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Physicians Essays and Term Papers
Death And BereavementThis essay examines death, bereavement, and the disposal of the dead through its social-psychological, historical, cross cultural, medical-ethical, and public policy aspects from the perspective of both the dying person and survivors. In its examination this course divided into the following ...
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Expert Systems In Health CareA case referring to the beneficial use of the expert systems in the health sector was the attempt of the LDS Hospital in Salt Lake city,Utah to build “ the most complex artificial intelligence system ever created” according to the words of DR David Classen.Its name was AIC or ...
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Down's Syndromeis a genetic condition involving an extra chromosome,
this change occurs around the time of conception. A person with
has forty-seven chromosomes instead of the usual forty-six. A relatively
common genetic disorder, Down's strikes 1 out of 600 babies. In 95 percent of
all cases, the disorder ...
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MarijuanaIn this report I will show you my views on , if it should be legal,
for medical and/or recreational purposes.
has many names: Dope, Marihuana, Ganja, Pot Mary Jane, Cannabis
Sativa (Scientific) to name a few.
Marijuana originated in the middle east (Taiwan, Korea). China plays an
important ...
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Death Can Come Too Late: Active And Passive EuthanasiaDeath is deeply personal, generally feared, and wholly inescapable,
but medical technology now can prolong our biological existence virtually
indefinitely, and, with these advances, comes the question of whether we
should pursue the extension of life in all cases. Most people would agree
that, ...
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The Influence Of Realism In Tolstoy's The Death Of Ivan IlyichThe novella, The Death of Ivan Ilyich, shows the influence of
Realism on its author. Leo Tolstoy. The illusion of reality, the main
theme of the novella, is an aspect of Realism that Tolstoy effectively used
in this novella. Other attitudes of Realism that were used by Tolstoy were
the ...
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Epidural In LaborDrugs in Labor: Are They Really Necessary. . . or Even Safe?
The use of epidurals is so common today that many perinatal professionals are calling the 1990s the age of the epidural epidemic. Believed by many in the medical profession to be safe and effective, the epidural seems now to be regarded ...
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After The Atomic BombThe development and usage of the first atomic bombs has caused a change in military, political, and public functionality of the world today. The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki revolutionized warfare by killing large masses of civilian population with a single strike. The bombs’ effects from ...
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Black PlagueLiving in Europe in the middle of the 1300’s would have been heartbreaking and dreadful. Not only were the living conditions very poor but there was an unknown disease that was wiping out a large percentage of European population. One cannot imagine the fear of wondering whether you or ...
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A Look At A Career In Community Pharmacy"...Pharmacists are the principal resource to patients and other
health professionals in assuring appropriate use of, and optimal
therapeutic outcomes from medications" (Shall I Study Pharmacy 1).
Pharmacists are health care professionals responsible for the dispensation
of prescription and ...
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Medical Miracles On The HorizonThe world and its inhabitants will face a multitude of problems in the
21st Century, including drug addiction, deadly disease, violent crime, warfare
and hostility, hunger, and homelessness to name a few. All of these critical
issues have been present to some extent in the 20th Century and, left ...
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Prevention Of HIV Transmittance To BabiesLast year, it was cause for celebration. The cause of celebration was for the
results that several clinical trials of zidovudine cut the risk for mother to
child transmission of human immune deficiency virus (HIV) by two thirds.
Although, this year, it is the basis for new federal recommendations ...
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Alternative MedicineThroughout the last few years has drawn a ton of attention towards itself. New ideas and new styles of this medicine are introduced into the media everyday. Despite all the attention to this new trend what do we actually know about it? Is it safe? What studies have been done? In a time when ...
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Anorexia Nervosais refereed to as the self-starvation syndrome. The patients of this disease manifest themselves in an extreme aversion to food and can cause psychological, endocrine and gynecological problems. It affects both male and female, but most of the patients are adolescent girls, with symptoms ...
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Heart Attacks And Its CausesFor years, heart attacks have struck fear into the eyes of Americans. All cardiovascular diseases together are the widest cause of death in the country, with heart attacks alone accounting for about twenty-three percent of all fatalities (Staff,1997). Doctors have tried to reduce this risk over ...
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Stressed With StressThis report is on stress, what causes it, how and why, and how it can be cured. It will tell you all about stress, why it's important for people to understand, and what it can do to you and other people. Stress affects everyone and everything, that's why it's important that we all be properly ...
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome And Fetal Alcohol EffectsPrenatal alcohol exposure is a preventable cause of birth defects, including mental retardation and neurodevelopmental deficits. Since the initial recognition in 1968 of the multiple effects that alcohol can have on the developing fetus [1] and the subsequent delineation in 1973 of fetal alcohol ...
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Could Gambling Save Science: Encouraging An Honest ConsensusVisiting Researcher, The Foresight Institute
P.O. Box 61058, Palo Alto, CA 94306 USA
hanson@charon.arc.nasa.gov 510-651-7483
To appear in Social Epistemology, 1992. (version appeared: in Proc. Eighth
Intl. Conf. on Risk and Gambling, London, 7/90.)
C O U L D G A M B L I N G S A V ...
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Magnetic TherapyProbably one of the largest contemporary trends in the therapeutic world is the use of . However, it is also one of the least researched modalities, and has very little sound explanation for it's effectiveness. Winning over its clientele with testimonials by everyone from doctors to elite ...
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