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Term Papers on Health and Medicine
Senility
Number of words: 3009 - Number of pages: 11.... utilizing a number of subterfuges, such as writing lists or notes to
themselves and leaving them in conspicuous places (Horton and Smart, 1984,
p. 320). Individuals with benign forgetfulness also are acutely aware of
their memory deficit, while those with dementia - except for in the early
stages of the disease - have no insight into their memory deficit and often
blame others for their problems.
In addition to the memory deficit interfering with the patient's
daily activities, patients with dementia have evidence of impaired abstract
thinking, impaired ju .....
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Women's Right To Choose Abortion
Number of words: 374 - Number of pages: 2.... is usually malnourished, has no medical care, and
gets very little attention or love. The foster care system isn't any
better. Only a small percentage of the children are adopted by suitable
parents. But the rest remain in the foster care system, where there is
little or no personal care. In both cases, the child has a poor education
because of the lack of attention and discipline. He grows up to be
unproductive individual or a menace to society. Many get involved in drugs
and crimes. These individuals are also very violent, lacking morality due
small a .....
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Tourette Syndrome
Number of words: 874 - Number of pages: 4.... however, has not been
established. Some researchers believe that the mar is on an autosomal dominant
trait. Some cases however are sporadic, and there may not be a link to family
history involved. These cases are mild however, and not full blown. The onset
of Tourette Syndrome must be before the age of fifteen, and usually occurs after
the age of two. The mean age onset of motor tics is seven. The mean age onset
for vocal tics is nine. In order for a person to be classified as having
Tourette Syndrome they must have both multiple motor tics and voc .....
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Biofeedback
Number of words: 1559 - Number of pages: 6.... survival through the maintenance of homeostasis. In
order to control or altar behavior, a person must have information that is
available through the senses.
In biofeedback, the client obtains information about his
biological state from feedback from the sensors. Margolin and Kubic (1944)
conducted an early example of this kind of feedback. They used a subject's
amplified respiration and heart beat to induce a hypnotic induction. Even
though the subjects were not told to adjust these physiological functions,
the feedback of their biological system was used to .....
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Abortion Report
Number of words: 789 - Number of pages: 3.... From reading a paper on Pro-Choice it states as
its heading that abortion should be a woman's right to choose what she does with
her body, and it should not be altered or influenced by anyone else. This right
is guaranteed by the ninth amendment, which contains the right to privacy. This
brings up a very interesting point, which is that the ninth amendment is a
strong argument in the fight for Pro-Choice. It states that "The enumeration in
the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not construed to deny or disparage
others retained by the people." This .....
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The Trials Of Toilet Training
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or assistance. This method is rapid because of the variety of learning
techniques. Learning by imitation, learning by teaching, a partial
reinforcement schedule with rewards that increase the need and the negative
reinforcement of disapproval are all employed. Children learn best by imitation
and teaching with the aid of a hollow doll. The child gives the doll a drink
then is told the doll has to "peepee" and he must help her. After the child
assists in removing the doll's pants, the liquid is released. The child must
observe the flow of liquid .....
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Psychoanalysis
Number of words: 2220 - Number of pages: 9.... a Viennese
physician, achieved better results by letting Anna O., a young woman
patient, try to empty her mind by just telling him all of her thoughts and
feelings.
Freud refined Breuer's method by conceptualizing theories about it and,
using these theories, telling his patients through interpretations what was
going on inside the unconscious part of their minds, thus making the
unconscious become conscious. Many hysterias were cured this way, and in
1895, Breuer and Freud published their findings and theories in Studies in
Hysteria.
CLASSIC PSYCHOANALYTIC .....
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Japanese Medicine
Number of words: 950 - Number of pages: 4.... in their herbal traditions and various bone-setting methods.
The Japanese base most of their medical tactics on the balancing of Qi. Qi was developed through traditional Chinese medicine. About 2,500 years ago, in the mountains of Northern China, Taoist priests practiced Qi labeling it the vital life force. They believed that this source was inseperable from life itself. Through Traditional Chinese medicine it is phylosophized that Qi is displayed as both yin “interior”, and yang “exterior”. According to the Chinese Qi exists in all opposites we experie .....
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