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Term Paper “The Lawsuit of Medical Malpractice”
Marilyn Diaz
Professor George Ackerman
PLA4522 Health Care Law
July 17th, 2019
Abstract
This paper explores “Medical Malpractice” in the field of law in detailed explanation. The paper begins with an introduction to medical malpractice giving statistics and data. Data from the European Union is used to give a detailed illustration. The introduction is followed by elements of medical malpractice lawsuit, defenses to a medical malpractice lawsuit, ways of avoiding a medical malpractice lawsuit and the policy of medical insurance. The method used to gather information was reading of various articles on the subject. The results of the study revealed an increase in the number of medical malpractice cases. Results also revealed that some medical practitioners are using the defenses available in medical malpractice lawsuit to evade penalties. The study emphasizes on ways in which physicians can avoid malpractice by way of precautionary measures.
The Lawsuit of Medical Malpractice
Introduction
Medical malpractice is a precise kind of negligence defined as an act of omission by a physician during treatment of a patient that departs from accepted standards of practice in the health sector and causes an injury to the patient (Bal, 2009). In the last decade, medical malpractice has increased in Europe to double-digit percentage i.e. >50% in Eastern States, Great Britain and the Baltic, a maximum three-digit percentage i.e. 200-500% in Mediterranean area, Germany, the Iberian countries and Italy. France and Scandinavian counties have seen reduction in malpractice because of simplification of procedures and exemplary innovations.
The Special Eurobarometer on Medical Error in 2006 revealed that 80% of EU citizens view medical error as a key issue and close to 50% believed they would be tangled in a case of medical malpractice. This revealed that the public has become aware that claims of medical malpractice against health practitioners can be successful. In Sweden and Denmark between 2005-2010, the ratio of approval for compensatory claims rose to 40%, the average settlement of around €30,000 per case in EU countries. The European Hospital and Healthcare Federation Standing Committee estimates cost of coverage to be in excess of 200%. Costs fluctuated between 9 and 15 euros per capita with Britain exhibiting the highest figures (Ferrara, 2013).
Elements of a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
The burden of proof in a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit lays on the plaintiff. The plaintiff needs to prove all the elements of medical malpractice in order to stand chance of success in a courtroom.
Existence of physician-patient relationship. Breach of duty of cared owed to patient by physician. Duty upheld at a professional standard of care. Duty of the physician to the patient established by the relationship. Patient sust.
5 The Physician–Patient Relationship Learning Objectives After.docxalinainglis
5 The Physician–Patient Relationship
Learning Objectives
After completing this chapter, you will be able to:
· 1. Define the key terms.
· 2. Describe the rights a physician has when practicing medicine and when accepting a patient.
· 3. Discuss the nine principles of medical ethics as designated by the American Medical Association (AMA).
· 4. Summarize “A Patient’s Bill of Rights.”
· 5. Understand standard of care and how it is applied to the practice of medicine.
· 6. Discuss three patient self-determination acts.
· 7. Describe the difference between implied consent and informed consent.
Key Terms
Abandonment
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)
Advance directive
Against medical advice (AMA)
Agent
Consent
Do not resuscitate (DNR)
Durable power of attorney
Human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV)
Implied consent
Informed (or expressed)
consent
Incompetent patient
In loco parentis
Living will
Minor
Noncompliant patient
Parens patriae authority
Privileged communication
Prognosis
Proxy
Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
THE CASE OF DAVID Z. AND AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS (ALS)
David, who has suffered with ALS for 20 years, is now hospitalized in a private religious hospital on a respirator. He spoke with his physician before he became incapacitated and asked that he be allowed to die if the suffering became too much for him. The physician agreed that, while he would not give David any drugs to assist a suicide, he would discontinue David’s respirator if asked to do so. David has now indicated through a prearranged code of blinking eye movements that he wants the respirator discontinued. David had signed his living will before he became ill, indicating that he did not want extraordinary means keeping him alive.
The nursing staff has alerted the hospital administrator about the impending discontinuation of the respirator. The administrator tells the physician that this is against the hospital’s policy. She states that once a patient is placed on a respirator, the family must seek a court order to have him or her removed from this type of life support. In addition, it is against hospital policy to have any staff members present during such a procedure. After consulting with the family, the physician orders an ambulance to transport the patient back to his home, where the physician discontinues the life support.
· 1. What were the primary concerns of the hospital?
· 2. What was the physician’s primary concern?
· 3. When should the discussion about the patient’s future plans have taken place with the hospital administrator?
Introduction
Few topics are as important as the physician–patient relationship. This relationship impacts the entire healthcare team. All healthcare professionals who interact with the patient must understand their responsibilities to both the patient and the physician. The patient’s right to confidentiality must always be paramount.
The first physicians were “medicine men,” witch doctors, or sorcerers. The physician–pa.
Assessing Employees’ Understanding of Liability Protections for .docxfestockton
Assessing Employees’ Understanding of Liability Protections for Physicians and Facility
A case of Three Mountains Regional Hospital
Keri King
Deliverable 2
Physician Liability Protection Question 1
In case no fee is charged, does the responsibility of the malpractice carrier change?
In the event a fee is not charged, the responsibility of the malpractice carrier does not change. The reason is that the practitioner would be deemed to have executed the procedure in question. In the context, the expectation would be that the physician endeavors to meet the highest standards of care. If the responsibility was to change, however, the notion would be that the practitioner is motivated by pay to adhere to practice guidelines, which should not be the case.
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Physician Liability Protection Question 2
Do Good Samaritan laws present an effect of a physician’s protection from legal action?
Good Samaritan laws have an effect of protection of healthcare professionals from legal actions in certain specific circumstances. One such circumstance is during provision of care in emergency circumstances. In legal context, emergency situations may involve the element of confusion and the physician may, therefore, engage in a malpractice against their wish (Bertoli & Grembi, 2018). The laws mentioned previously, however, do not offer protection to physicians in all other circumstances of offering care and physicians should, therefore, exercise caution.
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Physician Liability Protection Question 3
What is the nature of liability incurred by a physician as a result of diagnosing a patient and recommending treatment without usual diagnostic tests?
Diagnosing a patient without a usual test amounts to neglect of the duty of care to decide the treatment to give to a sufferer. The reason is that a range of ailments can feature similar symptoms and would, therefore, be inappropriate for a medic to settle on treatment without confirmed laboratory results. In like manner, the physician in question would also be liable for breaching the duty of care in administration of treatment. The breach of duties would grant a patient the right of action for negligence.
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Physician Liability Protection Question 4
In case treatment will be unavailable owing to the patient being uninsured, what would be the use of diagnostic testing?
Usually, treatment is not available to patients that are not insured. In the context, however, diagnostic tests may still be available to the patients despite the absence of insurance, the rationale being that test results may be applied for treatment of the patient in the facility if payment is availed (Schneider, 2017). In a similar manner, the results may be used in another medical facility where a client could be having a cover. In both cases, prior testing saves a client from potential danger of escalation of their problem without knowledge of the disorder they are suffering from.
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Physician Liability Pr ...
5 The Physician–Patient Relationship Learning Objectives After.docxalinainglis
5 The Physician–Patient Relationship
Learning Objectives
After completing this chapter, you will be able to:
· 1. Define the key terms.
· 2. Describe the rights a physician has when practicing medicine and when accepting a patient.
· 3. Discuss the nine principles of medical ethics as designated by the American Medical Association (AMA).
· 4. Summarize “A Patient’s Bill of Rights.”
· 5. Understand standard of care and how it is applied to the practice of medicine.
· 6. Discuss three patient self-determination acts.
· 7. Describe the difference between implied consent and informed consent.
Key Terms
Abandonment
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)
Advance directive
Against medical advice (AMA)
Agent
Consent
Do not resuscitate (DNR)
Durable power of attorney
Human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV)
Implied consent
Informed (or expressed)
consent
Incompetent patient
In loco parentis
Living will
Minor
Noncompliant patient
Parens patriae authority
Privileged communication
Prognosis
Proxy
Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
THE CASE OF DAVID Z. AND AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS (ALS)
David, who has suffered with ALS for 20 years, is now hospitalized in a private religious hospital on a respirator. He spoke with his physician before he became incapacitated and asked that he be allowed to die if the suffering became too much for him. The physician agreed that, while he would not give David any drugs to assist a suicide, he would discontinue David’s respirator if asked to do so. David has now indicated through a prearranged code of blinking eye movements that he wants the respirator discontinued. David had signed his living will before he became ill, indicating that he did not want extraordinary means keeping him alive.
The nursing staff has alerted the hospital administrator about the impending discontinuation of the respirator. The administrator tells the physician that this is against the hospital’s policy. She states that once a patient is placed on a respirator, the family must seek a court order to have him or her removed from this type of life support. In addition, it is against hospital policy to have any staff members present during such a procedure. After consulting with the family, the physician orders an ambulance to transport the patient back to his home, where the physician discontinues the life support.
· 1. What were the primary concerns of the hospital?
· 2. What was the physician’s primary concern?
· 3. When should the discussion about the patient’s future plans have taken place with the hospital administrator?
