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		<title>Staffing Healthcare Workers Following Expansion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In healthcare workers, a combination of customer-service skills and technical/clinical skills are necessary.]]></description>
		<link>http://medicalstudentblog.co.uk/staffing-healthcare-workers-following-expansion/</link>
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		<title>Mandated HIV Testing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A public health approach to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the U.S. and elsewhere. ]]></description>
		<link>http://medicalstudentblog.co.uk/mandated-hiv-testing/</link>
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		<title>Ethical and Legal Implications of Autonomy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Within the healthcare system, it is important for healthcare professionals to maintain ethical standards, including those that govern respect for persons, a primary component of which is autonomy, and beneficence.]]></description>
		<link>http://medicalstudentblog.co.uk/ethical-and-legal-implications-of-autonomy/</link>
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		<title>Deontology, Consequentialism and Virtue Reasoning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While all three methods lead to the same conclusion, the biggest dilemma with ethics is its subjectivity. There is no absolute right or wrong answer in many difficult situations; the morality is drawn from those involved and the examiners of the situation. This is especially important when considering healthcare ethics, often involving dramatic circumstances and choices. When applying different standards to healthcare practice, different conclusions may be achieved. It is important to understand all parties’ view points, to clarify the ethical issues, and to compromise in resolving the dilemma (Fremgen, 2003).]]></description>
		<link>http://medicalstudentblog.co.uk/deontology-consequentialism-virtue/</link>
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		<title>Basic Service Components of the Healthcare Industry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To gain understanding of the patterns of basic service components, the systematic organization may be identified and the boundaries of the system better understood. By gaining this understanding, each system may be evaluated and improved to better meet the needs of the various demographics for which it serves.]]></description>
		<link>http://medicalstudentblog.co.uk/basic-service-components-of-the-healthcare-industry/</link>
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		<title>Is it ethical to use persuasion within medical practice?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Few environments are as demanding on the professional relationship as within medicine; treatment plans, end-of-life decisions and day-to-day recommendations balance risks with the patient’s best interests. Especially in the medical field, providers’ recommendations must maintain ethical standards.]]></description>
		<link>http://medicalstudentblog.co.uk/is-it-ethical-to-use-persuasion-within-medical-practice/</link>
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		<title>Psychology and Fraud</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Psychology has profound effects on decision making. Within the business world, psychology can explain the processes through which organizations and individuals develop fraudulent and unethical behavior. Through analysis of the psychology behind the decision making and considering examples of corruption within the corporate world, precautions may be made to prevent similar fraudulent practices from occurring within the medical field.]]></description>
		<link>http://medicalstudentblog.co.uk/psychology-and-fraud/</link>
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		<title>Improving Medical Decision Making</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Read this to better understand the impact of decision making on the medical field.]]></description>
		<link>http://medicalstudentblog.co.uk/improving-medical-decision-making/</link>
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		<title>Responsibility Centers in Healthcare</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is possible to efficaciously manage medical and business aspects by implementing responsibility centers throughout the organization.]]></description>
		<link>http://medicalstudentblog.co.uk/responsibility-centers-in-healthcare/</link>
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		<title>A Looming Physician Role-Identity Crisis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few years ago I found myself speaking to many Ph.D scientists who want to leave science research.  Since my entire career path may be best labeled &#8220;alternative healthcare&#8230; plus!&#8221;, I am often contacted by life science professionals who are at the cross-roads of their lives and their careers, and wondering how to reconcile a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://medicalstudentblog.co.uk/a-looming-physician-role-identity-crisis/</link>
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