The development of statistics in healthcare, as well as statistics in general, has its history and peculiarities. The first attempts at calculating the average life expectancy were made in the second century AD. In the Middle Ages, they were continued in the form of the “Florentine Table” completed in 1526...
Introduction Currently, epistemology and ontology are central to many human sciences – from biology, physiology, psychology, and sociology to the philosophy of science and medicine. No science, especially such an integral complex system of cognition as medicine, can successfully solve its research tasks without a philosophical and dialectical understanding of...
Background This paper examines the city of Miami, Florida, in the context of the lack of emergency care for the low-income population. The City of Miami has 80 zip codes ranging from 331-to 332. The community in question is a social stratum of people with low incomes, which, due to...
Introduction The United States of America is without a doubt one of the most advanced nations in the world regarding social, economic, and technological integration. Despite this fact, access to healthcare remains one of the biggest challenges facing the country. The Institute of Medicine defines access to health is defined...
Introduction The provision of medical services is now seriously tied to the communication problem since precisely this is the key to a correct and quick diagnosis and, as a result, receiving recommendations for recovery. Good communication between the patient, physicians, and other professionals serves the benefit of prevention and reduces...
Drug addiction, also referred to as substance use disorder, is a disease that influences an individual’s brain and behavior, leading to the lack of capacity to control the use of legal and illegal drugs. It is notable that individuals diagnosed with substance use disorders (SUD) encounter discrimination and bias from...
Background The atypical piece of this theory is the intent of the theorist to criticize the already developed metaparadigms of person, environment, health, and the nursing profession. A person is any individual who need human care after being acknowledged as a cultural being, hence the definition of “person” shouldn’t be...
Nurses are responsible for patients’ health, safety, and lives, and their practice must be based on credible knowledge. Moreover, these employees are constantly working to improve the quality and efficiency of the health services provided. To achieve their goals, nurses conduct research, look for evidence of the effectiveness of specific...
The variety of knowledge on nursing practice constitutes the wide-ranging field of this scholarship. While some scholars try to formulate scientific knowledge through laboratory work, their colleagues in hospitals and other medical facilities apply the best available practices. This paper will outline the clear line between nursing research and evidence-based...
Introduction The need for long-term care is constantly rising due to the improvements in the healthcare business. As a result of the rise in demand for long-term care, numerous innovative techniques have emerged. Therefore, long-term care facilities have been created to offer presidents and patients ongoing access to high-quality nursing,...
The key benefits of breastfeeding come in a multitude of health benefits for a child. It is stated that breastfed children experience fewer “childhood illnesses, acute otitis media, severe lower respiratory tract infections, asthma, constipation, gastrointestinal infection, and eczema” (Pattison et al., 2019, p. 1). However, the disadvantage is that...
Notably, healthcare prices have been rising in the United States. Some claim that a universal health care system would save costs while expanding access to treatments. Others claim that it can cost more and even degrade the quality of care. Therefore, a search for two editorials from opposing viewpoints was...
Guidance in making clinical decisions is supported by ethical principles that are adhered to when stipulating the Evidence-based Practice guidelines. These fundamental principles include non-maleficence, beneficence, Autonomy, and Justice (Hopp and Rettinmeyer, 2020). Autonomy encourages respect for patients’ right to make their own decisions, the right to decide about treatment,...
Background The more a pregnant women drinks during pregnancy, the greater the babies’ risk for problems is likely to be. If expectant mothers drink heavily throughout their pregnancy, their babies are at even greater risk of having congenital disabilities than if they had occasional drinks while pregnant. Alcohol is a...
Introduction Pre-term fetuses are removed from the uterus during an abortion, which results in or directly contributes to their death. Miscarriage can be caused by both naturally occurring substances and medical techniques. According to (Rocca et al. (1a)) abortion is a procedure that can be performed at any point during...
Introduction Medical reconciliation is an effective way to improve patient outcomes and reduce the number of hospitalizations in American hospitals. However, it is not enough to introduce this idea and prove that it will work in any medical setting. The application of a thoughtful implementation plan and the evaluation of...
Nowadays, type 2 diabetes is a medical condition that affects millions of people worldwide and has severe repercussions on one’s health. In order to combat the issue of mass predisposition to diabetes, researchers invest much effort in finding current challenges in the early diagnosis and management of the disease. One...