Introduction
Few topics are as important as the physician–patient relationship. This relationship impacts the entire healthcare team. All healthcare professionals who interact with the patient must understand their responsibilities to both the patient and the physician. The patient’s right to confidentiality must always be paramount.
The first physicians were “medicine men,” witch doctors, or sorcerers. The physician–pa.
Assessing Employees’ Understanding of Liability Protections for .docxfestockton
Assessing Employees’ Understanding of Liability Protections for Physicians and Facility
A case of Three Mountains Regional Hospital
Keri King
Deliverable 2
Physician Liability Protection Question 1
In case no fee is charged, does the responsibility of the malpractice carrier change?
In the event a fee is not charged, the responsibility of the malpractice carrier does not change. The reason is that the practitioner would be deemed to have executed the procedure in question. In the context, the expectation would be that the physician endeavors to meet the highest standards of care. If the responsibility was to change, however, the notion would be that the practitioner is motivated by pay to adhere to practice guidelines, which should not be the case.
2
Physician Liability Protection Question 2
Do Good Samaritan laws present an effect of a physician’s protection from legal action?
Good Samaritan laws have an effect of protection of healthcare professionals from legal actions in certain specific circumstances. One such circumstance is during provision of care in emergency circumstances. In legal context, emergency situations may involve the element of confusion and the physician may, therefore, engage in a malpractice against their wish (Bertoli & Grembi, 2018). The laws mentioned previously, however, do not offer protection to physicians in all other circumstances of offering care and physicians should, therefore, exercise caution.
3
Physician Liability Protection Question 3
What is the nature of liability incurred by a physician as a result of diagnosing a patient and recommending treatment without usual diagnostic tests?
Diagnosing a patient without a usual test amounts to neglect of the duty of care to decide the treatment to give to a sufferer. The reason is that a range of ailments can feature similar symptoms and would, therefore, be inappropriate for a medic to settle on treatment without confirmed laboratory results. In like manner, the physician in question would also be liable for breaching the duty of care in administration of treatment. The breach of duties would grant a patient the right of action for negligence.
4
Physician Liability Protection Question 4
In case treatment will be unavailable owing to the patient being uninsured, what would be the use of diagnostic testing?
Usually, treatment is not available to patients that are not insured. In the context, however, diagnostic tests may still be available to the patients despite the absence of insurance, the rationale being that test results may be applied for treatment of the patient in the facility if payment is availed (Schneider, 2017). In a similar manner, the results may be used in another medical facility where a client could be having a cover. In both cases, prior testing saves a client from potential danger of escalation of their problem without knowledge of the disorder they are suffering from.
5
Physician Liability Pr ...
Identify the top two litigious areas for your selected health care o.pdfarchgeetsenterprises
Identify the top two litigious areas for your selected health care organization and provide
examples on how risk can be managed for those areas.
Solution
First one is ineffective communication between physician and patient,family members during
adverse events.Physicians want to avoid the damaging affects of legal actions,they may not
disclose to the patient the particulars that led to an adverse event.Patients resort to using
malpractice claims in an effort to obtain information that may explain their undesired
outcome.When adverse events happen,patients and their families are often devastated and
confused.After an unanticipated outcome,patients wantto engage in open and honest
communication with their physicians.They want basic information about the event;assurances
that they won\'t suffer financially because of it;an apology;and prevention of similar events or
errors in the future.Unfortunately,physicians may not communicate or provide the information in
a manner that meets the patients needs.After an adverse event, patients and their families
claim,their physicians would not listen,would not talk openly,attempted to mislead them and did
not warn about long-term medical problems.Further,they resort to legal action.
The public increased awareness of patient safety and demand for transparency of medical
errors,along with the significant cost,complexity,and volume of malpractice cases,has opened the
door for utilizing different methods for conflict resolution.Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
provides a more effective and less costly approach for patients and providers to deal with adverse
events.
Growth in managed care is changing the way care is financed,delivered,and evaluated. Managed
care is a system that links financing and delivery of care and monitors usage, cost,and
performance of health services.The vast and rapid changes in health care have many
consequences for nurses.Many lawsuits are being made against nurses due to higher levels of
standards of care,increased patient expectations,pressure to increase productivity and increased
patient load and moreover the society had become highly litigous.
Ways to ensure safe practice and avoid litigation:Adhere diligently within our Scope of
Practice,educate ourselves regarding evidenced-based practice,stay abreast of changing trends in
nursing through continuing education,educate ourselves regarding medical-legal issues and make
sound,safe,and practical nursing judgments for all the patients..
Potential factor of rising health care cost. Presentation will drive around introduction,facts, statistics, tactics and solutions regarding fraud & abuse. I would like to thank Imran Bhai for his suggestions
Here's What to Do When Facing a Medical Malpractice SuitCullen McKinney
A partner at Tanoury, Nauts, McKinney and Garbarino, PLLC (TNMG), in Detroit, Michigan, attorney Cullen McKinney has helped lead the law firm since its founding in 2009. In his practice, Cullen McKinney focuses on representing health care organizations and medical professionals in cases involving medical malpractice.
Code of ethics and legal practices has been very old element in the professional management of the doctor’s behaviour. The ethical practices or code shows a commitment to act with honesty in extreme situations. At the time patients seek medical treatment they are not just entering a normal social relationship, they often feel vulnerable but required to share and expose important aspects of their lives. Codes of ethical conducts provide some tangible safety to both doctors and patients in such circumstances. In the below report, the researcher is explaining ethical, legal and
professional guidelines and principles for health care as well as its implications in the healthcare sector of the United Kingdom. After reading this report, the reader would be able to understand how healthcare adopts ethical practices at the workplace and ensures protection of patients in their medical treatment.
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Multi-actor modelling system3
Multi-actor modelling system
Yogesh Dagwale
University of the Cumberland’s
Ligtenberg, A., Wachowicz, M., Bregt, A. K., Beulens, A., & Kettenis, D. L. (2004). A design and application of a multi-agent system for simulation of multi-actor spatial planning. Journal of environmental management, 72(1-2), 43-55.
They talk about the potential and restrictions of the MAS to manufacture models that empower spatial organizers to incorporate the 'actor factor' in their examination. Their structure system contemplates actors who assume a functioning job in the spatial planning. They included actors who can watch and see a spatial domain. Using these perceptions and discernment they produce an inclination for a preferred spatial situation. Actors at that point present and discuss their inclinations amid their exchanges with different actors.
The inclinations of the actor fill in as inputs for an official choice making. Finally, ultimate conclusions are actualized in the spatial framework. They found that MAS can produce space utilization designs in light of a portrayal of a multi-actor planning process. It additionally can clear up the impacts of actors under the administration of various planning styles on the space utilization and prove how the relations between actors change amid a planning process and under different orders of coming up with decisions. Unlike the work by Parker, Manson, Janssen, Hoffman & Deadman,2003, cited below, this paper did not include the various challenges associated with the use of MAS.
Parker, D. C., Manson, S. M., Janssen, M. A., Hoffmann, M. J., & Deadman, P. (2003). Multi-agent systems for the simulation of land-use and land-cover change: a review. Annals of the association of American Geographers, 93(2), 314-337.
In this paper, they studied different models. These models, however, were not thorough enough and therefore they took into account the multi-actor system, dynamic spatial Simulation, which has two components, that is, a cellular model that speaks to biogeophysical and biological parts of a demonstrated framework and an actor-based model to speak to human conclusion making. Because of its nature and ability to model complex situations, they highlighted some of the areas that MAS can be applied where other models cannot be able to deliver. Such areas are modeling of emergent phenomena whereby MAS can model landscape plans, due to its flexibility, MAS can represent complex land use/ cover systems, and they can be used to model dynamic paths. They also outlined the various challenges to Multi-actor systems. Such challenges include an understanding of complexity, individual decision making, empirical parameterization and model validation, and communication.
Faber, N. R., & Jorna, R. J. (2011, June). The use of multi-actor systems for studying social sustainability: Theoretical backgrounds and pseudo-specifications. In Com.
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My Mother My hero
Institution Affiliation
Students’ Name
Date of Submission
My Mother My hero
Once I think of a hero, there are specific qualities that surround my imagination, being courageous, hardworking, truthful, strong, resilient, and generous have been the qualities I taught about. I also think a hero is someone protective, caring, and so concerned to change the life of the others and make them happy in their life. My Mother has all these qualities and recognizes her as my hero. Otherwise, she grew up on the support of two great parents who had a good life where she grew up and become a teacher in her life. Almost every individual has had some achievements in their life, and there must be a factor behind those achievements, especially someone who had a significant impact on their life. My mother appears to be my hero, who had a substantial impact on my life.
She is currently 54 years old. She was a teacher by profession, and she did her best as a teacher, where she influenced the lives of many students positively; up to now, some still call her and pass their appreciation to her. She was blessed and gave birth to seven kids; the first three are daughters, then a boy and a girl, and then the last two are boys. All of them have been significantly raised, everyone has something to do for a living, my big brother is a doctor, and three of my sisters are teachers, (like Mother like daughters). Our last born is an engineer interior designer and all of us are married with happy family. All these were not for granted but because of the love of God and the efforts, commitment, and great concern of our beloved parents, especially our Mother.
