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Euthanasia
Number of words: 575 - Number of pages: 3

.... although patients in arrest are unconscious at the time of resuscitation, it can be a brutal procedure, and if the patient regains consciousness, its aftermath can involve considerable pain. In many such cases, the patient will die whether or not the treatments are performed. In some cases, however, the principle of mercy may also demand withholding treatment that could extend the patient's life if the treatment is itself painful or discomfort. The principle of mercy may also demand letting die in a still stronger sense. Under its second component, the princip .....


The Nursing Home: A Nice Place For The Elderly
Number of words: 476 - Number of pages: 2

.... of the residents. Also, busses take the senior citizens to places of common interest, such as the grocery store and local shopping malls. This alleviates the everyday stress of driving for those residents who are losing some of their basic faculties, and creates a safer driving environment for everyone. In addition, these older citizens are protected from those con-artists who prey deliberately on the elderly. Nursing homes are full of entertainment and activities. I recall visiting a local nursing home with my second grade Brownie troop. We sang .....


Humans Soon To Be Extinct... Say It Ain't So!!
Number of words: 3003 - Number of pages: 11

.... change via the greenhouse effect killed off the dinosaurs. My paper takes this proposed theory and relates it to the world today. Some of the things that happened back then are also happening now, and if the dinosaur- greenhouse extinction theory is indeed true, then we are also in danger of dying from the greenhouse vertebrate killing mechanism, abrupt atmospheric changes, and the other effects caused by the increased greenhouse effect and people should know about the consequences of what we are doing to the earth. My paper examines the similarities occurri .....


Opposing Euthanasia
Number of words: 2069 - Number of pages: 8

.... It comes from the Greek words for "good" and "death", and is commonly called mercy killing. Voluntary euthanasia may occur when incurably ill persons ask their physician, friend or relative, to put them to death. The patients or their relatives may ask a doctor to withhold treatment and let them die. Many critics of the medical profession contend that too often doctors play God on the operating tables and in recovery rooms. They argue that no doctor should be allowed to decide who lives and who dies. The issue of euthanasia is having a tremendous impact o .....


The Ebola Virus
Number of words: 483 - Number of pages: 2

.... proteins mode from the infected patient. When the virus is detected there is stricked safety precautions all nurses and others have to go through and do. The CDC has classified the Ebola virus as a Biosafety level 4, which means that the greatest safety precautions are taken. This Ebola cell is shaped as a long filamentous, and sometimes are also found in "U" shaped. The virus consists of a coiled strand of RNA contained in a envelope derived from the host cell membrane that is covered with spikes. The transmission of the Ebola virus occurs by direct .....


Abortion - Right To Choose
Number of words: 994 - Number of pages: 4

.... by anyone else. This right is guaranteed by the ninth amendment, which contains the right to privacy. The ninth amendment states: The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. This right guarantees the right to women, if they so choose, to have an abortion, up to the end of the first trimester. Regardless of the fact of morals, a woman has the right to privacy and choice to abort her fetus. The violence which occurs today because the of pro-choice/pro-life conflicts i .....


Drug Dependence
Number of words: 402 - Number of pages: 2

.... on at most a few thousand people. When that same drug is taken by millions, some people may not respond in a predictable way to the drug. A person who has a so-called idiosyncratic response to a particular sedative, for example, may become excited rather than relaxed. Others may be hypersensitive, or extremely sensitive, to certain drugs, suffering reactions that resemble allergies. A patient may also acquire a tolerance for a certain drug. This means that ever-larger doses are necessary to produce the desired therapeutic effect. Tolerance may lead to .....


Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Number of words: 1001 - Number of pages: 4

.... old. The most classic case of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis is Lou Gehrig. Lou Gehrig was a New York Yankees first baseman, who from 1923 to 1939, had never missed a game and had a life time batting average of .340. However, the symptoms of ALS emerged in 1938, and in 1939, he was diagnosed with the disease. At that time doctors knew little to nothing about the disease and the only suggested treatment was the untested vitamin E. So Gehrig ate a daily plate full of garden grass, until June 2, 1941 when he died at the age of 37. ALS affects approximately 1 .....



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