Introduction The initial RCA analysis emphasized organizational failure as the primary root cause of the clinical mistake that led to the patient’s demise (presented in Appendix A). The misinterpretation of code statuses (DNR instead of the Full Code) and the lack of systematic transparency at the workplace are unacceptable organizational...
Physiological Background Analysis of muscle response using EMG can contribute to the development of rehabilitation programs for diseases associated with impaired muscle activity and to proceed the complex of exercises for sportsmen. To create a rehabilitation program, which usually includes exercises to restore muscles after illness or surgery, it is...
In the current year, the patient satisfaction rate of the medical and surgical departments has significantly decreased and amounted to 44%. As a result, the overall sense of satisfaction with patient services throughout the facility has also declined. In addition, patient satisfaction is considered a key indicator of all health...
Introduction Healthcare is one of the critical components of society’s life. Considering the future of this field is necessary to understand what shortcomings the medical industry has at the moment and determine ways to limit them. This work makes the assumption that changing the fee policy for medical services to...
Introduction Overcoming challenges in nursing practice is associated with frequent stress and psychological pressure, which explains the need to assess the phenomenon of moral distress and its impacts. This paper is a summary of the article “What Is Moral Distress?” by Rash and Vo (2021). The content of this study...
Concept Map: LGBTQ Community The LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer) community has a unique history and special connection to prenatal practices. For a long period, the idea of LGBTQ was associated with individuals outside social norms, and the representatives of the community still experience struggles (Hanhardt, n.d.). For instance,...
The problem of the impoverished beneficiaries skipping their follow-up visits required a complex solution, and the practicum project was dedicated to developing a strategy for sustainable and effective intervention. Multiple objectives were set, yet the main was to decrease the number of skipped follow-ups by 75% and improve patient education...
Healthcare is a broad segment of ministry in the U.S. Other countries also value the department of health because the future of every nation leans on the quality of health care services provided. Pesut et al. (2019) hold that the measures used to compare the safety and quality of health...
There are numerous issues that continue to undermine the quality and accessibility of healthcare services in the US. The nation has been topping the lists of countries with the highest medical expenditures per person for decades. Economists claim that there are multiple factors contributing to the persistence of the phenomenon....
Introduction The practice change intervention in the East Orange Hospital Clinic is dedicated to influencing clients’ behavior toward their follow-up appointments. The majority of patients represent the impoverished population, and the preceptor noticed the tendency to skip additional visits among them. The lack of attendance at follow-ups is a serious...
The healthcare system is a set of interrelated and interacting regulatory legal acts, sources of healthcare financing, types of medical care, bodies, and organizations that manage and receive medical care. Each country has historically developed and developed its healthcare system – a set of ways to attract economic resources for...
Issue The case involves elderly male suffering from peripheral vascular disease and suffers artery inadequacy in one of his legs. He experiences immense pain in that foot, which forces him to lose sleep, as indicated in (Kalbfell and Margaret, 2021). In addition to that, on his left big toe, he...
Introduction Job satisfaction is essential in healthcare settings since it enables employees to enjoy performing their assigned duties. According to Brimhall and Barak (2018), job satisfaction is an emotional state in which a person experiences a certain amount of fulfillment from their work together with the accomplishment of long-term goals....
Introduction It is important to note that brain tissue is among the most complex and intricate structures of the human body, which has a highly limited capacity for healing and regeneration. The topic of the proposed research is to assess how neural stem cells replace and differentiate into neurons and...
The Joint Commission is a non-profit organization that focuses on promoting better, safer care across all healthcare settings. The organization is actively involved in collaborating with US healthcare providers to promote the values of safe care and involve patients in taking an active role in receiving quality care. The National...
Introduction Iron is an essential component of the hemoglobin molecule and a deficiency leads to the development of anemia. Causes of the disease vary according to age, gender, and socioeconomic status. Iron deficiency anemia refers to hemoglobin that is below two standard deviations for the age and gender of the...
Australia is known for consistently maintaining high living standards and ensuring access to universal health care for the population. However, as the COVID-19 crisis unfolds, long-lasting inequalities become evident, revealing the gap in health outcomes between poor and rich households. Such a tendency is common for many countries all over...