Even though she did not make a complete journey in her teaching profession, but up to where she stopped, she did a lot. They have been in a relationship with my father for thirty-six years of marriage, and when they had their third kid, my dad suggested that she stop teaching and remain at home to take care of the children. Throughout my entire life, my Mother had been supportive of me, a center of inspiration, and she has always been telling me to have self-confidence and believe in myself that I can make it. In case I face a problem, and I have to make a concrete decision towards it, my Mother always had behind me because I seek for her consultation before I move on to the next step.
It feels so great knowing that there is someone who will support you despite the intensity of the problem you face. It relieves much of the stress that comes along with making decisions. My Mother is beautiful inside and out, but most importantly, she has the biggest heart. She's a hard-working person and can play both parent roles. Everyon.
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Running head: PROGRAM EVALUATION PLAN 1
PROGRAM EVALUATION PLAN 10
Program Evaluation Plan
Name:
Tanisha Hannah
Institution:
Strayer University
Professor:
Dr. Jacob
Course:
Edu 571
Date:
March 2, 2020
Program Evaluation Plan (Part 3)
Goals of Evaluation
Evaluation refers to the act of checking various things thoroughly in order to characterize their worth or value, with reference to a certain context. In the field of education, the amount of success in a person’s aims can only be determined through evaluation. Therefore, there is a very close relationship between various aims and evaluation. The main goals of evaluation in schools are as discussed below. The first goal of evaluation in the field of education is to create an educational program ("Evaluation in Teaching and Learning Process | Education", 2020). Through evaluation, evaluators and the school management can build a given program of learning among the students. This is after gathering and checking various factors in order to find what program will fit and make a positive impact in the school. This involves consulting all the stakeholders of the program and developing strategies that will ensure the development of a good program.
The second goal of evaluation is assessing the effectiveness of the program. Evaluation ensures that the developed program is up to standards and serves the purpose that it was intended to. It helps the evaluators to check if the teaching strategies and techniques are being applied properly. The third goal of evaluation is to ensure improvement of the program. Through evaluation, evaluators can gauge the impact of the program on the school and learners. They can also identify various things that can make the program more effective. It acts as an in-built monitor in the program in order to review the progress of the program from time to time. It also gives feedback regarding the design and the implementation of a given program. Through such assessments, the school management can know where to work on, and what they need in order to enhance effective programs in teaching and learning.
For instance, in our case, evaluators can comfortably tell whether or not the program is helping girls become more superior in math. If not they can suggest better or other strategies that will make positive impact.
Cultural Issues Affecting the Program
Culture can influence how different people view things. An individual’s culture and upbringing can affect their way of processing information. Among the cultural issues that might be faced in the evaluation plan include cultural stereotypes. Some students believe that they cannot perform as expected in school or in a particular subject due to lack of preparation from their home environment. This makes them believe they do not have enough potential to do well in a given subject when they get to school. For instance, some students may not have calculat.
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Project 2 2
Project 2: Historical Context and Introduction
Your Name
Southern New Hampshire University
Research Plan
Research Question: [Revised research question from Topic Exploration Worksheet.]
Introduction
[Three- to five-sentence discussion of background information about your historical event to capture the interest of your audience.] [Two- to three-sentence thesis statement based on your research question that addresses your historical event and explains how your event has been influenced by historical context.] [Two- to three-sentence explanation of how you will use the primary and secondary sources you listed in the Research Plan in your hypothetical research paper.]
Historical Context: [Three- to five-sentence explanation of your event’s historical context, citing sources one and two.]
Impact of Historical Context: [Three- to five-sentence discussion of how historical context impacted your event, citing sources one and two.]
Resources
HIS 100 Project 2: Historical Context and Introduction Guidelines and Rubric
Overview
“If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday.”
—Pearl Buck
Your second project in this course is to complete a historical context and introduction project. The work you did on the Topic Exploration Worksheet in Theme 1
will directly support your work on this project as well as your third longer term project—the multimedia presentation—due in Theme 4.
One of the prime benefits of studying history is that it allows us to learn about who we are and where we came from. The people and events of the past can
often shed light on the conditions and social norms of the present. Having historical awareness can inform various aspects of your life as well as future
aspirations. Learning from past failures and successes can shape ideals and values for years to come.
This is your second longer-term project designed to help you understand the fundamental processes and value of studying history. In the first project, you
completed the Topic Exploration Worksheet on one of the topics or themes from the library guide. You investigated the types of research you might need to do
to learn more about the topic and developed research questions. In Project 2, you will use your completed Topic Exploration Worksheet to explore the
historical context and develop an introduction. You will choose one of your research questions and do some secondary source research, speculate on primary
source needs, and use the information to write the introduction and thesis statement for a possible research paper. (You will not write the entire paper—
only the introduction.) In the third project, you will create a multimedia presentation that explores both major developments in historical inquiry and the value
of examining history.
This research plan and introduction assignment will assess the following course outcome, which you focused on throughou.
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Milestone One Final Project
John Doe
Southern New Hampshire University
I. Executive Summary
In this section, you should accurately highlight the essential elements of the intelligence report for quick reference by the agency receiving the report. You should include the name of referring agent (your name), the name of the agency that you are imagining you work for, the current date, dates of the activities being covered in the intelligence report, and a brief summary (two to three sentences) on the adversary, scope, and nature of the potential threat. Although this is the opening section of the report, you may wish to complete it last in order to accurately capture the analysis of the body of your report. (This section is the summary so be sure this section is brief. Additional relevant details should be written in their respective sections of the report.)
II. Adversary, Motivation, and Jurisdiction
Summary
Accurately summarize the intelligence collected from the SARs to date, focusing on the “who, what, when, where, why, and how” of the threat situation. Information should be annotated with dates and times from relevant SARs, and information from each date should be provided in a separate paragraph, from inception to most recent. Your summary should focus on connecting the dots, with as much detail as needed to present all the relevant intelligence. It should highlight information that would be of particular relevance for the law enforcement agency doing follow-up in understanding the potential threat. (If it makes it easier, you can format your first section as follows:
A. Who
B. What
C. When
D. Where
E. Why
F. How
Adversary
Determine who the adversary is for this potential threat. It may be an individual or a group. You should identify the names of suspects (if known) and also the type of adversary. For example, is the adversary an international terrorist group, a domestic terrorist group, an organized crime, a local or international gang, drug traffickers, an extremist or militia group, a hacker, or a white-collar criminal? Support your answer using relevant information from the SARs.
Range
Analyze the range of the adversary’s operations. Are their activities focused within one city or state or across multiple states? Support your answer with relevant information from the SARs.
Motivation
Analyze what is known about the adversary’s motivation and how that might affect their choice of target (individual or location). Might it affect whether they choose one target or many, the type of target they select, or the location of the attack? Support your answer with relevant information from the SARs.
Jurisdiction
Based on your analyses in Parts A–C above, determine which agency has jurisdiction in following up on the potential threat. For example, should local or state law enforcement follow up? Should federa.
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DISCUSSION 5
Project 3
Problem statement:
The specific problem to be addressed is how McDonald's is going to deal with a decrease in demand in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic. The general problem to be addressed is how fast-food chains and food outlets are changing their operations during the pandemic of Corona Virus in the world, especially in the United States (Daniel, 2016).
You must always list your general problem statement first. Provide context for that statement. Then present your specific problem statement and provide context for that statement. Per the assignment instructions you should list your research questions following your problem statements.
The method selected for research:
To conduct research on the above-stated problem stated, the right methodThe research method that will be adopted in conducting the proposed research will be the mixed method approach a combination approach withwhich includes both quantitative and qualitative methodologies. A quantitative approach will help understand the insights into what is triggering a certain behavior in participants. While on the other hand, quantitative study is important to figure out the proportion of customers who is are not availing their previous interest in fast food and epically McDonald's (Apuke, 2017). But dueDue to the lockdown and social distancing, going in the market and conducting research is out of option. The suitable technique is to develop a flexible approach where both primary and secondary sources are sued. For secondary resources, the reports by McDonald's' Company and other institutions regarding the change in the food industry will be a suitable option. For primary data collection, developing an online survey is the safest option. For the qualitative study, online interviews can be scheduled. Both structured and unstructured interviews can be planned. Similarly, panel discussion over video calls is also a safe option. Through a mixed approach data for both quantitative and qualitative questions can be gathered (Yoshikawa & Kalil, 2008). Comment by Terrance Woods: What does this mean? Poor word choice. Consider rephrasing Comment by Terrance Woods: Word choice
Per the assignment instructions you were required to “include the justification as to why other methods would not be appropriate”. You failed to do that here.
Research question
Qualitative Research Question:
1. How the fast-food business of McDonald's in the United States is getting affected by the pandemic of COVID-19? Comment by Terrance Woods: I provided you with feedback in your Project 2 submission regarding this research question. My exact feedback was - This questions is not well-articulated. Reword for clarity. You failed to address the feedback received and merely presented the same question in this submission.
Quantitative research question:
2. How many Americans have stopped buying McDonald's because of coronavirus threat in the United States? Comment by.
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not warn about long-term medical problems.Further,they resort to legal action.
