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Ethical Issues: “…but I have no insurance.”
(Center for Health Ethics, 2006-04)
Presently there are 44 million uninsured in the United States, a disproportionate number of which are of low income. This problem has placed a huge burden on the health care system of this country and continues to foster ...
The uninsured in Missouri
(Center for Health Policy, University of Missouri - School of Medicine, 2003-05)
The uninsurance rate in Missouri has been
decreasing over the last decade, largely due to the implementation of the Missouri's Children's Health Insurance Plan (CHIP). This program expanded Medicaid services to many ...
Public Health
(Center for Health Policy, University of Missouri - School of Medicine, 2006-12)
Each year the United Health Foundation,
a private, non-profit foundation dedicated
to improving health outcomes and
promoting healthier communities, releases
“America's Health Rankings.” Each state is
evaluated on ...
Ethical Issues: Reflections on HB 905
(Center for Health Ethics, 2005-04)
In times of crisis there are opportunities to grow and learn. With the suffering and demise of Terri Shiavo patients, families, and health care providers again find themselves in doubt as to what to do in the midst of very ...
Ethical Issues: The Uninsured
(Center for Health Ethics, 2004-06)
There is ongoing debate as to the importance of the “problem of the uninsured” in this country and in Missouri. This institution, as an academic state hospital, seems to get more than its share of uninsured patients who ...
Ethical Issues: Caring for the Caregiver
(Center for Health Ethics, 2004-03)
One of the important details we tend to overlook when taking care of patients with debilitating or life-threatening disease is the welfare of those family members taking care of the patient at home. The burden of providing ...
Ethical Issues: Malpractice Crisis
(Center for Health Ethics, 2004-04)
Medicine is in crisis. Doctors, especially those in high-risk specialties like obstetrics and neurosurgery, are leaving their practices in response to ballooning malpractice costs. Malpractice rates for physicians are ...
Ethical Issues: “The Patient Just Wants to Go Home”
(Center for Health Ethics, 2004-08)
Not infrequently in the busy practice of medicine we come across patients who, regardless of the severity of illness or need for acute care, demand to go home from the hospital against our advice. At these times the physician ...
Ethical Issues: The Pope and Terri's Tube
(Center for Health Ethics, 2004-07)
On March 20, 2004, in a papal allocution delivered at the Vatican, Pope John Paul II made statements regarding the feeding of patients diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state. These statements have rekindled ...
Peripheral Blood
(William J. Krause, 2008-08)
Histology blog entry for August 20, 2008 about peripheral blood.
Joints
(William J. Krause, 2008-10)
Histology blog entry for October 3, 2008 about joints.
Cartilage and Bone Development
(William J. Krause, 2008-09)
Histology blog entry for September 20, 2008 about cartilage and bone development.
Heart
(William J. Krause, 2008-10)
Histology blog entry for October 6, 2008 about the heart.
Bone
(William J. Krause, 2008-09)
Histology blog entry for September 19, 2008 about bone.
Repair of Cartilage and Bone
(William J. Krause, 2008-09)
Histology blog entry for September 20, 2008 about the repair of cartilage and bone.
Teeth
(William J. Krause, 2008-11)
Histology blog entry for November 9, 2008 about teeth.
Extrarenal Passages
(William J. Krause, 2008-10)
Histology blog entry for October 31, 2008 about extrarenal passages.
Tongue
(William J. Krause, 2008-11)
Histology blog entry for November 7, 2008 about the tongue.
Oral Cavity
(William J. Krause, 2008-11)
Histology blog entry for November 7, 2008 about the oral cavity.
Parotid Gland
(William J. Krause, 2008-11)
Histology blog entry for November 9, 2008 about the parotid gland.