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- 3041: Medical Malpractice
- ... is to use reasonable care, skill and judgment in the practice of his/her profession and when negligent, take full responsibility. What is malpractice? Malpractice is negligence. Negligence is a tort. A tort is a civil wrong, therefore malpractice is a civil wrong. In its simplest terms, malpractice has four essential elements: 1) Duty. Every health care provider assumes a duty when starting consultations, diagnosis, or treatment of a patient. The duty arises from an expressed or ... patient sustained damages in the form of an additional hospital stay, complications that may or may not be of a permanent and continuing nature. (Brooten Jr., Kenneth E. p. 1) Negligence is the most common civil suit filed against doctors. Liability for negligence will not be found unless the following factors are present: (a) the defendant must owe a duty to the plaintiff to exercise care; (b) the defendant must ...
- 3042: History Repeats Itself
- ... the global market of manufacturing, specifically to the United States and Germany. The UNITED STATES, is the youngest of the nations studied in this essay, which became a major power at the end of World War I, and since then has experienced both increases and declines in power. Since the 1920's until present day The United States has moved from an agricultural society to an industrial society as many moved ... 4,000 in 1530 to 35,000 in 1594 and at least 100,000 in the mid-1600's before fading again when the great days were over" (AC 31). While the Dutch was in war with Spain it accepted various kinds of people,such as the Jews and the Huguenots, and eventually acquired a vast empire. Although HOLLANDS realm was comparably smaller to that of Spains, its domain included the ... competed with Britain. Britains financialization did not cause London to lose its place as the center of world commerce and in fact, "it was not transformed into a governmental parasite complex" (AC 64). After World War II, "the annual figures nominally returned to prewar levels, but adjusted to inflation they were much lower- and Britain also staggered under the weight of $13 billion of new external liabilities" (BP 208). Between ...
- 3043: A Journey To Enlightenment In
- ... potentiality of being a lover of all creatures. In many events, he shouts in disgust at the animals that interfere or injure him. When a "purple, formalized, iridescent, gelatinous bladder of a Portuguese man-of-war" floated to the top of the surface of the ocean and came near the skiff, it faced the verbal abuse of Santiago. "You whore," he shouted at the creature. Santiago does not get angry when the marlin cuts his palms, but when a single Portuguese man-of-war floats near him, he goes ballistic and shouts vulgar statements. He shows animosity at its fullest when the shovel-nosed sharks approach his boat. "They were hateful sharks, bad smelling, scavengers as well as killers ... the Christ image. Santiago has a constant need to be associated with the biggest and toughest creatures in the world. He does not love the spiteful shovel-nosed sharks or the venomous Portuguese man-of-war, but he does love the trunkback turtles that feed on the man-of-war and the Mako sharks that hunt not for the kill, but for survival. Santiago even loves the animals that live ...
- 3044: All Quiet On The Western Front
- ... Front is a record of seven school chums that all enlist in the German Army after being urged by their school master Kantorek. These poor youth are forced to endure the debilitating effects of World War I, and represent the generation of men that were torn from youthfulness and serenity to face a world of survival horror. They become remnants of Europe s degenerate youth from that time period. Over the ... these things with me. What would our fathers do if we suddenly stood up and came before them and proffered our account? What do they expect of us if a time ever comes when the war is all over? Through the years our business has been killing;--it was our first calling in life. Our knowledge of life is limited to death. What will happen afterwards? And what shall come of ... young generation of European males was the underlying theme throughout the book. No matter where the young lads turned to, all there was to see was a vast expanse of death and destruction. Throughout the war, hundreds of thousands of men died needlessly for their country. No matter what nationality or race that was present at the time fighting, neither side really took the time to think about what their ...
- 3045: All My Sons 2
- ... the main subject in the three act play, All My Sons, by Arthur Miller. Joe Keller and Herbert Deever are two ordinary men, trying to succeed in life. They ran a machine shop during the war that produced airplane parts. The night foreman came and showed him the cylinder heads... they were coming out of the process with defects. So Dad went directly to the phone and called here and told ... shipped to the Army. They were used, causing the death of 21 men. Keller and Deever were brought to trial, where Keller went free and Deever went to prison. At the same time during the war, Joe Keller s son, Larry was pronounced missing. Kate Keller, Joe s wife and mother of Larry and Chris, went crazy about the report of Larry missing. She is described in her early 50's ... described as a pretty girl who is 26 years old. She is gentle but despite herself capable of holding, fast to what she knows. She was Larry s sweetheart before he went off to the war. Ann was asked by Chris to return to her hometown to visit. Chris asked her to come so he could ask her hand in marriage. Chris Keller, is 32 years old and solidly built. ...