Health care is complex, and it requires different degrees of inputs from patients and clinical workers to achieve the desired regimens of medication. These treatment procedures include behaviors such as physical activity, taking a balanced diet, and completing prescription drugs. Various Health Behavior Theories (HBTs), including the Health Belief Model...
For today’s discussion, a study by Yang et al. (2021) was analyzed. The study’s purpose was to estimate the prevalence of kidney disease treated with dialysis and predict the trend using claims data in order to provide evidence for developing prevention strategies. The researchers conducted a retrospective study of insurance...
In the sphere of scholarly medical research, the methodology of systematic review has been repeatedly used as a means of an integrative investigation of the scope of evidence on a particular issue or topic. Such an approach allows for credible and objective incorporation of the findings of some pivotal studies...
Patel, S., Smith, J. B., Kurbatova, E., & Guarner, J. (2012). Factors that impact turnaround time of surgical pathology specimens in an academic institution. Human Pathology, 43(9), 1501-1505. Customer satisfaction depends on the processing time of the test results. The purpose of the study was to find factors that affect...
Introduction The COVID-19 outbreak was first reported in late December 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of COVID-19 to be a pandemic. By the beginning of April 2020, half of the world population was in quarantine or lockdown...
People who do not have health insurance struggle to lead healthy and comfortable lives. They cannot get relevant medical attention in institutions whose services are exemplary but expensive. According to Kominski et al. (2017), most uninsured or underinsured individuals are low- and middle-income earners. The high cost of insurance forces...
Summary The Covid-19 pandemic has reached unprecedented proportions; the number of cases exceeded two hundred million. Coronaviruses are the reason for sneezing and coughs but may lead to severe consequences (Burgan, 2021). Until now, a truly effective method of complete treatment or prevention of the disease has not been determined....
The issue of abortion is one of the most controversial and polarizing topics today. While some view it as an essential human right, others consider it an ethical transgression. The 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court case established women’s constitutional liberty to have an abortion without excessive government interference (Sanger...
Introduction HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) is an essential part of residential structures such as homes, industrial and office buildings as hospitals and skyscrapers, apartment buildings and hotels. In such environments, safe and healthy building conditions need to be regulated in terms of temperature and humidity through the use...
The selected article is called “Using pedometers to increase physical activity and improve health: A systematic review.” The authors delve into the relevant problem of the lack of physical activity today. Bravata et al. (2007) say that higher levels of physical activity would help to improve multiple health conditions, such...
Introduction High blood pressure is a significant risk factor for heart disease and all-cause death. Increased physical activity has been shown to reduce blood pressure in a range of individuals with hypertension in studies that looked at the relationship between the two. In addition, numerous studies have documented the beneficial...
Introduction Health assessment is conducted with the help of a physician or a qualified medical practitioner. It is a critical component of determining a person’s medical condition that then informs the appropriate medical intervention (Sharon, 2018). The assessment can be performed on different organs of the body. The following sections...
Descriptive analysis is defined by its interaction with descriptive data as numerical values within a data set that represent research variables. Essentially, the analysis of such data is done through calculations or other mathematical procedures to obtain essential information regarding a topic or field of study (Houser 291). The summarization...
Significance of Healthcare Issue Healthcare is the field that requires quality to be part of the service delivery, as clients are more focused on a patient-centered approach and using evidence-based practices when providing treatment to the patients. A standard intervention used by most nursing practitioners is a peripheral intravenous catheter...
Introduction How the review of the literature section of the article is relevant: This study talks about the problem and its validation based on an in-depth understanding and knowledge of the field subject. How the review of the literature section of the article is current: There are more than ten resources used...
When analyzing or conducting scholarly research, clinical professionals should address qualitative and quantitative methods of assessing data, as these two approaches are fundamental to evidence evaluation. Thus, the primary difference between these methods is the type of data they are designed to analyze. Quantitative data analysis deals with numerical data...
Introduction Clinicians receive data and interpret it to understand how to treat diseases. However, how does one determine if a study treatment helps with a disease? To do this, researchers use measures of clinical and statistical significance. Through them, the study’s relevance can be established, and the results explained. The...
Volunteer blood donation is a substantial procedure involving a donor giving one of the following blood products: whole product, red blood cells, platelets, or plasma. Blood is vital to aid patients enduring surgeries, cancer treatment, chronic illnesses, traumatic injuries, among others. However, this lifesaving care starts with an individual realizing...
