VOLUME 4(1) • 2017
DOES MEDICAL MALPRACTICE TORT REFORM HAVE A CONSTRUCTIVE EFFECT ON THE HEALTHCARE BOTTOM LINE?
ABSTRACT. Will medical malpractice reform diminish healthcare expenses? This study is grounded in the considerable body of scholarship examining the link between malpractice burden and standards of treatment use and healthcare expenses. My paper contributes to the literature by providing evidence on..
IN SEARCH OF THE CRITERION STANDARD TEST IN DIAGNOSTIC TESTING
ABSTRACT. Given a certain technology or procedure for diagnostic testing, different cutoff points produce different sensitivity and specificity rates. The cutoff point that generates highest sensitivity and specificity establishes the Criterion Standard Test (otherwise known as the Gold Standard Tes..
EARLY RELAPSE TREATMENT (ERT) OR “MAINTENANCE” TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION (TMS)?
ABSTRACT. Background: Major depressive disorder (MDD) commonly takes a relapsing form. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) has be suggested as a means of maintaining remission. Brief courses of TMS at about monthly intervals appear to provide health benefits. Objective: To examine whether such b..
FOOD TAXES: CAN YOU CONTROL BEHAVIOR AND HEALTH OUTCOMES THROUGH TAXATION?
ABSTRACT. This paper discusses the over-consumption of unhealthy foods as a leading cause of the obesity epidemic in the United States. One possible solution that has gained significant attention in recent years is imposing health-related food taxes to reduce fat consumption. In considering the rami..
CAN POVERTY IN AMERICA BE COMPARED TO CONDITIONS IN THE WORLD’S POOREST COUNTRIES?
ABSTRACT. Some contend that the American poor are affluent by international standards, and recent survey evidence finds that Americans have deeply divided views about the conditions faced by the poor in this country. To what extent can poverty in the United States be compared to conditions in the wo..
STRATEGIES TO ENCOURAGE LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS
ABSTRACT. School-based health centers (SBHCs) represent effective school-community partnerships that increase access to health care for vulnerable youth and help address the complex health needs of students with limited community resources, allowing them to participate more fully in their education...
COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS PROVIDING DENTAL CARE TO DISPARATE POPULATIONS IN NORTH DAKOTA
ABSTRACT. Purpose: Those who continue to be underserved nationally with regard to oral health care are minority groups (specifically Native American and Black), the elderly, rural residents, those who are poor, and those who are under/uninsured, or who are covered by Medicaid. Those in need of denta..
MAKING THE TRANSITION TO SERVICES IN THE ANIMAL HEALTH INDUSTRY
ABSTRACT. The objective of this paper is to explore the steps and practices involved in the management of the shift to services in the context of the animal health industry. Research was carried on a leading animal health company, comparing and contrasting the transition to services between two of i..
WHY HUMAN BEINGS MAY USE ANIMALS
ABSTRACT. I want here specifically to dispute the vegan or moral vegetarian position. I continue my argument defending speciesism and against the idea that animals have rights, though not against treating animals with a certain kind of moral considerateness. I also argue that using animals for human..
SUICIDE: LOSS, SHAME, GUILT AND PAIN ACROSS MILLENNIA
ABSTRACT. Background. For the last 200 years Western medicine has insisted that all suicide is triggered by mental disorder. Aim. To locate ancient reports of suicide in which the triggers (non-mental disorder) are clearly stated, and to discover whether these triggers still have that role today. Me..