- 3046: The Legalization of Marijuana for All Purposes
- ... and trafficking of drugs and various media awareness programs, the problem continues to get worse. The government is exercising many options to control the problem or even solve the problem. It seems as if the "war on drugs" is a futile war or at least next to impossible to win. The government should consider using different options than ones they have used in the past. The legalization of softer drugs like marijuana should be considered as one ... jails, and costs tax payers millions. If the government would legalize marijuana they could go after the more serious drugs like heroin and crack. The U.S. government spends over a billion dollars on its "war on drugs," when it could be making at least that much from legalizing and taxing it.18 The average price of marijuana is about $10 per gram. These prices of marijuana are extremely inflated ...
- 3047: Holocaust
- More than fifty years have passed since the end of the Second World War and the Holocaust, yet the events of this time continue to be of great significance to people the world over. What was the Holocaust? The Holocaust was the murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazis and their collaborators. Between the German invasion of the Soviet Union in the summer of 1941 and the end of the war in Europe in May 1945, Nazi Germany and its accomplices strove to murder every Jew under their domination. Because Nazi discrimination against the Jews began with Hitler's accession to power in January 1933, many ... Jewish losses at 5.59-5.86 million, and a study headed Dr. Wolfgang Benz presents a range from 5.29 million to 6 million. The main sources for these statistics are comparisons of pre-war censuses with post-war censuses and population estimates. Nazi documentation containing partial data on various deportations and murders is also used. Yad Vashem, which has been seeking to collect all the victims' names, has ...
- 3048: The Display Of Peer Pressures
- ... Separate Peace by John Knowles are classic examples of peer pressure." These novels are a perfect display of how adolescents falter under the influence of their equals. At the time the characters are surrounded by war and confusion in their lives. The choices they make are not determined by their consciences, but by the mental domination of their fair weather friends. They experience freedom from adults which is a factor in ... learn valuable lessons through their suffering, through death amongst each other, and through intellectual regression. In A Separate Peace the boys are tested in a series of events. They are all pressured to go to war. At the tree Gene was tempted by Finny to jump from the branch. Although Gene knew that he could be injured, he did what he thought would please Finny. That night Finny and Gene formed ... died, Gene is heartbroken. Leper was rejected by the boys and his only relationship was with Gene, who really did not care that much either. Leper is the first of the boys to go to war. Although the army shows the satisfaction you will find in battle, it does not tell of the hardships faced. Leper mentally changes and is eventually declared AWOL. By leaving he is trying to abandon ...
- 3049: Cannabis Hemp. . .Marijuana!
- ... the Earth. FAMILY FARMS OR FOSSIL FUELS In about 10 years, when our petroleum resources have dwindled to 20% of their original size, America will have four choices: *Burn all our poisonous coal; *Go to war over foreign oil; *Cut down our forests for fuel;or *Grow and process a variety of environmentally safe fuels from biomass. Farming only 6% of continental U.S. acreage with biomass would provide all of ... CIA. The world stuggle for money is actually a struggle for energy, as it is through energy that we may produce food, shelter, transportation, and entertainment. It is this struggle which often erupts into open war. It may not be that if we remove the cause, the conflicts will also be removed, but the possibility is strong enough that we must try. Ultimately, the world has no other rational environmental choice ... recycled waste. No more elderly or poor people freezing to death or living in misery in the winter. If introduced to Third World nations, hemp biomass could drastically cut our overseas aid and reasons for war, while raising the quality of life there by quantum leaps. The world's economy will/should boom as it never has before. FREE ENTERPRISE--HIGH PROFIT There are many other areas of the economy ...
- 3050: History 2
- ... not know. I believe that sometimes it takes a person to experience history to actually understand it. My grandfather went through a lot when he was just around my age. He had fought in World War two. When I was younger he would tell me all sorts of stories when he was at war. Of course I did not understand how he felt and what he meant but when he still tells me the stories today, I get chills down my back and sadness about what war did to many people. When I hear it now, I understand more how the soldiers went to war to offer a better future for one's country. I literally took advantage of the freedom ...
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