The public increased awareness of patient safety and demand for transparency of medical
errors,along with the significant cost,complexity,and volume of malpractice cases,has opened the
door for utilizing different methods for conflict resolution.Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
provides a more effective and less costly approach for patients and providers to deal with adverse
events.
Growth in managed care is changing the way care is financed,delivered,and evaluated. Managed
care is a system that links financing and delivery of care and monitors usage, cost,and
performance of health services.The vast and rapid changes in health care have many
consequences for nurses.Many lawsuits are being made against nurses due to higher levels of
standards of care,increased patient expectations,pressure to increase productivity and increased
patient load and moreover the society had become highly litigous.
Ways to ensure safe practice and avoid litigation:Adhere diligently within our Scope of
Practice,educate ourselves regarding evidenced-based practice,stay abreast of changing trends in
nursing through continuing education,educate ourselves regarding medical-legal issues and make
sound,safe,and practical nursing judgments for all the patients..
Potential factor of rising health care cost. Presentation will drive around introduction,facts, statistics, tactics and solutions regarding fraud & abuse. I would like to thank Imran Bhai for his suggestions
Here's What to Do When Facing a Medical Malpractice SuitCullen McKinney
A partner at Tanoury, Nauts, McKinney and Garbarino, PLLC (TNMG), in Detroit, Michigan, attorney Cullen McKinney has helped lead the law firm since its founding in 2009. In his practice, Cullen McKinney focuses on representing health care organizations and medical professionals in cases involving medical malpractice.
Code of ethics and legal practices has been very old element in the professional management of the doctor’s behaviour. The ethical practices or code shows a commitment to act with honesty in extreme situations. At the time patients seek medical treatment they are not just entering a normal social relationship, they often feel vulnerable but required to share and expose important aspects of their lives. Codes of ethical conducts provide some tangible safety to both doctors and patients in such circumstances. In the below report, the researcher is explaining ethical, legal and
professional guidelines and principles for health care as well as its implications in the healthcare sector of the United Kingdom. After reading this report, the reader would be able to understand how healthcare adopts ethical practices at the workplace and ensures protection of patients in their medical treatment.
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Multi-actor modelling system
Yogesh Dagwale
University of the Cumberland’s
Ligtenberg, A., Wachowicz, M., Bregt, A. K., Beulens, A., & Kettenis, D. L. (2004). A design and application of a multi-agent system for simulation of multi-actor spatial planning. Journal of environmental management, 72(1-2), 43-55.
They talk about the potential and restrictions of the MAS to manufacture models that empower spatial organizers to incorporate the 'actor factor' in their examination. Their structure system contemplates actors who assume a functioning job in the spatial planning. They included actors who can watch and see a spatial domain. Using these perceptions and discernment they produce an inclination for a preferred spatial situation. Actors at that point present and discuss their inclinations amid their exchanges with different actors.
The inclinations of the actor fill in as inputs for an official choice making. Finally, ultimate conclusions are actualized in the spatial framework. They found that MAS can produce space utilization designs in light of a portrayal of a multi-actor planning process. It additionally can clear up the impacts of actors under the administration of various planning styles on the space utilization and prove how the relations between actors change amid a planning process and under different orders of coming up with decisions. Unlike the work by Parker, Manson, Janssen, Hoffman & Deadman,2003, cited below, this paper did not include the various challenges associated with the use of MAS.
Parker, D. C., Manson, S. M., Janssen, M. A., Hoffmann, M. J., & Deadman, P. (2003). Multi-agent systems for the simulation of land-use and land-cover change: a review. Annals of the association of American Geographers, 93(2), 314-337.
In this paper, they studied different models. These models, however, were not thorough enough and therefore they took into account the multi-actor system, dynamic spatial Simulation, which has two components, that is, a cellular model that speaks to biogeophysical and biological parts of a demonstrated framework and an actor-based model to speak to human conclusion making. Because of its nature and ability to model complex situations, they highlighted some of the areas that MAS can be applied where other models cannot be able to deliver. Such areas are modeling of emergent phenomena whereby MAS can model landscape plans, due to its flexibility, MAS can represent complex land use/ cover systems, and they can be used to model dynamic paths. They also outlined the various challenges to Multi-actor systems. Such challenges include an understanding of complexity, individual decision making, empirical parameterization and model validation, and communication.
Faber, N. R., & Jorna, R. J. (2011, June). The use of multi-actor systems for studying social sustainability: Theoretical backgrounds and pseudo-specifications. In Com.
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My Mother My hero
Once I think of a hero, there are specific qualities that surround my imagination, being courageous, hardworking, truthful, strong, resilient, and generous have been the qualities I taught about. I also think a hero is someone protective, caring, and so concerned to change the life of the others and make them happy in their life. My Mother has all these qualities and recognizes her as my hero. Otherwise, she grew up on the support of two great parents who had a good life where she grew up and become a teacher in her life. Almost every individual has had some achievements in their life, and there must be a factor behind those achievements, especially someone who had a significant impact on their life. My mother appears to be my hero, who had a substantial impact on my life.
She is currently 54 years old. She was a teacher by profession, and she did her best as a teacher, where she influenced the lives of many students positively; up to now, some still call her and pass their appreciation to her. She was blessed and gave birth to seven kids; the first three are daughters, then a boy and a girl, and then the last two are boys. All of them have been significantly raised, everyone has something to do for a living, my big brother is a doctor, and three of my sisters are teachers, (like Mother like daughters). Our last born is an engineer interior designer and all of us are married with happy family. All these were not for granted but because of the love of God and the efforts, commitment, and great concern of our beloved parents, especially our Mother.
Even though she did not make a complete journey in her teaching profession, but up to where she stopped, she did a lot. They have been in a relationship with my father for thirty-six years of marriage, and when they had their third kid, my dad suggested that she stop teaching and remain at home to take care of the children. Throughout my entire life, my Mother had been supportive of me, a center of inspiration, and she has always been telling me to have self-confidence and believe in myself that I can make it. In case I face a problem, and I have to make a concrete decision towards it, my Mother always had behind me because I seek for her consultation before I move on to the next step.
It feels so great knowing that there is someone who will support you despite the intensity of the problem you face. It relieves much of the stress that comes along with making decisions. My Mother is beautiful inside and out, but most importantly, she has the biggest heart. She's a hard-working person and can play both parent roles. Everyon.
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Program Evaluation Plan
Name:
Tanisha Hannah
Institution:
Strayer University
Professor:
Dr. Jacob
Course:
Edu 571
Date:
March 2, 2020
Program Evaluation Plan (Part 3)
Goals of Evaluation
Evaluation refers to the act of checking various things thoroughly in order to characterize their worth or value, with reference to a certain context. In the field of education, the amount of success in a person’s aims can only be determined through evaluation. Therefore, there is a very close relationship between various aims and evaluation. The main goals of evaluation in schools are as discussed below. The first goal of evaluation in the field of education is to create an educational program ("Evaluation in Teaching and Learning Process | Education", 2020). Through evaluation, evaluators and the school management can build a given program of learning among the students. This is after gathering and checking various factors in order to find what program will fit and make a positive impact in the school. This involves consulting all the stakeholders of the program and developing strategies that will ensure the development of a good program.
The second goal of evaluation is assessing the effectiveness of the program. Evaluation ensures that the developed program is up to standards and serves the purpose that it was intended to. It helps the evaluators to check if the teaching strategies and techniques are being applied properly. The third goal of evaluation is to ensure improvement of the program. Through evaluation, evaluators can gauge the impact of the program on the school and learners. They can also identify various things that can make the program more effective. It acts as an in-built monitor in the program in order to review the progress of the program from time to time. It also gives feedback regarding the design and the implementation of a given program. Through such assessments, the school management can know where to work on, and what they need in order to enhance effective programs in teaching and learning.
For instance, in our case, evaluators can comfortably tell whether or not the program is helping girls become more superior in math. If not they can suggest better or other strategies that will make positive impact.
Cultural Issues Affecting the Program
Culture can influence how different people view things. An individual’s culture and upbringing can affect their way of processing information. Among the cultural issues that might be faced in the evaluation plan include cultural stereotypes. Some students believe that they cannot perform as expected in school or in a particular subject due to lack of preparation from their home environment. This makes them believe they do not have enough potential to do well in a given subject when they get to school. For instance, some students may not have calculat.
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Your Name
Southern New Hampshire University
Research Plan
Research Question: [Revised research question from Topic Exploration Worksheet.]
Introduction
[Three- to five-sentence discussion of background information about your historical event to capture the interest of your audience.] [Two- to three-sentence thesis statement based on your research question that addresses your historical event and explains how your event has been influenced by historical context.] [Two- to three-sentence explanation of how you will use the primary and secondary sources you listed in the Research Plan in your hypothetical research paper.]
Historical Context: [Three- to five-sentence explanation of your event’s historical context, citing sources one and two.]
Impact of Historical Context: [Three- to five-sentence discussion of how historical context impacted your event, citing sources one and two.]
Resources
HIS 100 Project 2: Historical Context and Introduction Guidelines and Rubric
Overview
“If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday.”
