Lassa Fever
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This 5 page paper provides an epidemiological view of Lassa fever, from its initial discovery in 1969. This paper integrates a view of the disease and containment efforts. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: mhlassa.rtf

Latest Developments In Prostheses: Tutorial
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An 11 page paper. Artifical limbs have a long history, which some say dates back to ancient Egypt. The beginning field is attributed, however, to a French surgeon in the 16th century. This paper discusses a brief history of prostheses, the reasons individuals may need a prosthesis of some kind; the remarkable advances made since the mid-1940s and especially in the last twenty years, and the probable future developments. Interspersed are tutorial comments to help the student.
Filename: PGprosth.rtf

Lead Poisoning: The Threat to Children
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A 5 page discussion of the impacts of lead poisoning on children. This paper provides statistics regarding the extent of the problem and outlines the physiological and behavioral impacts which can result. The suggestion is made that, although the problem has declined with specific laws and regulations controlling lead in consumer products and industrial discharges, a solution the problem lies in a continued focused and well-funded attack on the last remaining sources of lead as well as an intense educational program designed to increase public knowledge about lead poisoning. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PPleadPs.rtf

Leadership, Change and Conflict
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This 10 page paper considers three central organizational concepts, leadership, change and conflict. This paper then goes on to consider the implications for relationships/interrelationships in the organizational setting. This paper provides an overview of the current literature and reflects on the implications in a healthcare environment. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: MHleadTh.wps

Legal Alternatives in the Case of the Conjoined Twins
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This 12 page paper provides an overview of the 2000 case where it was decided that Mary and Jodie were to be separated in spite of the objections of their parents. The Human Rights Act of 1998 and the The Children's Act of 1989 are discussed in light of legal issues. Philosophical and ethical issues are also a part of the analysis. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: SA207Law.rtf

Legal and Ethical Issues Concerning Mandatory Sterilization
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In an argument that has gone on for decades, we are still forced to consider whether we as a society have a right to determine, if certain members of our society should, or should not be "allowed" to have children. Although the argument continues, there now seems to be a different set of legal and ethical reasons to support the same argument. This 5 page discussion will look at the reasoning of the past, as well as that that is given today. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Bbmanstl.doc

Legal and Ethical Issues of Informed Consent
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This 5 page report discusses informed consent as the mechanism through which people fully understand what is happening to them or their family members. It is used in reference to medical procedures, legal actions, and a variety of other areas in which one can claim that a patient or client was both informed of what was about to take place and either supported the action or had no objection to it. Ethical and legal issues come into play when one considers whether or not the person understood what he or she was being informed of or whether they simply gave their “consent” without knowing what else they could do. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: BWinfcon.rtf

Legal Considerations in Health Services: The Patient Self Determination Act
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A 5 page emphasis of the importance of the Patient Self Determination Act in health services. The author reviews the case of Terry Schiavo to stress the importance of having one’s wishes regarded their health care clearly recorded in a legally valid document. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PPmedSlf.rtf

Legal Memorandum
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This 4 page paper is a legal memorandum about a case of a woman who's family wants to maintain her life through the use of a feeding tube and her husband wants the feeding tube removed. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: MHLegMem.rtf

Legalization of Marijuana for Medicinal Purposes
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A 5 page research paper on legalizing marijuana for medicinal purposes. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: RAllm.rtf

Legislation on Euthanasia
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A 5 page research paper on legislation involving euthanasia. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: RAeurrh.rtf

Lemon Balm Salve
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A 3 page description of the steps that are required for making a healing salve. The salve described uses lemon balm, olive oil, and pure beeswax. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: PPnaturesWeeds.rtf

Lesson Plan : Seniors And Smoking
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A 5 page paper that incorporates and labels aspects of a lesson plan for senior citizens on the relationship between heart disease and smoking. The lesson incorporates small group brainstorming on different topics, large group discussion, questions, and lecture notes that include statistical data. The lesson ends with a quote that affirms the success rate of senior citizens who try to quit smoking. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PGsrsmst.RTF

Let it Pour: Critical Thinking Case Study for an Executive Assistant at a Faith-Based Community Hospital
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A 4 page paper which defines the problems appearing in the case study, proposing appropriate solutions, and describing the rationale for the proposed solutions. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: TGletpour.rtf