Acute bronchitis is a prevalent illness of the respiratory tract, which affects individuals in a wide range of forms. The causes can also be differential, such as viral, bacterial, or other forms of irritants present in the air. The given qualitative research study critique will focus on the article, which...
Professional honesty in medicine is a vital factor in providing high-quality healthcare. Trusting clinicians and nurses with health, the patient must be sure that medical care will be provided at the highest level. In order to prepare high-quality medical professionals, the principles of honesty and integrity should be inculcated during...
The article under review is titled Everything Is Related and It All Leads Up to My Mental Well-Being: A Qualitative Study of the Determinants of Mental Wellness Amongst Urban Indigenous Elders. Eight people are listed as its authors: these are the representatives of University of Calgary’s Cummings School of Medicine,...
Emergency Preparedness Emergency preparedness is the healthcare field that ensures a proper response to disasters and emergency situations. This includes the readiness of the staff, facility, community, and resources to be used towards mitigating the possible negative effects of a disaster. In case an emergency occurs, a hospital or any...
Quality improvement is crucial for an outpatient operating room due to the relatively short yet critical time a person spends there. The work of medical personnel, especially nurses, should be thus monitored and optimized to manage the complexity of medical care provided in such facilities. Standards, training and additional instructions...
The pathophysiology between diverticular disease (diverticulosis) and diverticulitis The pathophysiology of diverticulosis and diverticulitis is still insufficiently studied by scientists and existing knowledge has many gaps. However, several differences need to be distinguished between the two conditions and their causes. Diverticulosis implies the development of diverticula (pouches) in the human...
Summary A catheter can be defined as a flexible medical tube inserted by a doctor or nurse to a patient to empty the urinary bladder and collect the discharged urine in a drainage bag. The urinary catheter can be inserted into the patient in two ways: firstly, a catheter may...
Traditional medicine does not consider starvation a treatment, while several alternative practitioners suggest that denial of food for a short period can relieve different illnesses. Thus, an essential purpose of this book is to provide a reliable method by which one can lose weight without harming one’s health. In the...
Search # Database(s) Keywords Search Limiters Number of Citations 1 CINHAL Bronchitis AND acute bronchitis AND antibiotics AND antibiotic treatment AND patients with bronchitis English language, peer-reviewed, published between 2017-2022 87 2 PubMed OR acute bronchitis AND (antibiotics)) OR (antibiotic treatment) AND cough reduction OR sputum production reduction OR days...
EPB Question: In impoverished patients, what is the efficiency of treatment if they are encouraged to attend the follow-up visit, compared to no intervention within three months? Category (Level Type) Total Number of Sources / Level Overall Quality Rating Synthesis of Findings Level I 4 The central issue of...
Introduction Bennett-Goodspeed (Bg) is human leukocyte antigens (HLA) that are extremely rare. Therefore, they are categorized as low-incidence antigens and cause little concern in compatibility during a blood transfusion. However, Bg antigens are not accepted as a blood group system because of their lack of reproducibility and their production of...
Introduction Vaping and e-cigarette smoking is a common problem among teenagers and young adults (13-23 years old). At this age, people do not understand the full severity of the consequences of their actions. During the years, this can lead to an increased risk of morbidity and mortality. In the Las...
Abstract STDs are escalating and significant health issues that burden people’s lives by means of body infections and decomposition. Most individuals pay less attention to their physical conditions and plunge into youthful indiscretion indulging their sex-related whims. Safe-sex practices are the profound guidelines that must be embedded into people’s consciousness...
Abstract Implant rejection is a relatively common issue affecting people with mouth implants following the procedure. Implant rejection can lead to adverse symptoms, including infection, inflammation, pain, and swelling (Plikrylová, Procházková, & Podzimek, 2019). Additionally, implant rejection requires removal and re-installation, leading to additional healthcare expenses. Bone integration, or osseointegration,...
Based on the scenario, it is recommended that the data analyst should use detailed data to investigate this quality issue. Aggregate data can be considered inappropriate for the given case since they do not provide a comprehensive overview of patient information. Instead, they present information in the form of data...
Abstract The treatment condition involved the use of adjustable standing desktop accessory at the participants’ workplace. The control condition required the respondents to use standard work desks. Summary of the Methods The intervention group’s participants, who were 24, were provided with adjustable standing desks while the eleven members of the...