—Pearl Buck
Your second project in this course is to complete a historical context and introduction project. The work you did on the Topic Exploration Worksheet in Theme 1
will directly support your work on this project as well as your third longer term project—the multimedia presentation—due in Theme 4.
One of the prime benefits of studying history is that it allows us to learn about who we are and where we came from. The people and events of the past can
often shed light on the conditions and social norms of the present. Having historical awareness can inform various aspects of your life as well as future
aspirations. Learning from past failures and successes can shape ideals and values for years to come.
This is your second longer-term project designed to help you understand the fundamental processes and value of studying history. In the first project, you
completed the Topic Exploration Worksheet on one of the topics or themes from the library guide. You investigated the types of research you might need to do
to learn more about the topic and developed research questions. In Project 2, you will use your completed Topic Exploration Worksheet to explore the
historical context and develop an introduction. You will choose one of your research questions and do some secondary source research, speculate on primary
source needs, and use the information to write the introduction and thesis statement for a possible research paper. (You will not write the entire paper—
only the introduction.) In the third project, you will create a multimedia presentation that explores both major developments in historical inquiry and the value
of examining history.
This research plan and introduction assignment will assess the following course outcome, which you focused on throughou.
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John Doe
Southern New Hampshire University
I. Executive Summary
In this section, you should accurately highlight the essential elements of the intelligence report for quick reference by the agency receiving the report. You should include the name of referring agent (your name), the name of the agency that you are imagining you work for, the current date, dates of the activities being covered in the intelligence report, and a brief summary (two to three sentences) on the adversary, scope, and nature of the potential threat. Although this is the opening section of the report, you may wish to complete it last in order to accurately capture the analysis of the body of your report. (This section is the summary so be sure this section is brief. Additional relevant details should be written in their respective sections of the report.)
II. Adversary, Motivation, and Jurisdiction
Summary
Accurately summarize the intelligence collected from the SARs to date, focusing on the “who, what, when, where, why, and how” of the threat situation. Information should be annotated with dates and times from relevant SARs, and information from each date should be provided in a separate paragraph, from inception to most recent. Your summary should focus on connecting the dots, with as much detail as needed to present all the relevant intelligence. It should highlight information that would be of particular relevance for the law enforcement agency doing follow-up in understanding the potential threat. (If it makes it easier, you can format your first section as follows:
A. Who
B. What
C. When
D. Where
E. Why
F. How
Adversary
Determine who the adversary is for this potential threat. It may be an individual or a group. You should identify the names of suspects (if known) and also the type of adversary. For example, is the adversary an international terrorist group, a domestic terrorist group, an organized crime, a local or international gang, drug traffickers, an extremist or militia group, a hacker, or a white-collar criminal? Support your answer using relevant information from the SARs.
Range
Analyze the range of the adversary’s operations. Are their activities focused within one city or state or across multiple states? Support your answer with relevant information from the SARs.
Motivation
Analyze what is known about the adversary’s motivation and how that might affect their choice of target (individual or location). Might it affect whether they choose one target or many, the type of target they select, or the location of the attack? Support your answer with relevant information from the SARs.
Jurisdiction
Based on your analyses in Parts A–C above, determine which agency has jurisdiction in following up on the potential threat. For example, should local or state law enforcement follow up? Should federa.
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Project 3
Problem statement:
The specific problem to be addressed is how McDonald's is going to deal with a decrease in demand in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic. The general problem to be addressed is how fast-food chains and food outlets are changing their operations during the pandemic of Corona Virus in the world, especially in the United States (Daniel, 2016).
You must always list your general problem statement first. Provide context for that statement. Then present your specific problem statement and provide context for that statement. Per the assignment instructions you should list your research questions following your problem statements.
The method selected for research:
To conduct research on the above-stated problem stated, the right methodThe research method that will be adopted in conducting the proposed research will be the mixed method approach a combination approach withwhich includes both quantitative and qualitative methodologies. A quantitative approach will help understand the insights into what is triggering a certain behavior in participants. While on the other hand, quantitative study is important to figure out the proportion of customers who is are not availing their previous interest in fast food and epically McDonald's (Apuke, 2017). But dueDue to the lockdown and social distancing, going in the market and conducting research is out of option. The suitable technique is to develop a flexible approach where both primary and secondary sources are sued. For secondary resources, the reports by McDonald's' Company and other institutions regarding the change in the food industry will be a suitable option. For primary data collection, developing an online survey is the safest option. For the qualitative study, online interviews can be scheduled. Both structured and unstructured interviews can be planned. Similarly, panel discussion over video calls is also a safe option. Through a mixed approach data for both quantitative and qualitative questions can be gathered (Yoshikawa & Kalil, 2008). Comment by Terrance Woods: What does this mean? Poor word choice. Consider rephrasing Comment by Terrance Woods: Word choice
Per the assignment instructions you were required to “include the justification as to why other methods would not be appropriate”. You failed to do that here.
Research question
Qualitative Research Question:
1. How the fast-food business of McDonald's in the United States is getting affected by the pandemic of COVID-19? Comment by Terrance Woods: I provided you with feedback in your Project 2 submission regarding this research question. My exact feedback was - This questions is not well-articulated. Reword for clarity. You failed to address the feedback received and merely presented the same question in this submission.
Quantitative research question:
2. How many Americans have stopped buying McDonald's because of coronavirus threat in the United States? Comment by.
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There is a critical need for a good instructional design because it is a multipurpose learning tools that not only serves instructional designers but also learners of all ages. According to Clark (2016), e-learning courses need to be integrated with instructional methods which align with high-quality research.” The implication is that the process of designing instructional designs should involve careful planning, preparing and researching in order to achieve high quality learning outcomes. In this regard, those responsible for designing must identify their strategic purpose as it predetermines the goals, objectives, expected outcomes, and resource allocation of the entire instruction model.
The main approach involves studying the critical elements in the design phases of an instructional model which enhances the learning experience of learners based on evidence-based literature. This is because humans apply appropriate cognitive processes to learn and thus instruction must adopt similar cognitive processing (Clark, 2016).The main purpose is therefore to emphasize the importance of good instructional design in enhancing the quality of education among instructors and learners. The objective involves highlighting the goals of an instructional program, the instructional objectives, relevant instructional materials and design assessment which rationalize the need for a good instructional design with the goal of engaging both learners and instructors. After all, learning is a process that requires the active participation of the learners (Reigeluth, 1987). This research study seeks to identify answers to two questions: a) What are the critical elements that build up a strong foundation for a good instructional design and b) what value do these elements offer to the learners and instructor who are the main consumers of learning instructional designs.
References
Clark, R.C. (2016). E-learning and the science of instruction: proven guideline for consumers and designers of multimedia. Walden University Library.
Regeiluth, C.M. (1987). Instructional Theories in Action: Lessons Illustrating Selected Theories and Models. Walden University Library.
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Tangela Jones
Walden University
11/10/18
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There is a critical need for a good instructional design because it is a multipurpose learning tools that not only serves instructional designers but also learners of.
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Music and Gender: Women Portrayal in Rap Music
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Music and Gender: Women Portrayal in Rap Music
The introduction of rap music in the 1980s was welcomed with a lot positivity. However, this genre of music has on many occasions been considered as being controversial. Rap music has been accused of advancing messages and themes that deal with sexism, violence, gender stereotyping and materialism. Previous studies on rap music have indicated the content found in rap music promotes negative behavior. Moreover, research has shown that rap music videos generally differ in their portrayals of men and women in music videos. Males are often cast in positive light compared to females who are depicted in positions that portray them as a submissive gender to males.
The scope of this research narrows down on rap music produced from the years 2016 to 2018.The songs selected for this research are songs with lyrics that have misogynistic themes on women. Rap songs are observed in normalizing, objectifying, glorifying, victimizing and even exploiting women. Moreover, the rap songs are observed in defaming women through using innuendos and stereotypical language which portray misogynistic and sexist perspectives. The main area of focus for this paper is on the kind of nouns that are used in rap music to refer to the concept of woman and ways in which these nouns depict women. It is critical for this project to investigate the lyrics and its representations, as rap music has in the past years been under criticism for increasingly presenting a negative and controversial image of women in the society. A theological perspective on these issues is undertaken at understanding and criticizing the misogynistic and sexist culture of rap music generally.
Men in rap music have a higher probability of perpetuating violence on women. A review done on the common rap images found out that women were more likely to be dressed in images which portrayed them in provocative ways, especially in videos that had sexual content. Research has suggested that the perpetuation of gender in the media is a theme which has been occurring for eons of time[footnoteRef:1]. Specifically, music and gender and the portrayal of women in rap music has not been extensively studied previously. It is essential to consider the differences of gender in rap music and the portrayal of women in this genre of music. [1: Ronald Weitzer and Charis E Kubrin, “Articles Misogyny in Rap Music A Content Analysis of Prevalence and Meanings,” accessed October 23, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1177/1097184X08327696.]
Although scholars have attempted examining the interactions between rap music and religion, there has been a gap in regard to how artists frame religious messages within their lyrics. However, this lack of sufficient research does not reflect on the continued .