Leukemia: An Overview
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This 3 page paper explores etiology, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of this deadly disease. A 2003 study that shows a connection between pollution and the onset of this disease is touched on. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: SA346luk.rtf

Leukemia: An Overview
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This 5 page paper provides basic facts about the disease inclusive of types, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment. New breakthroughs, and false hopes, are duly noted. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: SA215Lk.rtf

Lexington Diabetes Center Marketing Plan
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A 22 page paper containing slide contents and speaker notes for a 26-slide PowerPoint marketing plan for a diabetes educational center in Lexington, Kentucky. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
Filename: KSmktgHltDiaKY.rtf

Licensing Foreign Educated Nurses In The United States
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This 23 page paper discusses the licensing process for foreign-educated nurses in America. The essay begins with an introduction that reports the nursing shortage, the practice of importing foreign-trained nurses in developed countries and the ratio of nurses to population in several countries. The next section reports the licensing process for nurses who are trained in the U.S., which is followed by the process for licensing foreign-trained nurses, including the CGFNS program and the NCLEX examination. The contents and process of the exams are discussed. The author then discusses other challenges for the foreign-educated nurse, such as the sometimes vastly different communication process. The last section is recommendations to help foreign-educated nurses become more successful. The writer also discusses negative impact importing nurses has on global health and the need to resolve the real problem. Statistical data included. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: PGfrnnr.rtf

Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy
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A 7 page paper discussing recent gains in research, particularly that addressing the role of sarcoglycans play in the progress and form of the disease. All forms of muscular dystrophy are known to result from genetic defects, including the limb-girdle form. Research has advanced rapidly in recent years, but important questions still remain unanswered. Much of the information that has been discovered is interpreted very differently by various researchers, giving rise to the situation in which the increase in knowledge of limb-girdle muscular dystrophy is gratifying yet remains inconclusive. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: KS-LGMD.wps

Lindlahr's "Philosophy Of Natural Therapeutics": Comparison To Five Short Articles
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5 pages in length. Dr. Henry Lindlahr, author of Philosophy of Natural Therapeutics, contends that within the world of physical and mental wellness, there are two very different approaches to the same goal: combative and preventive. In exchange for combative medicine, the preventive approach to health care seeks to treat the entire being as a single entity, rather than address it as many components. His views are compared with 5 other health articles. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: TLClindl.wps

Lipids
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This 7 page paper examines lipids, what they are and their constituent fatty acids. The paper discusses the chemical structure of the fatty acids and the various lipids as well as where they are found and their functions. The bibliography cites 10 sources.
Filename: TElipids.rtf

Listeria monocytogenes: Controlling Cross Contamination in Ready-To-Eat Meats
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A review of the research that has been conducted in our efforts to better understand this organism and its threat to human health. Determining the appropriate level of protection from food borne listeriosis is complicated by a number of factors. These include the need to establish the maximum frequency and/or concentration of the bacterium in RTE meat at the time of consumption and the insurance of appropriate hygiene practices in production and storage. The author investigates the methodologies that have been employed to detect this bacteria and contends that more quantitative approaches are necessary. Bibliography lists 41 sources.
Filename: PPlister.rtf

Listeriosis
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A 6 page research paper that examines the causes, pathology, clinical presentation and diagnosis of listeriosis, a food-borne infection that causes roughly 500 deaths annually in the US. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: khlist.rtf

Literature Review on the Prevention and Management of Spinal Tuberculosis
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This 15 page paper delves into the history of the disease, its manifestation and treatment options. Attention is paid to infection control throughout as information about the disease and quality patient care is relayed. The paper concludes that successful treatment is usually in the form of chemotherapy or surgery or a combination of both. Infection control is highlighted and noted as a priority for schools, prisons and hospitals. How infection control efforts, along with treatment options, impacts the patient psychologically is also addressed. Bibliography lists 21 sources.
Filename: SA619TB.rtf

Literature Review on Treatments for Tourette’s Syndrome
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This 10 page report presents a literature review related to the treatment of Tourette’s syndrome. The DSM-IV definition of the syndrome is presented along with a review of six professional journals addressing the issue. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: BWtorett.rtf

