.... AIDS and cancer patients (“Marijuana for the Sick� A10). As an alternative to using actual marijuana, modern science has developed a synthetic form of THC, the active chemical in marijuana. However, this synthetic drug, called Marinol, is useless for most everyday treatment because it has the unpleasant side effect of being a powerful sedative. A member of Milwaukee's AIDS community, said that a friend of his was taking Marinol to increase his appetite: “He spends the whole day laughing and watching movies...He can't even drive a car because he's so out of it.� (3/25/97) In addition to that, Marinol only comes in pill form, w .....

.... a depressed person. Prolonged sadness and changes in daily routine are often the most obvious signs. These still sometimes come up short when dealing with depression. Fewer than one-third of [people] ever receive treatment or even recognize that their misery could be relieved(Whybrow 7). When dealing with depression people often deny that anything is wrong. Feelings of shame often begin to emerge when someone does finally admit that they don't feel "normal". When things are abnormal life suddenly takes on a dull new look. They significantly alter our familiar behavior, changing the way we relate to the world, even changing our percep .....

.... As in all areas of operations, standards must be set for safety performance. They should reflect applicable regulatory requirements, additional voluntary guidelines and best business practices. We describe how managers, supervisors and employees can be made responsible and held accountable for meeting standards within their control. We look at how job performance appraisals can reflect performance in safety and health, as well as in other areas. Element 4: Regulatory Compliance Management The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) and state safety and health agencies .....

.... death when it results in extending life, but intolerable and morally abhorrent when we act to speed the patient to his or her unavoidable death? Certain members of society see active euthanasia as "killing," where passive euthanasia is viewed in the more favorable light of "letting one die". My question is this: how are the two morally different? Examine the following case: Perry L. was a nineteen-year-old who played in a local band, loved the outdoors, and planned to become a doctor. One night in 1989 while driving a skidoo he ran headlong into a tree. Perry no longer has any cognitive abilities, he does not recognize a .....

.... disease a lot or studies more into depth. Some people use it to seek attention, or withdraw from personal responsibilities. Being sick is also a way of agreeing to be helpless. In fact, is the perfect solution to this common predicament, for in being ill-either as a child,wife,husband, employee, or in-law- the vulnerable person simultaneously obtains the protection and attention he craves,excuses his excessive dependence, and binds his protector to him(who could leave someone who was seriously ill?). Psychiatrists today classify as one of a type of behaviors collectively known as the somatoform disorders. What these conditions have in co .....

.... until the child is ready to talk about the loss. Children can often pick of visual clues from they parents. *** Stages of grief .*** Young children may not see death as “real." This is conformed by cartoon characters who “die� and “come back to life� again. Children ages five and under may be filled with questions about what death is, how it happens, and why it happens. These questions are part of a young child's grieving process. The questions of whether a young child should be allowed to attend the funeral and what he should or shouldn't see- has seen much debate. Generally attending funeral is okay. However a child und .....

.... differentiate into two types. One of these types of cells that are being made in period I, is the plasma cell, a specialized antibody factory. It can make up to 30,000 antibodies a second. The second type of cell being made in period I is a memory cell. They also produce antibodies, however they live for long periods of time (up to a lifetime), compared to a plasma cell that lives only a few days. Memory cells are made so they can recognize this same antigen if it were to ever reenter the body again. Interactions between T cells are also known as the cell-mediated response. T cells are not just active against viruses and bacteria, b .....

.... of having an abusive parent. If the parents are exposed to the authorities they will go to jail and lose the rights to the child, and with proper counseling and therapy the child will live a normal life. Yet, if the child is unborn, the mother can do whatever she would like, even if it means harming the baby and the authorities can do nothing. When the baby is born, the child might have irreparable brain damage or some physical defect and would not be able to live a normal life, for the rest of it's life. The abuse that the unborn child goes through is the same as if it was born but the severity is much greater, and nothing can be do .....

.... if we look deeply into the reality, and have more understanding of what the sick people are feeling, we can gain insight into their world, and know what makes them ask a doctor to end their lives with dignity. Imagine if you were a person who was suffering from some horrible disease, you lie on the bed 24 hours a day with tubes all over your body, there is no way you can have a normal life again, EVER! Would you want to live like this? Sure the doctor could keep anyone alive today, they can keep the heart pumping. BUT is this life? I don’t think so. In another case, where a person who was involved in a bad accident, and left as a qua .....

.... an improvement in the care of this patient group and their relatives. The writer’s main incentive for writing this paper comes from his work as a volunteer for a local gay/lesbian helpline, as well as his observations within his professional work-place, namely, an Intensive Care Unit. A phobia is defined by Collins (1993) as, "an irrational and morbid condition; an intense and unreasoning fear or dislike." From this, homophobia can be defined as, "a pattern of attitudes - a revulsion towards homosexuals and often the desire to inflict punishment, mental or physical, as retribution" (Weinberg 1972). According to Collins (1993) an att .....