What is hospice care? Most professionals have heard about hospice in their communities, and many of them have been exposed to a hospice program due to a family member or friend receiving hospice care. Hospice has existed in the United States for a number of decades, the idea having come from Great Britain when Dame […]
Disability is a prevalent human condition that results in unique needs which require distinctive regulations and specialized therapeutic care. The disability rights movement resulted in a conceptualization as the result of social and environmental responses to individual impairment. The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) has upheld this position and created a framework from […]
The psychological needs of primary care patients can be classified into three general categories, related to (a) psychopathology or true mental disorders, (b) stress-related symptoms and problems related to chronic medical conditions or behavioral health problems, and (c) membership in vulnerable populations, including abuse victims, those who are socially isolated, and those who are economically […]