The US health care system is one of the largest branches of the American economy in which huge resources are concentrated. The medical industry makes one seventh part of the whole national economy in which over 10 million people are occupied. Policy making in the sphere of health care makes multilateral impact on the American society. The policy covers essential interests in the sphere of he... read more

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A. How has provision of employment based health insurance impacted health policy and social protection of disadvantaged Americans?

Being one of the largest and most diverse societies in the world, spending the most money per capita on healthcare, and having cutting edge medical systems, the US do not provide medical coverage for all its citizens automatic... read more

For a long time AMA followed its self interest response. However, medicine continues its development and together with opportunities provided by the modern hospitals, requirements of the patients grow.

Nowadays the standards of health care are not the same as those which were followed several years ago and many of the standards are aimed at following self interest of the parties... read more

In order to become an expert in the field of administrative and organizational activities, a manager should be able to supervise, coordinate, motivate, manage, support, and encourage subordinates, make administrative decisions, and bear responsibility for them. Manager’s abilities to use a flexible and rational approach to personnel, lead, inspire, and motivate employees, provide optimal sol... read more

In nursing, ethical obligations are derived from the nature of the work, relationship with patients, and moral nurses’ obligations to provide care to vulnerable populations. The nurse – patient relationships primarily arise from nurses’ responsibilities to help patients and their families through difficult times. Providing care, health care professionals confront ethical decisions every day.... read more

The achievements professional’s in the fields of science and medicine are unbelievable nowadays. Numerous illnesses and diseases can be cured now, some of which were considered life-threatening and untreatable a few years ago. The progress is constantly moving, prolonging the life of the people and brining better health options for individuals all ove... read more

Medical ethics has a long history. Today, it serves as ground for both practical medicine and laws, which are related to it. The word “medical ethics” might be defined as the judgments of what is right and what is wrong, or some particular actions that have implications in the healthcare setting. Human rights form a basis for the medical ethics.read more

Nowadays demographic changes result in the US being an aging society as the rest of the world (Quinn-Szcesuil, 2012). It implies the necessity of additional gerontological health care, long-term care, support programs for the elderly, etc. Economic burden of these changes is accompanied by the shortage of educated professionals and adequate institutio... read more

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Traditionally, the federalism in the U.S. implied that the states had the power and authority аs sovereign nations (Feldstein, 2006). Therefore, healthcare regulation was a prerogative of the state level of government. The jurisdiction over physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals, as well as hospitals and ... read more

Vaccination programs are very important and they have a dramatic impact on mortality and morbidity both of adults and children. The effort to extend vaccination was started in 1974 all over the world by the expanded program on Immunization which was founded by the World Health organization. Since then the practice of immunization allowed eradicate man... read more