Health Care Infrastructure Questions
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A 7 page paper answering 4 questions about the current health care infrastructure; how managed care came to increase costs rather than reduce them; what alternative measures might be used to effect change; and what obstacles such measures might encounter. Answers to these questions focus on the medical community’s long-standing rejection of any alternative measures in which pharmaceutical companies cannot hope to control (such as using St. John’s wort for mild depression rather than an ethical drug that is still profitable for its pharmaceutical manufacturer). It also discusses the use of chelation therapy. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: KShlthCareInfraQue.rtf
Essay Title: Health Care Infrastructure Questions

Health-Promotion Behaviors that Promote Self-Healing
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A 3 page review of the 2004 article by author Michael O’Donnell. O’Donnell summarizes what is known about the value of self-healing behavior and emphasizes that additional research is needed in regard to its impact on acute and chronic disease. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPmedSelfHealing.rtf
Essay Title: Health-Promotion Behaviors that Promote Self-Healing

Hemp -- Industrial and Health Applications and Advantages
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This 5 page report discusses hemp (Cannabis sativa, C. indica), part of the same plant family as marijuana. Hemp does not have the narcotic kick that marijuana does. Its value lies in its fibers. Hemp fibers are twice as long and stronger than cotton fibers and are generally more versatile than the soybean, cotton plant and Douglas fir tree combined together. In addition, there are beneficial and healthy nutritional properties of hemp seed and hemp seed oil. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: BWhemp.wps
Essay Title: Hemp -- Industrial and Health Applications and Advantages

Hepatitis B and Whole Foods vs. Vitamin Supplements
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This 10 page paper provides an overview of the use of whole foods in support of liver regeneration for patients with Hepatitis B. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
Filename: MHHepBVi.rtf
Essay Title: Hepatitis B and Whole Foods vs. Vitamin Supplements

Herbs / Regulation
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A 10 page research essay on the harmful effects of unlabeled herbal products. The writer argues that the herbs should require testing for safety, efficacy and adverse reactions like any other drug. The writer supports this argument with a listing of known deaths linked to herbs and other adverse effects, the relatively short list of 'safe' herbs, based on few research studies, and how the FDA hands have been tied to regulate the industry by a few special interest groups. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: Herbregs.wps
Essay Title: Herbs / Regulation

Hildegard Peplau's Theory of Interpersonal Relations
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An 8 page discussion of the background and implications of this theory. Contends that this theory is directly relational to all of the metaparadigms of nursing: to the more commonly recognized metaparadigms of person, environment, nursing, and health and also to nursing processes and goals. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PPnrsPer.wps
Essay Title: Hildegard Peplau's Theory of Interpersonal Relations

Holistic And Allopathic Medicine: Incorporating The Two Approaches
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12 pages in length. The world of medicine has witnessed a significant shift in treatment since the population has taken a great interest in the alternative approach. One of the most sought-after treatments in contemporary society is that of holistic health, which is comprised of myriad modalities from which to choose. In conjunction with -- as opposed to in exchange for -- allopathic medicine, the holistic approach to health care has demonstrated great promise. In its purest form, holistic medicine seeks to treat the entire being as a single entity, rather than address it as a singular component; allopathic medicine, on the other hand, looks at healing in a very scientific, pharmaceutical manner The writer discusses industry movement toward achieving wellness in the allopathic sense, while at the same time incorporating the holistic approach as well. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: TLCholis.wps
Essay Title: Holistic And Allopathic Medicine: Incorporating The Two Approaches