underscores that one of the greatest problems in the prison system is overcrowding, which leads to the exacerbation of the existing crisis in the healthcare system of inmates.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Purpose
Assumptions
Principles
Conclusion
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"In caring for inmates, therefore, I am assuming that they have needs and rights, like any other human beings. Another assumption is the interaction of a variety of factors that manifest themselves as illness or indeed as health. These include the mental and emotional state of the inmate, the interpersonal reactions with other inmates and guards, as well as the prison environment in which the inmate lives on a daily basis. My purpose as nurse is then to attempt to mitigate these factors in creating a healing plan for the client."
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Prison Health Care, 2006.
This paper analyzes peer-reviewed literature to evaluate a qualitative study by John Doyle (1999) concerning the factors that tend to influence psychiatric nursing practice in prisons.
1,850 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 59.95
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This paper explains that the skyrocketing prison population has caused the delivery of quality health care services to suffer. The author points out that the research indicates that, in the midst of a untenable environment, health care providers are faced with the dual dilemma of trying to delivery quality health care services to a disproportionately mentally ill and elderly prison population, while simultaneously trying to ensure their own personal safety. The paper indicates that the qualitative study by J. Doyle (1999) did not result in any earth-shattering findings but was found to be timely and a good starting point for future studies of this nature. The paper includes several embedded quotations.
Table of Contents:
Review and Discussion
Problem
Study Purpose
Research Question
Study Design
Subjects and Setting.
Data Collection Methods
Data Analysis Procedures
Strengths and Limitations
Conclusion
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"What is the problem the study was conducted to resolve? According to a recent report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, in spite of a general decline in crime across the country, the United States continues to incarcerate more of its citizens than any other developed nation in the world. In fact, the nation's prison population increases by 900 inmates each week, and between mid-2003 and mid-2004, the nation's prisons and jails held 2.1 million people, or approximately one in every 138 U.S. residents. By June 30, 2005, there were 48,000 more inmates, or 2.3 percent, more than 2004, according to the latest figures from the Bureau of Justice Statistics."
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Health Care in the Prison System, 2004.
A study into the health care needs of female prisoners in the U.S.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 46.95
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This paper presents a review of a study conducted about the lack of decent health care available to female prisoners. The paper also explores the different systems available to male prisoners compared to female prisoners and concludes that the health care system in California?s prisons needs to be addressed and that women should have the same level of medical care available to them that male offenders have.
Contents:
Introduction
Health care
Rehab and social support
Results and analysis
Discussion and conclusions
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"According to the Department of Corrections for the state of California, there are approximately 160,000 individuals in jail in the state of California. (California Prison Growth 2003) The census shows that 9,797 of these individuals are women and 150,000 are men. (California Prison Growth 2003)There are several issues that make prison life in California particularly difficult for women. These issues concern vocational services, educational services, healthcare, and rehabilitation services. The purpose of this discussion is to review previous studies that have examined the disparity in the treatment of men and women in California?s prisons."
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Preventive Health Care in Prison, 2008.
This extensive research paper argues that prison officials must not show a deliberate indifference towards the medical needs of female prisoners.
6,095 words (approx. 24.4 pages), 45 sources, MLA, $ 143.95
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This paper examines the history of the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution and how it has evolved inside the judicial system into the right to preventive healthcare within the prison setting. The author studies diseases such as viral hepatitis and how the justice system has dealt with this disease. This paper discusses human papillomavirus (HPV) and how it can be compared to viral hepatitis types B and C. The author concludes that the standard of deliberate indifference to health care needs in women's prisons requires the United State's justice system to immunize women prisoners to prevent the spread of HPV and cervical cancer. The paper argues that it is now the obligation of the Federal Bureau of Prisons to add to the "Clinical Practice Guidelines" a requirement for mandatory testing for HPV and for immunization with Gardasil for those who are at high risk of HPV.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
The Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution
Preventive Healthcare in the General Population
Preventive Healthcare for Federal and State Correctional Populations
Congress' Response to the Threat of Infectious Disease in Prison and its Economic Impact
Guidelines for Federal Correctional Facilities but Just Proposed for States to Adopt
Correctional Facilities Continue to Lack Adequate Preventive Care, Leading to Lawsuits
The Importance of Preventive Healthcare for Infectious Disease Using a Viral Hepatitis
Hepatitis
Human Papillomavirus Infection
Demographics of Human Papillomavirus Infection
Demographics of Human Papillomavirus Infection in Prison
Public Health Responses to Human Papillomavirus Infection
Applying Viral Hepatitis Approaches to HPV
Conclusion
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"In "Ruiz v. Johnson", a group of inmates had sued the Director of the Texas Department of Corrections. The plaintiffs alleged that conditions in the correctional facilities violated Eight Amendment protections. Conditions were so extreme that the United States joined in as a plaintiff, against the defendant's resistance. The case includes commentary from Dr. Robertson, an expert in the trial. He stated that he saw two cases of "potentially preventable" cancers where the patients received delay in diagnosis and treatment, causing a negative prognosis. The defendants argued that the National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC) accredited them and therefore their practices were constitutional."