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Linda Dotson
Walden University
Interdisciplinary Experience: Sustaining Quality of Life in the City
Professor Paige Parker
September 15, 2018
Question 1
Brief introduction of Ohio City
Ohio is a great city named after the Ohio River in the 18th century. The area was disputed by the France and Great Britain. After the dispute, it established its own territories. This territory included the land where west of Pennsylvania in United States and the northwest of the Ohio River. The area covered more than 260,000 square miles (Turner, & Bogue 2010).
The History of Ohio City that has led to construction of Museums.
The area remained as a hunting ground by the Iroquois after the dispute. Later, some American groups began to migrate to the area. Later there was a seven years war between the Europeans, British and France. They all wanted to colonize the area. Unfortunately, the British worn and after the win, they ordered French settlers to leave the area. It is evident that the war brought about the breakdown of ethnicities.
How museum focus has been of great importance to the citizens of the city
The area is known for its landscape, mountains, rivers and minerals. This makes Ohio City to be a great city suitable for great museums. It is evident that, Ohio City creates the best environment for a museum with the theme of History and Natural History to be built. For instance, Miami River is known to be a great river. Many people admire visiting the area just to see the river. This creates the best conditions to build a museum. People within the city can also visit the museum and get to enjoy the benefits of the museums.
How people from outside the city benefit from the construction of the museums.
People outside Ohio City can also visit the museums. These museums will offer the history of the river to its visitors. They will also address an increasing array of issues in the dynamic environment (Edson, 2017).
Question 2
Permanent Exhibition.
Modern museum are designed to have a permanent exhibit, in this case the museum must have enough collections and classification of a field of knowledge for research and for display purposes. This will enlighten the visits about the history of Ohio City. The history stored in this museum will also be of great use to students as they will learn a lot in these museums,
References
Edson, G. (2017). Museum management. In Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences(pp. 3185-3198). CRC Press.
Turner, F. J., & Bogue, A. G. (2010). The frontier in American history. Courier Corporation.
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Assessment Details and Submission Guidelines
Trimester
T2 2018
Unit Code
MN603
Unit Title
Wireless Networks and Security
Assessment
Individual
Type
Assessment
Design and implementation of secure enterprise wireless network
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Elizabeth Davis
Trident International University
Dr. Sharlene Gozalians
13 May 2019
Module 3 – SLP
In a bid to control the prevalence of diabetes among the African Americans, it is important to examine a number of attributes of culture that can empower a person towards changing a behavior. The factors may be positive, existential, and negative. Existential factors may be not harmful but need to be acknowledged. The importance of a family cannot be ignored especially because of the support they provide to diabetic patients. Family is therefore a positive cultural value which will assist in managing diabetes disease. This paper therefore seeks to address how each of the PEN-3 model’s three factors within the dimension of cultural empowerment applies to the African American group.
It is important to explore by identifying several cultural beliefs and practices that are positive, existential and negative. Positive factors are likely to lead to an improvement by reducing the prevalence of diabetes among the African Americans. Existential factors are existing cultural values and beliefs that may have no harmful health consequences. Cultural practices that may act as barriers in controlling the prevalence of diabetes among the African Americans are the negative factors. Example of these negative practices includes poor nutrition leading to obesity.
Positive Factors
The positive factors which will influence management and control of diabetes among the African Americans include spirituality and family. For example, talking about a family affair with diabetes will make a great impact in controlling diabetes among the African Americans. This is because it will create awareness of how to handle and deal with diabetes. Spirituality will have a positive impact in controlling the prevalence of diabetes among the African Americans. African Americans who have spiritual faith are likely to engage in activities which will reduce the prevalence of the disease.
Existential Factors
Existential factors include faith healing. A belief in faith healing is a factor which is likely to reduction in prevalence of diabetes among the African Americans. Individuals who are religious are likely to visit religious leaders to seek healing and intervention. Many individuals confess that they got healed after being prayed for by the Pastors and other religious leaders. This is attributed to believing in faith healing.
Negative Factors
Consumption of “comfort foods” is common in the diet of the African Americans. These foods contain high fat, sugar, and calorie contents. Example of negative cultural factors includes unhealthy traditional foods. Poor nutrition among the African Americans is more l.
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PROGRAM EVALUATION PLAN
Name:
Tanisha Hannah
Institution:
Strayer University
Class:
EDU 571 Evaluating School Programs
Professor:
Antony Jacob
Date of Submission:
February 19, 2020
Program evaluation plan (part 2)
In order to ensure that the “gender equity for girls in math” education program which applies to master’s level students is efficient in fulfilling the outlaid goals, the goal based approach of evaluation should be applied in evaluating the effectiveness of the program. The major objective of this education program is to empower the girl child and to ensure that there are increase female students taking courses in mathematics at higher education levels (Markovits & Forgasz, 2017). In this case therefore, the evaluators has to establish if the establishment of this program will promote the positivity and capability of girls to take courses in Mathematics and to increasingly love the subject even in the lower classes so as to portray an increased number in the number of girls pursing this course in the masters level.
The goal based approach of evaluation will help the school evaluator to be able to determine how they can ensure that all the institutions are able to empower the girl child and encourage them to increasingly perfect their skills in mathematics in order to see a reflection of changes in the higher education levels (Sarouphim & Chartouny, 2017). This evaluation technique will help the education program creators to determine if the program is efficient in attaining the set objects through checking the outcomes of the implementation of the program over certain period of time.
The gender equality for girls in Math is a program that is anticipated to help the girl children be able to resolve their issues that result from fear and insecurities which cause them to undermine their power and be left behind by the boy child in regard to prosperity in Mathematics (Ganley.et.al, 2018). Therefore, the evaluators will have a role of determining the broader impacts of this approach as well as investigate what greater good is served as a result of this program. This will include identify the consequences that the program will have on other courses which most female students major in and how the male students will be affected by the program. The goals based evaluation method will help establish the objectives which can be added in the program to make it have optimal results to both girls and boys as well as ensure that other courses that are male dominated portray gender equality (Stoehr.et.al, 2017).
The major areas where the evaluators will assess include; the goals of the program, the outcomes of the program as well as the consequences. The main questions concerning these areas will be; what are the objectives of the program? How will the program be able to meet these goals? How do the goals of the program align with the activities involved.
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Program Evaluation
Application of Social Cognitive Theory in Information Science and Education
Social cognitive theory first started as a social learning theory by Albert Bandura for application in psychology. Jenkins, Hall, and Raeside (2018) asserted that, regarding the deployment of social cognitive theory in understanding information seeking behavior and use, the social cognitive theory had been used to explore significant areas. Such areas like consumption of social media content, information retrieval skills in the academic field, information retrieval skills at the workplace, information literacy in the educational field and day to day life information seeking. For instance, Kim (2010) used the theory to explore expectation differences in students of different genders when using university library website resources. With regards to knowledge sharing, Jenkins et al. (2018) found that social cognitive theory has been used to explore various fields like blogging and knowledge management systems.
In the field of education, Erlich and Russ-Eft (2011) reviewed the application of social cognitive theory to academic advising for assessment of student learning. Specifically, the researchers applied the social cognitive theory concepts of self-regulated learning as well as self-efficacy for the study. This medium is because these concepts have been successfully applied to education. The idea that learners should be able to recognize, create as well as choose their career plans for successful navigation through their college life contains the elements of self-efficacy concept and self-regulated learning. For instance, Erlich and Russ-Eft (2011) indicated that the confidence in achieving academic plans at a given level could be an indication of a student’s ability to perform academic planning activities at a complex level, which is a demonstration of increased efficacy. Learner’s self-regulated learning skills may help in understanding the learning mechanisms by which a learner acquired the strategies and tactics for performing academic planning activities with independence and sophistication.
Program Timeline
Project Goal
Related Objective
Activity
Duration
To promote awareness about breast cancer prevention
By 2020, increase to 75% proportion of African American women who understand the importance of annual clinical breast exams
Identify the population who underutilize clinical breast exams
January 1, 2020-January 31, 2020
Develop a media campaign to educate African American women about the benefits of early breast cancer detection
February 1,2020-March 30, 2020
Train faith-based organization members on how to educate their congregations about the.
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Munchausen Syndrome
Krystina Joseph
Columbia College
Munchausen Syndrome Article Review
Introduction
The Munchausen Syndrome Article explains about the Munchausen Syndrome, which is a rare fictitious disorder which involves the frequent hospitalization together with an intentional display of signs of sickness and pathological lying. In this regards, the management needs the security history taking with collaboration with the sound clinical processes which entails organicity exclusion in addressing the psychological problems. It is worth noting that a case which is presented having unusual symptoms of same dimensions are as well discussed. The case in this regards brings the finer nuances in the assessment of the entity (Prakash., et al 2014).
Research Question
Based on the abstract of the article, it can be denoted that the research question of the article is the need to understand more on the Munchausen Syndrome as well as the symptoms and therefore the need to ensure that such issues are solved by having a sound clinical process to handle the problem. The problem for the case as well was to find out what caused the 19-year-old housewife to vomit pink substance.
