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Integrated Marketing Communications Plan For Hospiceadeasy, Megan Elizabeth Horn Jan 2011

Integrated Marketing Communications Plan For Hospiceadeasy, Megan Elizabeth Horn

Honors Program Theses

HospiceADEASY is an online store where hospices can purchase high-quality, pre-produced, customizable hospice promotional materials. Available materials include billboards, brochures, e-marketing materials, print advertisements, 30-second radio ads and 30-second TV ads. HospiceADEASY is operated by ME&V, a full-service marketing, advertising and fundraising agency. ME&V has a wealth of experience in hospice marketing, fundraising, higher education marketing, healthcare marketing and more. This plan sets out the steps HospiceADEASY should take to increase its sales and reach a wider audience. It covers all the bases from traditional direct mail advertising to new forms of online communications and can be implemented, in full …

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Refractory Pain, Existential Suffering, And Palliative Care: Releasing An Unbearable Lightness Of Being, George P. Smith Ii Jan 2011

Refractory Pain, Existential Suffering, And Palliative Care: Releasing An Unbearable Lightness Of Being, George P. Smith Ii

Scholarly Articles

Since the beginning of the hospice movement in 1967, “total pain management” has been the declared goal of hospice care. Palliating the whole person’s physical, psycho-social, and spiritual states or conditions is central to managing the pain which induces suffering. At the end-stage of life, an inextricable component of the ethics of adjusted care requires recognition of a fundamental right to avoid cruel and unusual suffering from terminal illness. This Article urges wider consideration and use of terminal sedation, or sedation until death, as an efficacious palliative treatment and as a reasonable medical procedure in order to safeguard the “right” …

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When We’Re All Together, The Patient Knows It: Creating An Interdisciplinary Learning Community In Palliative Medicine, Krista M. Hirschmann Phd, Daniel Ray Md, Elissa Foster Phd Jan 2011

When We’Re All Together, The Patient Knows It: Creating An Interdisciplinary Learning Community In Palliative Medicine, Krista M. Hirschmann Phd, Daniel Ray Md, Elissa Foster Phd

Department of Medicine

No abstract provided.

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Spiritual Care In Advanced Practice Nursing, Barbara Baele Vincensi Jan 2011

Spiritual Care In Advanced Practice Nursing, Barbara Baele Vincensi

Dissertations

Spiritual care has the potential to improve clients' health and quality of life. Since clients desire spiritual care from their health care providers as they age or as their health worsens, geriatric nurse practitioners (GNPs) were chosen to participate in this study. This cross-sectional, descriptive, survey design investigates the relationships and differences between practicing GNPs spiritual perspectives and their ability to assess clients' spiritual care needs (SCN) and provide specific spiritual care interventions (SCI). Differences and relationships were also investigated based on demographic variables of the GNPs. In addition, participants were asked to define spirituality in an open ended question. …

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Restoring The Balance: Setting Aside Naturalism In Favor Of Personhood In Extreme Cases, Brian Joseph Buckley Jan 2011

Restoring The Balance: Setting Aside Naturalism In Favor Of Personhood In Extreme Cases, Brian Joseph Buckley

Dissertations

This dissertation addresses a simple question: Is an anencephalic child a person? These children are born with only a brain stem, and, as such, cannot experience any type of consciousness. If personhood is understood as an articulable moral category, particularly distinct from DNA membership, reasonable evidence would be required to attribute any such moral category in these cases. That is, to claim that children who may never think or feel are persons carries a philosophical burden that extends beyond mere Homo Sapiens membership. This dissertation accepts that burden and answers that anencephalic children are persons. To do this, I first …

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From Classroom To Workplace: Becoming A Social Worker, Sarah Louise Hessenauer Jan 2011

From Classroom To Workplace: Becoming A Social Worker, Sarah Louise Hessenauer

Dissertations

This exploratory qualitative study examines the key educational experiences that graduated bachelor level social workers identified as being most helpful to them in their current social work careers. Twenty traditional aged social workers who graduated from CSWE accredited, bachelor level, social work programs in the last 4 to 24 months and who had been working in a social work agency for a minimum of three months were asked to voluntarily participate in the study. The social workers participated in one-on-one interviews in which they were asked to describe their educational experiences and their beliefs about how those experiences supported them …

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Brain Candy: Wayne State University School Of Medicine Journal Of Art And Literature, 3rd Edition, Wayne State University School Of Medicine Writing Workshop, Wayne State University School Of Medicine Gold Humanism Honor Society Jan 2011

Brain Candy: Wayne State University School Of Medicine Journal Of Art And Literature, 3rd Edition, Wayne State University School Of Medicine Writing Workshop, Wayne State University School Of Medicine Gold Humanism Honor Society

Gold Humanism Honor Society

Brain Candy collects poetry, nonfiction essays, short fiction, photographs, and drawings to shed light on the creative process in medicine, the city of Detroit, and the experiences of health care providers. Features submissions from the School of Medicine (including the Writing Workshop), the WSU Department of English, and the WSU Department of Fine Arts. It also reintroduces the creative efforts of Detroit’s "Future Docs," children ages 6 through 12 with a curiosity for the field of medicine.

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An Analysis Of Quality Of Life Findings Among Money Follows The Person Program Beneficiaries, Mitch F. Ruscitti Jan 2011

An Analysis Of Quality Of Life Findings Among Money Follows The Person Program Beneficiaries, Mitch F. Ruscitti

MPA/MPP/MPFM Capstone Projects

This study will examine the quality of life survey findings of 154 recipients of services provided through the Kentucky Money Follows the Person program. In order to accomplish this, the term „quality of life‟ must first be defined and examined from the viewpoint of its role in the provision of health related services. Also, as a point of reference, a brief background concerning the Money Follows the Person program and its development will be provided. Lastly, after „quality of life‟ is defined for the purposes of this study, 183 surveys (154 baseline and 29 follow up) will be statistically analyzed …

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Federal Disability Discrimination Law And The Toxic Workplace: A Critique Of Ada And Section 504 Case Law Addressing Impairments Caused Or Exacerbated By The Work Environment, John E. Rumel Jan 2011

Federal Disability Discrimination Law And The Toxic Workplace: A Critique Of Ada And Section 504 Case Law Addressing Impairments Caused Or Exacerbated By The Work Environment, John E. Rumel

Santa Clara Law Review

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The Secret Is Out, Sarah O'Brien Jan 2011

The Secret Is Out, Sarah O'Brien

Theses

Family... what defines family is different for each individual. As we face a shrinking economy and difficult job placement, family is our primary focus as we get through the tough times. The nuclear family (husband, wife, children and dog) does not include divorce, extended family, aging family, or many other issues that trouble today's modern families. What if your family is not what society considers typical? What if your family includes gay parents or loved ones? With television shows like Modern Family and Grey's Anatomy, gay couples are more present but what are their real life experiences? The Secret Is …

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Adviser's Guide To Health Care: Volume 3, Consulting With Professional Practices, Robert James Cimasi Jan 2011

Adviser's Guide To Health Care: Volume 3, Consulting With Professional Practices, Robert James Cimasi

Guides, Handbooks and Manuals

No abstract provided.

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Adviser's Guide To Health Care: Volume 1, An Era Of Reform, Robert James Cimasi Jan 2011

Adviser's Guide To Health Care: Volume 1, An Era Of Reform, Robert James Cimasi

Guides, Handbooks and Manuals

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Adviser's Guide To Health Care: Volume 2, Professional Practices, Robert James Cimasi Jan 2011

Adviser's Guide To Health Care: Volume 2, Professional Practices, Robert James Cimasi

Guides, Handbooks and Manuals

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