People with bipolar disorder change their mood: from feeling extremely happy or elevated (manic) or incredibly low and depressed. Mood swings can last from a few days to months or even years and affect people’s thinking, functioning, and daily activities (Perrotta, 2019). Medical history and treatment history are essential for...
Workplace diversity is increasingly important in healthcare settings. As the workforce and demographic patterns change, it is vital for staff to understand and be able to interact with various values, beliefs, and expectations. Cultural diversity can be described as cultural differences and variations of individuals and groups based on racial,...
Introduction Background of Study The provision of healthcare services has undergone several metamorphoses with patient quality and satisfaction being the core metrics for evaluating success. Patient satisfaction refers to the ability of healthcare workers to meet the expectations of their patients, as a key determinant of healthcare quality (Baek, Seo...
Background The tasks of the modern healthcare system are very diverse and essential. They are primarily aimed at preserving and strengthening the physical and mental health of each person. The health care system is engaged in maintaining a healthy life and provides medical care if a person’s health is in...
Planning and Managing Cities to Minimize the Risk of Disease and Ensure Equitable Access to Healthcare While the call to rethink and restructure the nature of contemporary society is challenging, the World Economic Forum presents a unique opportunity for a future that was in jeopardy. In the current rapidly urbanizing...
According to most emergency response guidelines, priority of patient treatment can be categorized into three approaches. These include very severe and life-threatening injuries, injuries that are severe but not life threatening, and those that are of non-immediate danger. First priority patients are usually those that have acquired life threatening injuries...
Prevention of Community Spread While going for groceries, there are many risks of contracting infectious diseases. These diseases can be contracted through touching the microbes, inhaling, or contacting body fluids. Many people in the grocery touch the carts, freezer doors and buffet serving spoons and make these surfaces contaminated with...
The accompanying elements of patient-focused consideration are suggested by the Institute of Medicine (IOM): (1) Respecting the patient’s inclinations, wants, and needs; (2) Synchronized and incorporated; (3) Education, data, and correspondence; (4) Physical wellbeing; (5) Sentiment help easing trepidation and uneasiness; and (6) Involve loved ones and friends (Murphy, 2021)....
The Adams–Oliver disorder (AOS) is an uncommon acquired numerous distortion condition described by aplasia cutis congenital (ACC), cross over terminal limb defects. It may also incorporate oddities in different body frameworks (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, n.d.). Six causative genes have been recognized: ARHGAP31, DOCK6, EOGT, RBPJ, NOTCH1,...
The Indiana State University (ISU) Physician Assistant Program mission is to strengthen students’ clinical skills, enhance compassion and competence for underserved populations. Being a representative of the Arab community in the USA, I saw how people who did not know English were left without medical treatment. Health care is the...
Hypertension is a significant health concern, especially in developed countries like the USA. According to Al Khodor et al. (2017), 1.3 billion people are affected by the condition globally. In the United States alone, approximately 30% of the adults, 75 million, are hypertensive. The prevalence of obesity in the USA...
Medicine is a complex and highly communal science. At the same time, it is one of the most important areas of human life because it is closely related to the health and control of the standard of living of the population. As in any science, medicine is characterized by individuals...
It has been established over the past decades that the notion of health should never be addressed in isolation to the socio-cultural background and lifestyle of a person. One’s health, instead, is a complex combination of physiological, psychological, and socio-cultural factors, also known as functional health patterns. These patterns, including...
The Abstract The research paper includes a brief sketch of the history of stem cells, touching on their first mention and prominent research. The focus is on the significance of stem cells for oncology, parenchymal organ treatment. In addition, attention is drawn to the recent IPSC study from donors with...
Intrapersonal issues are the conflicts within a person and relate to the inability to cope with inner emotions and self-awareness. In healthcare settings, these situations occur when clinicians experience doubts and problems with expectations, perception of reality, and self-assessment, which result in the failure to find the appropriate solution. These...
In his book, Van der Kolk identifies several evidence-based trauma-focused treatment methods. The author’s approach suggests that trauma treatment focuses on resolving traumatic stress through managing the balance between rational and emotional parts of the brain. While traumas could be caused by different experiences, such as neglect, the brain’s common...
Despite the potential for high risks, modern medicine, as in past centuries, is forced to conduct clinical trials in humans. This need seems inevitable but must be closely monitored by formal oversight systems. The Institutional Review Board plays the role of an ethical censor in medicine and pharmaceuticals. The board...