Findings
The findings depict that the 19-year-old housewife was suffering from a factitious disorder, also termed as the Munchausen syndrome. The psychometry performed also showed that there is an elevation of scales of anxiety together with hysteria. Consequently, being managed in an empathetic as well as non-confrontational manner, the psychotherapy was intended to improve the positive coping abilities while at the same time improving the interpersonal relationships which had been imparted (Prakash., et al 2014).
Research Methods Used
The methods used involved observations and clinical assessments. Observations were done by checking regularly the presence of the bloodstained vomits as well as the asthenia and any forms of skin allergy. This was carried out to ensure that the patient had no issues. The observations, as well as little conversation, showed that there were no cases of psychiatric illnesses for the patient in the past. Further, the assessment entails involves the systematic examinations which were performed within the normal limit. The psychiatric evaluation was performed together with ward observations which were intended at revealing the comfortability of the patient while in the hospital (Prakash., et al 2014).
The credibility of the Source of Information
To know the credibility of sources, the authors are scrutinized where their qualifications and their areas of experience assessed to understand whether the information provided is related to the topic at hand. For this article, it can be denoted that all the information provided is credible. This is because all the four authors who contributed to the article have sufficient skills and knowledge pertaining to health-related disorders, and thus, their pieces of information.
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PROGRAM EVALUATION
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COUN 5280 – Introduction to School Counseling
Professor: Dr. Erin Berry
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Start your introduction here. APA 6th edition does not use a heading title for the introduction because its position in the paper identifies it as the introduction. Open your paper with a nice foreword to introduce your response to the unit 7 discussion. You also want to set the reader up about the four general topic areas you will present . At this point, you may respond to the assignment in an outline fashion or take a narrative approach. An example of an outline form is provided. Please review the rubric carefully! There is still an expectation to support your ideas with the literature.
I. School specific needs
In this section you will examine your understanding of identified gaps or specific needs for Model Middle School.
· Included in this section should be an analysis that addresses academic career, personal-social and developmental needs. A strong analysis is demonstrated when the ideas presented in this section are supported by specific examples and scholarly literature.
· A strong program analysis takes into consideration the ways in which student development is fostered through stakeholder collaboration (e.g., school, family and community). Additionally, the measures used to demonstrate accountability are reviewed. Be sure these two ideas clearly addressed in your outline.
II. Program outline
Strong action plans demonstrate critical thinking through the discussion of reasonable assumptions, drawing inferences or making predictions while exploring the potential risks and benefits of the plan. Make sure specific examples are provided! For example, the plan may include group counseling for an academic issues because intervention is supported in the literature.
· In this section, you will describe the specific program of services you plan to provide to .
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Program Design to Promote Social Goals in American K12 Schools
January 15th,2018
Program Design to Promote Social Goals in American K12 Schools
Explanation of Each Initiative
The three main initiatives of promoting social goals in school will include: promoting moral and character education, improving children’s health and nutrition, and creating school communities through extracurricular activities, after school programs, and school spirits (Rissanen et al. 2018). Comment by Evelyn Young: The 3 initiatives are clearly stated. Although did Rissanen et al. propose these 3 initiatives to promote social goals in schools? If these are your arguments, take credit for them. No need to give credit to Rissanen et al. for formulating the thesis for your paper.
I think that your paper could have used an introduction followed by the thesis statement.
Explanation of Each Initiative
Moral education is meant to promote good conduct among school-going children, not just within their immediate social relationships, but also in their dealings with their fellow citizens. This initiative is premised on the need for students to possess clear ideals and judgments on what action are right and what are wrong, including the determination of students’ conduct through a constant reference to those ideals. Moral education will be offered as a social goal to enlighten students on a system of rules and norms that regulate the social interactions of people on concepts of welfare, such as harm, trust, justice, and rights. For some students, issues related to values, personal feelings, and societal norms are constructs for discussions and are as such viewed as being influenced by the manner in which morality taught or experienced in schools, churches, and social institution settings. Moral education will be meant to reduce criminal and deviant behaviors among students. Moral character is required in schools because many parents do not teach their children morality issues.
The health and nutrition initiative is meant to improve the physical and mental well being of students. This initiative has the potential to improve the quality of students’ urban life, strengthen the ability of poor children to excel in their studies, and to compensate them for the substandard home and school environments spawned by competitive, inequitable social order. Health and nutritional initiatives will be strengthened through planning and introducing curriculum on nutrition with educational activities. These will include physical activities, which are combined with the farm to school programs that motivate students to consume healthy diets. Indeed, the hybrid school-based nutritional programs have major influence on attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors associated with fruits and vegetable consumption diffused throughout a bigger urban community (Dudley Cotton & Peralta, 2015). This hybrid intervention includes combining district stra.
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Proficiency Level Analysis
ESL-433
6/16/19
Proficiency Level Analysis
Grouping Strategy for Ms. Jensen
The arrangement of the student in the class should be based on their proficiency level while factoring the different capabilities of each student. The teacher should ensure that the both fast learners and slow learners are catered in terms of understanding how to handle their comprehension capabilities. The class has three categories of student, basic, intermediate and proficient.
Cooperative Learning
Cooperative grouping is based on the differences among the children in terms of their learning abilities. Li & Lam (2013) states that cooperative grouping is best suited for situations where students have learning abilities which are differing. The grouping technique is implemented following the analysis of the heterogeneous factors such that students should be grouped depending gender, economic background, culture, race and ethnicities. The ranking of students should follow the descending order starting with the highest to the lowest. To make a ranking legend, the teacher should use L for low achiever, M for medium achievers and H for highest achievers. The grouping should include at least one student from each category for the purposes of achieving diversity. The grouping system should however be done without involving the students as such could encourage discrimination. The issues of gender should be defined effectively to avoid the majority of gender in any of the group.
Rationale for Placement
The strategy is important and useful for the given case because students have different abilities and proficiency. The grouping strategy also promotes involvement of all students since the group is designed in manner which facilitates individual contribution. Tsay & Brady (2012) states that the cooperative grouping is important since it allows for the development of critical thinking skills and communication skills.
Conclusion
Ms. Jensen’s class has students with different abilities and varying English proficiency. Cooperative grouping is effective for 7th grade children since it allow them to exchange information amongst themselves while encouraging collaborative learning. Students are more likely to improve their self-esteem and moralization to study English tasks since group composition allows individual contribution and peer discussions.
References
Li, M. P., & Lam, B. H. (2013). Cooperative learning. 2015-01-20]. http://www. ied. edu. hk/aclass/l'heories/cooperative learning course writing_LBH% 2024June, pdf.
Tsay, M., & Brady, M. (2012). A case study of cooperative learning and communication pedagogy: Does working in teams make a difference?. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 10(2), 78-89.
Ms. Jensen's 7th Grade Class AZELLA Scores
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Falls and Related Injuries
Nanah Kamara Comment by Nelson, Emily Jeanette: Please see my comments in your previous assignment about how to format your title page.
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Falls and Related Injuries
Nurses, being the initial contacts for patients in any most health facilities and the fact they interact or engage with patients more when compared to other providers of care constitute a critical component of the healthcare system. Consequently, nurses play a much huge role in making sure that the healthcare system provides not only safe care but also and care of high standard or quality (Sato, Hase, Osaka, Sairyo & Katoh, 2018). However one of the major healthcare or nursing issue over the years is the fall and associated injuries which have proved not only difficult for healthcare providers and facility to manage. The purpose of this essay is to… Comment by Nelson, Emily Jeanette: Reference needed
For instance, and according to DuPree, Fritz-Campiz & Musheno, (2014), Unintentional falls constitute the highest cause of non-fatal injuries among people over 65 years in the US. Moreover, one in every three individuals above 65 years falls at least one time in a given year. In addition, injuries from falls cause the highest number of accidental deaths among people 65-year-old and above (Tricco, Thomas, Veroniki, Hamid, Cogo, Strifler & Riva, 2017). Such statistics coupled with the extent of the costs associated with fall call for proper intervention to reduce falls and their associated injuries. For instance, the government spends billions of dollars on fall and their associated injuries on treating falls. The prevention of fall would provide increased funds for investment in other social programs aimed at improving both healthcare and addressing social or communal problems (Zakrajsek, Schuster, Wells, Williams & Silverchanz, 2018).
In addition, falls and their related injuries are responsible for almost 15% of the recorded hospitalization. This increases the burden of healthcare providers especially given the numerous stressors like staff shortage, huge workloads, leadership problems and personal factors among others. An increase in falls and associated injury, therefore, is detrimental to the provision of quality care as captured under the healthy 2020 program goal of reducing deaths that result from falls. Comment by Nelson, Emily Jeanette: Reference needed Comment by Nelson, Emily Jeanette: Reference needed
Despite this, falls are very complex and difficult to manage or prevent. Given the implications that falls bear on the patients, the healthcare providers and the healthcare system as a whole (Joseph, Henriksen & Malone, 2018), there has been increased There has been an increased research focus towards fall prevention and reduction strategies. As a result, there exist a significant amount of literature regarding the reduction and prevention of falls..