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Health Care in Prisons, 1996.
Services available, views of public, politicians & administrators, AIDS, gender issues, examples, TB, public health, costs.
3,375 words (approx. 13.5 pages), 40 sources, $ 119.95
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"The purpose of this research is to examine the current status of health care within the American state and federal correctional systems. The plan of the research will be to set forth the context in which prison-related health care takes place, and then to discuss the administrative environment in which treatment takes place, the availability of primary, maintenance, and rehabilitative health-care services for the varieties of both major and minor medical problems and where they are provided, the quality of care and how it is monitored, and the economic aspects of health-care services in prisons.
In 1971, describing prisons as "factories of crime," Ramsey Clark (1971, pp. 212-13) wrote that "ninety-five per cent of all expenditure in the entire corrections effort of the nation is for custody--iron bars, stone walls, guards. Five per cent is for ..."
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Prison Health Systems, 2002.
Uses a fictional case study of an inmate in the Maryland prison to show the state's penal health-care system.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 44.95
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Inmates in penal systems live in a world quite separated from that of the free public. Their access to services is, in many ways, quite simplified in that there is often only one provider of a particular type or range of services (i.e. one doctor for the prison) and, as no insurance policy covers expenses of health care for inmates, all costs for treatment come out of the governmental till (our only real form of socialized medicine). But, that till is limited and does not extend itself to heroic measures to preserve the lives of inmates. Some systems, however, do employ a variety of new and innovative techniques to bring a greater level of quality health-care to prisons while reducing costs. In this paper, a simulated inmate of the Maryland prison system will be created who will be the subject of a medical history, treatment plan and recovery prognosis. This simulation will take into consideration known elements of the health-care system and practices known to be in place within the Maryland penal system. The contraction, diagnosis, treatment, discharge planning and prisoner's view on his condition (high blood pressure) will be included. It is the purpose then, to paint an accurate picture of the Maryland penal system's health-care apparatus through a fictional patient.
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Medical Care in Prisons, 1993.
Looks at constitutional rights, drugs and women's issues. Provides examples and discusses negligence.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 8 sources, $ 63.95
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" Medical Care in Corrections Institutions
Prisons fall into a rather unusual category of "people-processing" organizations that attempt to transform human "raw material" into an acceptable final product. Prison punishment is motivated by the rather commendable aim of protecting the society at large while transforming the offenders into individuals who can function in the society. But the very nature of prisons makes these goals difficult to attain (Thomas, 1987, p. 144).
Corrections institutions often do little more than achieve custodial goals of offenders. At this time in history there are more offenders, both in absolute numbers and in per capita terms, and the nature of prisons and prison populations makes it almost.."
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Child Center Care Vs. Care by Family, 2007.
This paper discusses child care options and looks at the development of children who attended child care centers compared with those in family care.
3,054 words (approx. 12.2 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 89.95
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In this article, the writer notes that the question over who should care for children is once again being debated throughout North America, with many advocating that very young children be raised with either their mothers or a close member of the family instead of attending child care centers. The writer discusses research indicating that the poor quality of care given in existing centers throughout the United States is the reason for problems within the classroom, as children who attend these care centers are believed to have both development and social problems. The writer concludes that the important point of the debate over child care should be how to ensure quality care for children whose parents have to work, or have chosen to work, through understanding and enabling effective and positive child development and growth within center-based childcare.
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Abstract
Introduction
An Overview of Child Care in the United States
Contemporary Childcare in the United States
Towards an Effective Child Care System
Conclusion
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"The changes in society over the past few decades have completely transformed the contemporary world, mainly through the consequences of warfare and the recent advancements in technology, which has also changed the lives of women. Accounting for almost half of the nation's workforce, a vast majority of them either are already mothers or will be, which means that something needs to be done about the childcare situation in America. Although center-based childcare is not, perhaps, the ideal situation for mothers and their children, most parents have little choice."
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State Prisons Vs. Private Prisons, 2005.
This paper compares and contrasts the state prison and the private prison systems.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 4 sources, $ 62.95
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This paper is a brief comparison/contrast of state versus private prisons. As should become apparent, there are many problems afflicting the state prison system in the United States of America. That being said, the writer notes there are no guarantees that a private system will be the panacea some have felt it could and can be. In any event, the writer concludes that a conflation of the two might the best answer for America's woes.
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Health Care and Managed Care, 2002.
Shortcomings of health care with the implementation of managed care.
