Papers on Health and Medicine
Family Practice: Summary
Words: 409 - Pages: 2.... is used to
communicate between two parties. Another step is, "Make your blueprints
Flexible," you should not pre-plan your child's life for them. Then he goes into
the next step, which is about Contracts called, "Learn to use contracts." With
this step the family makes contracts with one another and then monitors and up
dates them so often. This helps with everybody holding to their end of the deal
when it comes to the family issues. One of the worst steps of all is, "Stop the
"Good Guy-"Bad Guy, " routine. I feel that having someone to blame for every
problem that arises can devastate a child. Parents need to think about what they
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Suicide Solution
Words: 540 - Pages: 2.... taking of ones life can be argued from a populistic view as
well. It makes little sense to preserve life in an over populated world.
True, one less person here on there will not make a large dent. Yet if
everyone who attempts or had attempted suicide were not stopped, the impact
would be noticed.
Another popular argument for stoppers, people who want to prevent
suicide, is that nothing can be bad enough. Yet how do they know this? They
do not have to put up with the same stuff the suicide victim does everyday.
How could they possibly know what the potential suicide victim feels. Just
as a severely burned victim may wish to be allow .....
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The Effects Of Anabolic Steroids
Words: 1038 - Pages: 4.... are used by athletes and
patients alike. But they are illegal to use if not prescribed by a physician,
and have been banned by nearly all athletic organizations, both professional and
amateur.
When you think of someone who uses steroids you typically picture
someone who is massive, and whose muscle mass is very well defined. A picture
comes to mind of the giant body builder, who is so big he can't touch his back
because his biceps are in the way, but he can manage to bench press his car.
The possible growth and development is amazing. With much less work necessary,
the results can be astounding. Athletes can get bigger, stronger and f .....
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The AIDS Virus
Words: 563 - Pages: 3.... not all is still known. When it was first discovered researchers had named it the T-lymphotropic virus, type III ( HTLV-III ), but later they renamed it HIV-1 because several more forms were discovered. After the virus enters the bloodstream, it destroys white blood cells ( T-lymphocytes). Since they play a big role in the immune system, their presence is very damaging. also infects another part of the immune system. Once the virus gets to the macrophages, it doesn't destroy them, but instead it stores it there. Later the macrophages carry the virus to other vital systems.
Early detection is a key factor in saving lives. Even though the .....
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Rural Healthcare
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Access to health care is a major problem in rural America. In some instances, driving through dangerous, winding, mountainous roads, which can be impassable in winter or when it rains can hinder people receiving medical services. Winstead-Fry, Tiffany, and Shippee-Rice (1992) stated that low incomes and high poverty rates are suffered by great amounts of the rural population, making health care insurance a relative luxury. Because of this, many ailments and injuries tend to go untreated.
Another problem is the lack of physicians willing to work in rural areas. The Hill-Burton Act of 1946 represented a major effort by the .....
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Issues Of Assisted Suicide
Words: 1094 - Pages: 4.... would occur”. It is not so much the idea of a person wanting to act in assisted suicide but the fact of making it a legal practice is wrong. Suicidal people usually need help with their problems, not the help to die. They do not know the reason why they want to commit suicide they just find reasons to get the easy way out. Assisted Suicide should not be legalized because it is religiously wrong, because it is unethical and because it is MURDER.
Assisted suicide is wrong in the eyes of God because suicide is a sin. Thomas Aquinas documented the Christian beliefs on suicide as “ It violates one’s natural desire to live, it harm .....
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Abortion In America And Elsewhere
Words: 1047 - Pages: 4.... Africa presently is in a state of political reform and struggles with social identity. However, because it exists in this state, issues such as this are highly controversial. Clearly from looking at the huge majority of South Africans, abortion is a morality issue, but is addressed from a political overview. Despite the overwhelming 80% majority of South Africans who do not support the practice of committing an abortion it has recently become legalized and protected by the law. The action of legalizing abortion in South Africa provides insight into the values and objectives of the South African government. The ANC (African National Coun .....
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Concepts Of Lifetime Fitness
Words: 658 - Pages: 3.... impulses to the muscles. These impulses tell the
muscles to begin to contract and relax at very high intervals. This is commonly
known as shivering. The production of Adenosine Triphosphate or ATP in the
mitochondria of the muscles produces heat. If the body temperature does not
rise immediately after this, then a second function begins. The brain will
signal the blood vessels near the skin to constrict or narrow in diameter. This
occurs so the heat deep in the muscles is conserved. Since the vessels are now
smaller in diameter, less blood is needed to fill them. Since less blood is
needed through the vessels, the heart b .....
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Studies In Religion Euthanasia - A Moral Issue
Words: 1156 - Pages: 5.... from the earth, before it is ready to go is playing God.
Another argument against the idea of Voluntary Euthanasia is the difficulty of doctors to accurately diagnose a terminal illness. They are basically saying that the medical profession, despite some public opinion, is not infallible, and does make some mistakes. Also, if the sickness is cancer, it may go into remission, and then the person, if they were euthanised, would have died prematurely for no reason.
The next argument against the idea of Voluntary Euthanasia is the ambiguity of a valid consent from the terminally ill patient. Many drugs prescribed to these patients usually h .....
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The Causes And Effects Of Anorexia
Words: 691 - Pages: 3.... or lack thereof that young people have about the disease.
Most people believe that anorexia is mainly a young females' disease. This is not necessarily true. In fact, studies within the past few years show that male anorexia is about as widespread as in females. In actuality, 80 percent of the people diagnosed with anorexia over the age of 45 are males(Heywood, 1996). Other misconceptions are that anorexia is only common with younger people and that anorexia is not a real disease at all, just a staple of obsessive teenage girls.
Another widespread misconception about the disease of anorexia is that it is a new disease. Actually, .....
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