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- 13361: Bulimia
- ... their childhood and the difficult expectations they were forced to live up to ( Matthews 46 ). So in these specific cases bulimia could have just been the fundamental way out so they could escape from their world of imperfections and imitate the life of a person who could reach those impossible expectations. Just as so many others with problems of school or job pressures, divorce, pregnancy, or death use bulimia as a ... be able to receive such a great intake of food, or even limiting the amount of high carbohydrate food they could eat, probably effecting the possible outcome to their treatment a great deal. As this new way of treatment is used on various patients, the researchers must ask what the impact on the individual will be. The question really is; Is behavior modification safe for so many fragile patients to be ...
- 13362: Personal Commentary on the Drug Problem
- ... this is not our problem. Throughout time, man has used available psychoactive substances to seek relief from cold, hunger, deprivation, anxiety, pain, and boredom. Man had also used drugs to experience pleasure or to achieve new experiences. As for man today, we have consciously created new chemical substances and institutionalized their availability for simple uses. All drugs have different affects and can vary according to the amount and frequency of use, the characteristics of the user, and the setting in which ... which they feel to be both acceptable and pleasurable. One pattern which has grown increasingly is circumstantial drug use. This behavior is generally motivated by the users perceived need or desire to achieve a new effect in order to cope with a problem. Then there is interceded drug use. This is when drug use is daily and is motivated by an individuals perceived need to achieve relief from ...
- 13363: Elephantiasis
- ... days after ingestion by a human skin they migrate to the lymphayic vessels where they mature and reproduce. There isn't really any prevention to this disease. Bibliography Drimmer, Frederick; THE ELEPHANT MAN; Putnam Publishers; New York, 1985 "Elephantiasis", FISHBEIN'S ILLUSTRATED MEDICAL AND HEALTH ENCYCLOPEDIA; H.S. Stuttman Inc. Publishers; Westport, CT.; 1983 ed., vol. 2, pp. 527 "Filariasis", COLLIER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA; Macmillan Educational Company New York, Maxwell Macmillan Canada, Maxwell Macmillan International Publishing Group; New York, Oxford, Sydney; 1991 ed., col. 9, pp. 698-699
- 13364: William Shakespeare
- ... to Stratford in 1613 where he wrote many of his excellent plays. There are many reasons as to why William Shakespeare is so famous. He is generally considered to be both the greatest dramatist the world has ever known as well as the finest poet who has written in the English language. Many reasons can be given for Shakespeare's enormous appeal. His fame basically is from his great understanding of ... nature, Shakespeare had a vast knowledge of a variety of subjects. These subjects include music, law, Bible, stage, art, politics, history, hunting, and sports. Shakespeare had a tremendous influence on culture and literature throughout the world. He contributed greatly to the development of the English language. Many words and phrases from Shakespeare's plays and poems have become part of our speech. Shakespeare's plays and poems have become a required ... love, heroism, comedy, and tragedy have helped shape the attitudes of millions of people. His portrayal of historical figures and events have influenced our thinking more than what has been written in history books. The world has admired and respected many great writers, but only Shakespeare has generated such enormous continuing interest. My source states explanations rather than opinions on why Shakespeare's contributions to literature are so vast. My ...
- 13365: Euthanasia In Today's Society
- ... disease. She lies in a bed, motionless and unaware of her surroundings. The medication to ease her pain has been wearing off. She just lies there in pain and unable to communicate with the outside world. The doctors give her a month to live at the most. What would you do? Would you let her sit in a hospital bed in agonizing pain for the last few months of her life ... their own good due to the pain and suffering they are enduring. Euthanasia also includes situations where the individual who is suffering makes the decision to die, a type of suicide actually. In today's world there are two types of euthanasia that are most common. The first are people who, perhaps because of serious illness or perhaps for reasons unrelated to their illness, are extremely depressed and say that they ... Welsh 2). And for those people who are suffering, we believe that God knows what he is doing, even if we do not understand. The Church is generally against the utilitarian ideas that the secular world has come to adopt today. We are called to see the sovereign hand of God and have faith in the fact that God knows what he is doing. After researching this topic and collaborating ...