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Professional Development Proposal Program
BUS520
Strayer University
November 9, 2018
Executive Summary
Professional Development Proposal Program
The need for organizational efficiency is driving the need for understanding the competency of individuals that generate effectiveness. The emotional intelligence capabilities help explain considerable as well as significant variances in accepting and predicting performance in capability studies. Emotional intelligence is the ability to monitor personal feelings and emotions visa vie other people’s feelings and emotions and use the information to guide personal thinking and actions. Management can rely on employees’ emotional building blocks to not only enhance their performance, but also their job satisfaction levels. The most important emotional intelligence building blocks that enhance employee performance and job satisfaction are social skills, self-awareness, self regulation, self motivation and empathy. Managers will use emotional intelligence to identify the positive and negative reinforcement of motivation to enhance employee morale within the organization. Positive reinforcement motivation tools are the rewards given to employees for exemplary performance while negative reinforcement is the penalty or punishment for poor performance.
Leaders can use the concept of emotional intelligence to enhance their social skills and decision-making skills in management. Emotional intelligence plays a critical role in helping persons requiring social skills to help them deal with social situations. Given that building strong relationship is one aspect of effective leadership, there is need for organizational leaders to build capacity in social skills for better organizational performance. Leaders can also utilize the concept of emotional intelligence to enhance their decision-making skills. Emotionally intelligent decision makers rely on self-awareness and self-management to determine their appropriate duties in decision making process. Decision makers use these skills to determine whether they have the necessary orientation to a problem.
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Term Paper “The Lawsuit of Medical Malpractice”
Marilyn Diaz
Professor George Ackerman
PLA4522 Health Care Law
July 17th, 2019
Abstract
This paper explores “Medical Malpractice” in the field of law in
detailed explanation. The paper begins with an introduction to
medical malpractice giving statistics and data. Data from the
European Union is used to give a detailed illustration. The
introduction is followed by elements of medical malpractice
lawsuit, defenses to a medical malpractice lawsuit, ways of
avoiding a medical malpractice lawsuit and the policy of
medical insurance. The method used to gather information was
reading of various articles on the subject. The results of the
study revealed an increase in the number of medical malpractice
cases. Results also revealed that some medical practitioners are
using the defenses available in medical malpractice lawsuit to
evade penalties. The study emphasizes on ways in which
2. physicians can avoid malpractice by way of precautionary
measures.
The Lawsuit of Medical Malpractice
Introduction
Medical malpractice is a precise kind of negligence defined as
an act of omission by a physician during treatment of a patient
that departs from accepted standards of practice in the health
sector and causes an injury to the patient (Bal, 2009). In the last
decade, medical malpractice has increased in Europe to double-
digit percentage i.e. >50% in Eastern States, Great Britain and
the Baltic, a maximum three-digit percentage i.e. 200-500% in
Mediterranean area, Germany, the Iberian countries and Italy.
France and Scandinavian counties have seen reduction in
malpractice because of simplification of procedures and
exemplary innovations.
The Special Eurobarometer on Medical Error in 2006 revealed
that 80% of EU citizens view medical error as a key issue and
close to 50% believed they would be tangled in a case of
medical malpractice. This revealed that the public has become
aware that claims of medical malpractice against health
practitioners can be successful. In Sweden and Denmark
between 2005-2010, the ratio of approval for compensatory
claims rose to 40%, the average settlement of around €30,000
per case in EU countries. The European Hospital and Healthcare
Federation Standing Committee estimates cost of coverage to be
in excess of 200%. Costs fluctuated between 9 and 15 euros per
capita with Britain exhibiting the highest figures (Ferrara,
3. 2013).
Elements of a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
The burden of proof in a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit lays on
the plaintiff. The plaintiff needs to prove all the elements of
medical malpractice in order to stand chance of success in a
courtroom.
Existence of physician-patient relationship. Breach of duty of
cared owed to patient by physician. Duty upheld at a
professional standard of care. Duty of the physician to the
patient established by the relationship. Patient sustained a
resulting injury. Injury was caused by the physician’s breach
(Bal, 2009).
The Defenses to a Medical Malpractice Cause of Action
In a medical malpractice lawsuit, the plaintiff must prove the
four elements of negligence namely causation, duty, damages
and breach. However, a lawsuit can still be defeated even if all
four elements are satisfied when any of the following defenses
is brought forth: Statute of limitations, Contributory negligence,
Comparative negligence, Emergency and Assumption of risks.
Statute of Limitations. Evidence should be brought forward in a
timely manner when it is reliable, fresh and accurate. The
practitioner in question gets repose i.e. relief from worry of
lawsuit being brought during an indefinite period. The statute of
limitation is the time period within which a lawsuit can be
brought before a court. The states of California, Ohio and
Tennessee however have a 1year limit on medical claims.
Attempts by the defense to raise it to bar recovery meet hostile
from the court as it deprives the plaintiff of a legitimate claim
(Elam v Menzies , 2010).
Contributory and Comparative Negligence. Contributory
negligence states that the defendant can prevent the suit from
succeeding if proven victim was at fault too. Law changed to
4. comparative negligence in which the amount of damages is
proportionately reduced by the percentage of plaintiff’s
contributory fault. Currently it’s functional in all jurisdictions
except five. An example is: if plaintiff is 20% negligent, he/she
will only be able to recover 80% damages. Some states however
don’t allow plaintiff to recover if he/she is more than 50%
negligent. The doctrine of “Avoidance of Consequences” allows
the plaintiff an opportunity to mitigate which is to avoid or
reduce adverse consequences. Contributory negligence works
together with the tortfeasor’s act.
Assumption of risk. This defense states that should the plaintiff
be aware of the risk he/she is being exposed to and voluntarily
accept the risk then there won’t be a recovery should harm
occur. The two elements constituent are: approval to relinquish
all claims for damages and full knowledge of the risks. A
patient voluntarily and effortlessly sought natural herb
treatment in California for breast cancer after rejecting
conventional therapy. Doctors gave her full disclosure on the
experimental treatment leading to court dismissing her claim on
this ground. Patient assumed risk of harm by issuing informed
consent to experimental treatment (Schneider v Revici, 1987).
Emergency. The cardinal principle here is whether delay in
order to obtain consent before commencing with treatment
would lead to harm to patient (Tan, 2010)
.
Ways of Avoiding a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
As proven in cases of medical malpractice, doctors should be
keen with the following categories of things:
protocols/guidelines, documentation, referrals, patient
care/diagnosis and physician skills.
Patient care and diagnosis. Doctors should show care to
patients, try different methods in treating patients, personally
see and interpret the results of patients and never to forget
5. checking vital signs during procedures.
Referrals. “The best doctors are the ones who call for help when
they need it” is a famous saying in medical malpractice defense
system. Keep ego aside and consult. Monitor the Midlevel
Providers for liability befalls the physician in case of
negligence on part of Midlevel Providers.
Communication. Communicate not only to patients but their
families explaining the process. Directly talk to consultants
calling them directly not forgetting to relay your concerns.
Whenever a physician is on weekends, holidays or it’s at night,
communication is important. Any accidents that occur bar
communication from the physician have a cause for action.
Documentation. Know how to use the Electronic. Charts should
be done on time. Any medication alert in the EMR should be
given attention.
Physician skills/Continuing Medical Education. Medical records
should not be shared with family members or friends. Work
stuff like patient’s record should be kept out of social media
like Facebook.
Protocols/Guidelines
They have approval of different doctors from diverse fields.
Physicians should explain any deviation from set protocols and
guidelines (Bono, 2019).
Medical Malpractice Insurance
It’s errors and omissions coverage protecting medical
practitioners from negligent claims by patients. It is also called
medical professional liability insurance. There are essential
policies when shopping for a medical malpractice insurance.
Claims. Provide protection if a physician fails to follow
accepted standards of care.
Medico-legal complaints. This is when a physician’s
communication skills, conduct or decision-making is
questioned.
Good Samaritan Act. Provides physicians protection when they
offer care in an emergency situation to allow them focus solely
on patient’s needs.
6. Vicarious Liability. Protects physicians for patients’ injury even
when not in their control.
Unintentional intellectual property infringement. The physician
and owner are protected for intellectual rights infringement.
Legal representation costs. Defense cost associated with a
malpractice case can be substantial.
Optional extension. They offer tailor-made insurance policy suit
a physician’s needs.
Automatic run-off cover. Protection against any future
liabilities when you cease to practice via retirement or
otherwise (Hambali, 2014).
References
Bal, B. (2009). An Introduction to Medical Malpractice in the
United States. Clinical orthopaedics and related research (Vol.
467(2)).
Bono, M. J. (2019). Medical Malpractice. NCBI.
Elam v Menzies , 594 F. 3d 463 (6th Circuit 2010).
Ferrara, D. (2013). Medical malpractice and legal medicine. In
Intenational Journal of Legal Mdicine (Vol. 127, pp. 541-543).
Hambali, S. K. (2014). A review of medical malpractice issues
7. in Malaysia under Tort litigation sytem . Global Journal of
Health Sciences, 76-83.
Schneider v Revici, 817 F.2d 987 (2rd Circuit 1987).
Tan, S. Y. (2010). Medical Malpractice: A Cardiovascular
Perspective. Cardiovascular Therapeutics, e140-e145.