Literature Review: The Conceptual View of Self and Occupational Therapy
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This 20 page paper provides a review of literature on the therapeutic use of self in occupational therapy. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: MHTheSel.rtf

Literature Review: Surgical Fires in Hospital Operating Rooms
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This 13 page paper is a review of literature dealing with fires in hospital operating rooms. Bibliography lists 25 sources.
Filename: HVORFire.rtf

Lithium In Psychopharmacological Drugs
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15 pages in length. The ever-progressing nature of medical technology has rendered the mental health industry a recipient of myriad psychopharmacological drugs that help patients afflicted with a number of conditions; from schizophrenia to bipolar and borderline disorder to depression, the extent to which psychopharmacological drugs have improved quality of life is both grand and far-reaching. One medication within this restorative arsenal – lithium – addresses several mental problems, not the least of which include mania, manic-depressive illness, depression, intermittent explosive disorder and mood instability. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
Filename: TLCLithium.rtf

Liver Cancer
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A 5 page paper discussing the pathophysiology; diagnosis; nursing assessments and diagnoses; medical/surgical treatments; and nursing interventions in cases of hepatocellular carcinoma. Relatively rare in the United States, liver cancer is a leading cause of cancer in developing nations but is increasing in incidence in the US. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: KSnursLivCan.rtf

Liver Histopathology / An Overview
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A 5 page overview of normal and abnormal liver function and the determinants of the latter. Emphasizes the effects of alcohol on a liver and describes the effects of cirrhosis of the liver. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Livero.wps

Living With AIDS
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A 7 page paper that begins with data about the incidence of new cases of AIDS. The writer reports the names of the drugs that are frequently used to treat AIDS and some of the side-effects of these drugs. The paper also discusses the need for good nutrition with recommendations about foods to eat when dealing with certain complications. The writer also discusses the incidence of AIDS among middle-age and even elderly persons and the complications that result. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: PGaidsv.rtf

Long Term Care/Medicare Reform
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A 3 page research paper that addresses issues in Medicare reform, such as prescription drug coverage and how this impacts long-term care. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khltcmed.rtf

Long-Term Care Facilities
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This 7 page paper discusses potential improvements to a hypothetical long-term care facility in Massachusetts, based upon the results of a survey of residents in such facilities. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: HVLTCare.rtf

Long-Term Care in Canada and Finland
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This 3 page paper compares long-term care in Canada and Finland, how it reflects the country’s history, values and culture, and how the two are similar or different. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: HVcanfin.rtf

Losing One Sense
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This 5 page paper discusses the question, if a person had to lose one sense, which would it be and why? Bibliography lists 4 sources
Filename: HVnosmel.rtf

Loudness and Intelligibility
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A 7 page review and examination of various articles which discuss issues related to loudness and intelligibility. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: RAloudi.rtf

Low Sodium Diets for Children: The Positives and Negatives
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An 8 page discussion of the feasibility of implementing low sodium diets for children. Contends that the regulation of sodium is a critical facet of any diet. In children, however, the benefits of restricting sodium intake are often controversial. Indeed, sodium is a critical component of a child’s physiology. Too little sodium can be just as adverse as too much sodium. In children with special dietary concerns, such as those with nephrogenic diabetes insipidus, Duchene muscular dystrophy, Becker muscular dystrophy, and a variety of heart conditions, a low sodium diet is imperative. In most cases, however, the logic of a low sodium diet is highly contested. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PPsodium.wps

Lower Back Pain And Chiropractic Care
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5 pages in length. Chiropractic lends itself to addressing spinal misalignment – subluxation – a situation that practitioners claim can overwhelmingly and adversely impact the entire body. When the spine is out of alignment, undesirable pressure points are formed that create a domino effect as the misalignment continues to worsen. If everything of bone and muscle is where it is supposed to be, the body can readily maintain good health. Clearly, the same applies to the relationship between lower back pain and chiropractic care. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: TLClowbk.wps

Lung Cancer
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This 5 page paper discusses lung cancer: its etiology, pathophysiology, medical management, nursing interventions and patient education. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: HVLngCan.rtf

Lyme Disease / An Overview
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A 15 page overview of Lyme Disease, its diagnosis, symptoms, method of contraction, and treatment. Includes extensive information about the ecology of ticks, the intermediate host of the bacteria which causes the disease. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: Lymes.wps