- 13366: Euthanasia: The Right to Die
- ... suicides. Because of the increasing number of suicides in Michigan, Gov. Engler signed an anti-suicide law in late February that made doctor- assisted suicides a felony. During the 21-month trial period of the new law anyone assisting in a suicide can be sentenced to up to four years in prison and fined more than $2,000 (Reuters, 1993). With the passing of this law I thought that most people ... to; life-support now prevents that. Opponents say doctors should not play God by killing patients ,but do they realize that by prolonging death the medical profession is doing exactly that? Christian Barnard, at the World Euthanasia Conference, was quoted as saying, "I believe often that death is good medical treatment because it can achieve what all the medical advances and technology cannot achieve today. and that is stop the suffering ...
- 13367: Laws Against Assisted Suicide in Canada
- ... he became a crusader for the right to die with dignity. It has been only in these last few years, with the introduction of people such as Dr. Jack Kevorkian and Austin Bastable, that the world has begun to see the benefits made possible by the act of assisted-suicide. The prevention of suffering and pain made possible through this medicide, regarded as immoral for years, affects not only the patient ... way to go in providing people the right to die, there are some places where our species is beginning to see the light. The Northern Territory of Australia's legislature became the first in the world to allow voluntary euthanasia in May of this year. Bob Dent became the first person to kill himself under the world's only such law. Yet this act in itself had profound results; federal lawmakers drawing legislature to make doctor assisted-suicide illegal. The papal system of the Vatican voiced its opinion of the event ...
- 13368: Suicide
- ... which means literally "self-killing." For all the uncertainty that has surrounded the phenomenon of suicide, his assessment of the problem is probably as accurate as any. The individual, in seemingly hopeless conflict with the world, decides to end his or her existence in what amounts to a final assault against a society that can no longer be tolerated. In so doing, the person tries to obtain a final revenge on ... Focusing on the negative occurences is what casues the person to commit suicide. The increase in teenage suicides during the 1980s probably resulted from an element of romantic fantasy combined with hostility toward the immediate world. Many suicides result from loss of boyfriend/girlfriend and from loneliness. Closely related to these emotions is the conviction that the happiness of past years can never be recaptured. Sometimes, terminally ill persons choose to ... or lonely individuals may use to get help. City dwellers are far more likely to commit suicide than rural people. Laborers are much less likely to commit suicide than business and professional men. Throughout the world, three or four times as many men as women kill themselves. Male suicides generally hang themselves, or use a knife or a gun. Women often choose poisoning or drug overdose as means of death. ...
- 13369: Assisted Suicide: An Easier Way Out
- ... p.82). Now, patients who are terminally ill and who wish to die might decide to kill themselves in a manner that is less humane than with a lethal injection or dosage of medicine. This new law makes it much harder to get proper help in attaining an assisted suicide. This clearly would cause many more problems than it would do good. Last, there are many ways that using terminally ill ... to allow the criminals who are condemned to donate their organs for transplant. (Hosenball, p.28-29). Through studying on live humans we would gain a much greater understanding of ourselves and possibly discover some new medicinal drugs. The terminally ill will not recover from their disease, they might decide to unlawfully take their own life and possibly get hurt severely in the process, and the experimentation on certain criminals and mortally ill patients would aid in the development of new drugs. Allowing assisted suicides in our country would be a great asset and opportunity for people who will not recover to end all the suffering. The legalization of assisted suicides would prevent many accidents ...
- 13370: Euthanasia and the First Amendment
- ... February 11, 1997, Charles Hall's ruling was overturned by the Florida Supreme Court: he no longer has the right to end his own life. He will have to wait until May 9, 1997 until new arguments will be heard. Hall, who has been deemed mentally competent, contracted the virus in 1981 through a blood transfusion. Some of the complications he is encountering from the AIDS virus are arthritis, hepatitis, pneumonia ... rule with absolute power. If the people were to keep silent about what they believe in, our government would not exist as the system that it is today. Our democracy was created because of those brave souls who fought for their rights, and we should follow in their footsteps. If everyone would voice there opinion in favor for the right to die, the government would have to attend to the peoples ...
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