It seems inevitable that the population naturally increases. Along with this, the scarcity of food, land, and financial resources increases, which translates into an increase in criminal acts. In an attempt to get a quick buck with their own hands — but illegally — or to steal food from the...
Identification of Chronic Condition Affecting Pregnancy Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the chosen chronic condition for this discussion. This is a form of cancer that is caused by the HPV virus. The specific virus is normally sexually transmitted and mostly affects women. In the US, it is the most common STI...
Introduction The respiratory system is a collection of tissues and organs that helps human being and animals breathe. The blood vessels, airways, lungs, and mucus that help power the lungs make up this system. All of these respiratory system components work together to carry oxygen throughout the body, and discharge...
Although parents try to protect their children and predict serious health problems, they still need professional care providers’ help. This participation in a 3-week training program under the supervision of two training officers allows me to understand the importance of high-quality, holistic patient care. One day, a mother brought her...
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most common disorders in women today. The disease is characterized by the existence of specific cysts forming on the ovaries and influencing the work of the reproductive system (Horowitz & Weissman, 2020). The increased incidence of the given hormonal disorder and its...
This discussion post is an analysis of various aspects of mental health, including tertiary prevention, actions of mentally healthy adults, and the general adaptation syndrome. Tertiary prevention involves people already suffering from mental health illnesses and comprises improving their ability to function normally, diminishing the effects of the illness, and...
The Internal Review Board (IRB) ensures that research procedures adhere to ethical values and principles. The researchers are expected to strictly follow the study protocols which guide them on the right practices. Following the IRB procedures could be challenging and research teams could be tempted to practice dishonesty. However, clinical...
Introduction Today, there are many ways to improve the quality of education, raise standards, and advance knowledge among health professions students. Interprofessional education (IPE) is a teaching practice to promote shared decision-making, patient-centered care, and interprofessional communication. According to the World Health Organization, it occurs when two or more professions...
The abstract provides a concise and clear overview of the study. The research question, problem statement, and title are congruent. It was authored by five competent individuals who brought their knowledge together to achieve a better outcome (Maul et al., 2019). It was published by Elsevier implying that it is...
Abstract The article explores the challenges for First Nation women in the subject of breastfeeding. World Health Organization (WHO) recommends this type of feeding as the main for the newborn baby; up to 6 months, breastfeeding is recommended to be exclusive. Nevertheless, it is not widespread among First Nation Women...
The quality and access to healthcare services for citizens of a country are primary indicators of the entire health system. Some countries have universal healthcare, while others prefer insurance-based programs. For example, the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) is a universal centralized system adopted in 1948 (Dayan et al.,...
In perspective, every research in medicine should relate to real problems and strengthen the healthcare system. Therefore, I agree that gaining necessary support from both internal and external stakeholders could be the key step in implementing valuable research results. The impact of the important stakeholders’ engagement could be seen in...
Introduction According to the case study, the patient, an 82-year-old female, Mrs. Y, was delivered to the Emergency Department by her daughter because of confusion, agitation, and irritable mood. According to chief complaints involving dysthymia, alteration of consciousness, agitation, and the age of the patient, the primary thoughts were of...
Nursing requires continuous development for each professional involved because of the novelties and technology being implemented to enhance healthcare. Furthermore, quality improvement practice gaps must be addressed to balance an organization’s goals and the current professionalism of its employees (Nash et al., 2019). For instance, outpatient clinic nurses’ lacking quick...
This paper is focused on developing methodology and evaluation of the practicum project of implementation and utilization of Tele sitter. The goal of the project is to help understaffed hospitals insert Tele sitters as an effective method of cost-saving. Project objectives are understanding the weak chains of the medical nurse...
Therapeutic recreation is an exciting field that gives patients hope to improve their quality of life. A famous recreational therapist Cathy O’Keefe noted in “An Essay for Students Interested in Therapeutic Recreation” that many people do not understand the purpose of this profession. Therapeutic recreation can be defined as the...
Social determinants of health (SDOH) are environmental conditions that affect an individual’s functioning, quality of life, and health. The environment varies depending on where one is born, lives, works, worships, plays, and learns throughout their life. These are common factors in the society which may affect an individual moderately or...