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- 2761: Suicide
- ... the early 1990s the controversial topic of assisted suicide in which terminally ill people are aided in committing suicide by physicians, loved ones, or other acquaintances was examined as a legal topic. However, voters in Washington state in 1991 rejected a proposition to legalize physician-assisted suicide. Nevertheless, Derek Humphry's book "Final Exit", a guide for terminally ill people who want to commit suicide, became a best-seller that same ...
- 2762: Assisted Suicide
- ... there have been court cases taken up in two federal appellate courts that ruled terminally ill patients have the right to seek doctor assisted suicide (Carter 1). These cases took place in New York and Washington. This added two more to the list of states that legalized this means of ending life. However, doctor assisted is still seen as a criminal act in thirty four states(Rosen 1). In my opinion ...
- 2763: Alzhiemers
- ... of Sciences may help unravel the mystery of why the presence of a particular protein in the brain leads to the dementia and degeneration associated with this dreaded disease. Dr. David M. Holtzman of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, together with colleagues there and at the Lilly Research Laboratories in Indianapolis, Indiana, studied mice to explore how apolipoprotein E (apoE) influences amyloid-beta plaque-forming deposits ...
- 2764: The Case for Euthanasia: Should Physician-Assisted Suicide be Legalized?
- ... their life. Although proposition 161 was not passed, it is a reflection of the general population's sentiment that active euthanasia should not be illegal. At the time of the publication of this article, California, Washington, Oregon, and Michigan were preparing or has already proposed general election initiatives which would permit aid-in-dying by physicians. The act of taking a life is a serious one. The American peop le are ...
- 2765: Edgar Allan Poe 3
- ... who appears in great distress, and says he is acquainted with you, and I assure you he is in need or immediate assistance. Yours in haste, Jos. W. Walker (Walsh 46). Poe was rushed to Washington College Hospital where he fluttered between violent delirium and rambling consciousness for four days. During one of Poe s stages while conscious. He told J. E, Snodgrass, that the best thing his best friend could ...
- 2766: Euthanasia
- ... mobilize psychiatric and social service resources to address the problems that led to would-be suicide" (whats). Euthanasia has become illegal in some states. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Washington said "aiding a person who wishes to end his life constitutes a criminal act and subjects the aider to the possibility of a lengthy term of imprisonment, even if the recipient of the aid is ...
- 2767: Euthanasia Is Religious, Medically, and Legally Wrong
- ... guilty verdict would have told people that parents of disabled children can perform both voluntary euthanasia on their children. In the United States, euthanasia was voted on for the first time in the state of Washington. Although polls before the vote revealed strong support for it,the ballot was defeated by fifty-four to forty-six percent,and euthanasia remains illegal in Noth America. In addition to violating civil law,euthanasia ...
- 2768: The Case for Euthanasia: Should Physician-Assisted Suicide be Legalized?
- ... their life. Although proposition 161 was not passed, it is a reflection of the general population's sentiment that active euthanasia should not be illegal. At the time of the publication of this article, California, Washington, Oregon, and Michigan were preparing or has already proposed general election initiatives which would permit aid-in-dying by physicians. The act of taking a life is a serious one. The American people are notoriously ...
- 2769: Female Genital Mutilation: Long Term Psychological Effects
- ... as scientific education. Finally, I would like to present a debate conversation on the issue to clarify that it doesn't just take scientific education to refuse the female circumcision practice. In an article by George Geib (on the internet), he posted a picture of a young girl and wrote the following: Take a good look at the girl in the above picture and tell me if you think she would ...
- 2770: Therapeutic Touch : Its Effectiveness On Surgical Incision Site Pain
- ... Polit, D.F., PhD, Hungler, B.P., RN,PhD, (1993). Essentials of nursing research methods, appraisal, and utilization (3rd ed.). Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott company. Publication manual of the american psychological association (6th ed.). (1995). Washington D.C.: American Psychological Association. Quinn, J.F., RN, PhD, FAAN, Strelkauskas, A.J., PhD, (1993). Psychoimmunologic effects of therapeutic touch on practitioners and recently bereaved recipients: A pilot study. Advances in Nursing Science, 15 ...
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