4,150 words (approx. 16.6 pages), 17 sources, $ 151.95
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This paper discusses the shortcomings of the American health care system with the implementation of managed care. The risks and future trends in the system are looked at as well as examples of what the system has faced.
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Health Care Managed Care and Fee-For-Service Plans, 2000.
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This paper focuses on the quality of care delivered by various forms of managed care organizations and fee-for-service organizations as reported by numerous recent studies.
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"There is a current climate of distrust and frustration with managed care which has led many people to question whether health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and other forms of managed care really are looking out for the best interests of their patients. Managed care plans have incentives in place which reward physicians and other health service providers for providing fewer services or less costly solutions. With American society?s negative feelings toward managed care medical practices, questions about the quality of care provided by various managed care institutions have been raised. The fact that managed care enrollment has been increasing while at the same time growth in total healthcare expenditures has been declining only serves to increase the frequency of questions about the quality of healthcare provided by managed care organizations. This paper will focus on the quality of care delivered by various forms of managed care organizations and fee-for-service organizations as reported by numerous recent studies."
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Charging Prison Inmates for Health Care, 1994.
Examining the issue in terms of precedent for user fees, purposes, theory, impact on prisoners, payment structures, advantages & disaadvantages and elderly inmates.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 9 sources, $ 79.95
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"CHARGING PRISON INMATES FOR HEALTH SERVICES
This research examines the public policy alternative of charging prison inmates a user fee for health services delivered by the state to a prisoner. Several states in the U.S. operate systems where convicted persons are required to pay a part of the costs associated with the administration of their corrections programs (Allen, Eskridge, Latessa, and Vito, 1990, pp. 74-91). Most of such fees are related to parole and probation; however, such actions provide a precedent for the imposition of user fees for health services. The establishment of user fees is a popular idea among the general public and politicians.
The Arizona legislation permits the state Bureau of Corrections to charge a prisoner $3.00 for each Health Needs Request..."
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Qualitative Research Analysis, 2007.
An analysis of the article "Health Care in the Federal Bureau of Prisons: Fact or Fiction" by Daniel S. Murphy.
1,912 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 61.95
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The paper provides an overview and analyzes the various aspects of the report, "Health Care in the Federal Bureau of Prisons: Fact or Fiction", in terms of qualitative research provisions and expectations. The paper examines the problem studied in the report, which looks at whether prisoners' rights to medical care, such as those afforded under the Eighth Amendment that bans cruel and unusual punishment, are being met. The paper explains that the central problem that the article continuously refers to is the underlying lack of concern and compassion for the health of prisoners. The paper examines the design, methods, strengths and limitations of this study.
Outline:
Introduction
The Problem
Study Purpose
The Research Question
Study Design
Subjects and Setting
Data Collection Methods
Data Analysis Procedures
Strengths and Limitations
From the Paper
"Furthermore it is important to bear in mind the following essential differences between these two forms of research in an analysis of the article. The qualitative researcher is "explicitly a part of the data gathering process whereas in quantitative, the researcher is formally an independent entity." (Qualitative research: Wikipedia) This means that the researcher is subjectively involved with the data collection and selections, which also implies the negative aspect of possible bias. Qualitative research also normally makes use of unstructured data rather the structure data."
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Health Care and Managed Health Care: The Need for Sweeping Reforms, 2002.
A look at role of primary care nurse practitioners in relation to health care reforms.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 89.95
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This paper investigates the role of primary care nurse practitioners in respect to health care and health care reform. The failure of primary healthcare is critically assessed, in the respect that health care is currently "managed" by independent "for- profit" organizations, where there is an emphasis on financial success rather than patient welfare. This paper also places a strong emphasis on the role of nurse care practitioners in the state of Florida and in community health care clinics.
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Health Care Managers and Health Care Delivery, 2004.
Examines the relationship that exists between health care players, how they perform their duties, and how they join their forces in health care delivery.
2,367 words (approx. 9.5 pages), 9 sources, APA, $ 72.95
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This paper examines and provides information on the roles and responsibilities that health care managers are tasked to accomplish in today?s health care systems. Moreover, this paper examines how a health care manager's job as a leader who ensures a smooth and organized management and operation of health organizations, influences his/her perspective on health care professions. The paper emphasizes the importance of understanding how health care managers perceive their duties in health care service.
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"The basic role every manager must be able to render is the task of providing good human relations to everyone at work. Through this role, the objective of accomplishing jobs in an environment where good work relationship is maintained can be made possible. In the field of health care, healthcare managers must have the ability to perform this basic responsibility. A healthcare manager should be a specialist in managing the condition of the healthcare staffs. Though this duty may be perceived as a simple task, it is critical that a good human resource management be delivered to a health organization to ease the stress and pressure that health care providers, such as the doctors and nurses, experience from their duties."
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