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- 13371: 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 ...
- 13372: Abnormal Psychology: Mental Disorders
- ... com/bipolarcyclone/facefear.htm http://www.mhsource.com/expert/exp1042296a.html http://www.healthguide.com:80/Bipolar/common.stm Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder in which the effects who a person feels about the world around and even themselves. It makes them feel depressed and if left untreated suicide is often the result. Around 1.5% of the population is effect by some type of the disorder. Unlike many other ... with many disorders. Some doctors feel strongly one way while others think that there is a totally different cause. Over time what is thought to be the causes of a disorders often change because of new research that is being done everyday. Until the causes of disorders are found it will always be a guess on how to best treat patients suffering from any certain disorder. It even varies as far ...
- 13373: Alcohol Consumption by Adolescents
- ... sexually active Latinas aged 18-49 years old. The telephone survey employed a modified Mitofsky-Waksberg sampling technique to identify Latino households in nine states with concentrations of Latinos ranging from 5 to 39% in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, California, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas. Latinos in these states represent 77% of all United States Latinos (Marνn, 1992, 1103). The screening procedure involved identifying the ethnicity, gender, and age of household members. Potential respondents were asked " ...
- 13374: Herpes-Simplex: Type 2
- ... begins with a mild itching, followed by the development of clusters of blisters that break and crust to form scabs that eventually dry up. The process may last one to three weeks. In many cases new clusters of blisters appear as others heal. When a baby is born to a woman who has active genital herpes lesions, the infant is at high risk of contracting an infection that is often fatal ... a condom, and that alone will greatly cut down an individual's chances of acquiring the virus of herpes-simplex type-2. BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. Sol Gordon. Facts About STD:Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Ed-U-Press, New York City. Copyright 1983 2. Ronald J. Glasser. The Body Is the Hero. Random House, New York City Copyright 1976
- 13375: Definition of the Oedipus Complex
- ... came out to be significant at the .05 level. So now I consider my life to have immense meaning and I am sure I will impress all my friends at parties with my statistics and new found knowledge on the Oedipus Complex. I am absolutely positive that I have also impressed you with all the work I have put into this cooked experiment. :) GLOSSARY OF TERMS: Laboratory Research: research that occurs ... more easily than lab studies. Basic Research: most research is about psychological concerns, describing and predicting and explaining fundamental principles of behavior. Applied Research: has direct and immediate relevance to the solution of a real world problem. Mundane Realism: refers to how closely the experiment mirrors real life experiences. Experimental Realism: concerns the extent to which an experiment has an impact on the subjects, forces them to take the matter seriously ...
- 13376: Introduction to Human Services
- ... does not seem that imprisonment is much of a deterrent to crime. A Settlement House may seem idealistic, but is more feasible than some may think. Sex offenders are often released into the community. A new program has been implemented in which parole officers and police officers regularly visit released offenders. A step in the right direction was made when our community invited a psychologist from a sex offender treatment facility ... I am also one of these women. What began as my American Dream ended as quickly as it began. My husband was in the Navy. I thought I would live a life of adventure, see new places, meet new people. What really happened is that I ended up on an isolated military base, with a man who didn't really care about me or his child. Being that I have felt the need ...
- 13377: The Roy Adaptation Model
- ... on its ways of thinking. It's my belief that this act of advocating a single unified model was an act of multi-oppressed thinking influenced by men, the Roman Catholic Church and the medical world. During a 1987 conference of nursing theorists, Sister Roy made a number of deferring remarks to a speech made earlier by a male Bishop. Fawcett also says the Roy Adaptation Model has an extensive vocabulary and that some familiar words (ie adaption) have been given new meanings in Roy's attempt to translate mechanistic ideas into organismic ones. Oppressed Group Behaviour: -assimilating the values and characteristics of the Oppressors. -Nursing leaders represent an elite group promoted because of their allegiance to ...
- 13378: Stress
- ... These factors can increase employee turnover rate and lessen quality of life. We all must deal with stress; question is how we handle and control it. With downsizing the buzz word in the modern corporate world, companies have become mean and lean. Employees are compelled to be more efficient; they find themselves taking on the work of what used to be two. The result is longer hours, less time for outside ... 47 hours a week, and if current trends continue, in 20 years "the average person would be on the job 60 hours a week." Another factor that increases stress is technological advancements. With all the new technology one is always connected to work and accessible 24 hours a day 7 days a week. According to Business Week, it is now possible, and thus increasingly expected, for employees to be accessible and ...
- 13379: Skin Cancer
- ... are: changes in the color, size, or shape of a mole, bleeding or oozing from a mole, or a mole that is hard, lumpy, swollen, and is tender to the touch, or feels itchy. A new mole can also be an indicator of melanoma. A simple "ABCD" rule outlines the warning signs of melanoma. "A" is for asymmetry. One half of the mole does not match the other. "B" is for ... cells that may remain (6., pp 2-5). Individuals that have treatment for basal cell carcinoma should be clinically examined every 6 months for at least 5 years. Thereafter, an examination for recurrent growths or new tumors should be done on an annual basis. It has been found that 36% of individuals who develop a basal cell carcinoma will develop a second primary basal cell carcinoma within 5 years. Since squamous ... is 94%; and rates for regional and distant disease are 60% and 16%, respectively. About 82% of melanomas are diagnosed at a local stage" (8., p 2). When the statistics show that over one million new cases of skin cancer will be diagnosed in the United States this year, Americans have their work cut out for them. By the year 2000, Americans will have a 1 in 75 lifetime risk ...
- 13380: Schizophrenia
- ... the earliest signs of illness. I became increasingly withdrawn and sullen. I felt alienated and lonely and hated everyone. I felt as if there were a huge gap between me and the rest of the world; everybody seemed so distant from me." This excerpt describes part of Esse Leete 20-year battle with schizophrenia. She committed herself to leading the fullest life her disease will allow and to educating others about ... plotted against. Others may experience grandiose delusions and feel like Superman, capable of anything and invulnerable to danger (Youth 7). Some may feel a strong religious drive or mission to right the wrongs of the world. Perceptual changes are also another symptom of schizophrenia. Perceptual changes turn the world of the ill person topsy-turvey (Youth 8). The nerves carrying sensory messages to the brain from the eyes, ears, nose, skin and taste buds become confused and the person sees, hears, smells and ...
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