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- 6421: Assisted Suicide
- ... also known as Lou Gehrig's disease) is an intelligent, aware person. She had done her research and knew full well the death that was in store for her. Mrs. Rodriguez, mother of a small child, knew that the disease would gradually rob her of the ability to walk, move her body at will, eat and finally breathe without mechanical assistance. Her mind would remain alert, however, trapped in the shell ...
- 6422: Assisted Suicide
- ... job, a loved one, a limb such as an arm or leg, or anything else that might be held dear to that person. Other things could be rejection at home or in the work place, abuse, and sometimes even the thought of getting old and not wanting to know what tomorrow holds in store. There are alot of arguments that these are rational reasons but just because you are having a ...
- 6423: Euthanasia
- Euthanasia An eighty-seven year old grandmother on a respirator, a newborn child with AIDS, and a father in a coma; all put to death by respectable doctors with the O.K. of their families. But is it really "O.K."? Euthanasia, or doctor-assisted suicide, has become ...
- 6424: Euthanasia Is Not The Answer
- ... state laws that made assisting in suicide a criminal offense were unconstitutional.” (1) What I find most troubling is how to define who is terminally ill and how this whole process can be open to abuse. In an article from the Economist it is stated that “Death after all is cheaper than treatment. It’s not hard to imagine health insurance companies and managed care organizations agreeing to pay for barbiturates ...
- 6425: A Definitive Argument On Euthanasia
- ... that prompted the decision not to prolong his life in the first place. (Rachel, 473) Rachel indicates other incidences where active euthanasia would have been the preferable decision, such as the example case of the child with Down’s syndrome outlined in Rachel’s article. Both of these examples lend pertinence and poignant emotion to his article. Another reason why people believe there is a breach in the morals concerning active ...
- 6426: The Right to Die
- ... for the legalization of PAS will only go too far if we allow it. As long as guidelines are strictly kept, and PAS cases are kept under a close watch, people will be unable to abuse this new law (Kamisar 409). Whether opponents like it or not, someone with a terminal disease deserves the right to die. No one in his or her right mind would try and take a law ...
- 6427: Vegetarians
- ... animals as distantly related kin was incorporated into the general humanitarian reform movements that occurred at this time. Indeed, many prominent vegetarians and animal welfare promoters were simultaneously involved in other struggles, such as the child welfare and antislavery movements. It was during this period that the first written works on vegetarianism by Europeans appeared. Leo Tolstoy and Percy Bysshe Shelley are examples of 19th-century writers who advocated a meatless ...
- 6428: Miscarriage
- ... as soon as it reaches fertilization. It is important that before a woman gets pregnant, that she sees her doctor in order to make arrangements and make sure she is healthy enough to carry a child. During a pregnancy it is important that the soon-to-be-mother keeps up on her doctor visits. Antenatal care in early pregnancy is taken seriously and the first doctor visit should be made between ...
- 6429: The Human Genome Project
- ... if not the third millennium. The improvement of man himself, the improvement of woman herself, is the most important improvement that humans have approached. Ultimately, it is true that powerful tools are subject to great abuse. Knowledge of genetics is a powerful tool, and could be abused by a government, which is a central reason this proposal is limited to voluntary individual choice. Many tools are powerful in our modern society ...
- 6430: Von Willebrand’s Disease
- ... of these conditions will elevate von Willebrand factor and may cause a patient with von Willebrand’s disease to have normal laboratory testing. vWF: Ag also may be elevated into the normal range in a child who is extremely agitated and crying. Repeat studies when the patients is not under stress, not pregnant, or just performed at different time may be necessary to rule out the diagnosis of von Willebrand’s ...
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