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obvious examples of the bio-psychological approachs usefulness is in the context of chronic illness. Take, for instance, a patient...

system impairment and cardiovascular failure" are all significant to the pathology of heat stroke (Lim and Mackinnon, 2006, p. 39)...

Intervention using Mishels theory facilitates the process of patients accepting the inevitability of uncertainty as a factor in th...

number of states. Predictably, this has caused a great deal of controversy. This paper considers the following questions: What con...

can bring them a fan. There are, in fact, many small things that we can do to reduce our patients stress levels that have nothing...

For example, if we look at the UK as an example. If we look at the figures produced by the CBI we see there is an upward trend in ...

to provide a route to gain relief for damages received and costs incurred, at the same time as acting as a deterrent to others. Un...

Margery acknowledged she was haunted by images of the Devil in her mind, and that whenever she became ill or anxious, as she was f...

of improved mental health, but it also often improves physical health as well. For example, at one time, any problems that a woma...

old age. There is a symbolic reality to the novel that is always filled with a sense of illness and decay, which are all intricate...

college class in which the students were supposed to do a study of color as used in supermarket packaging; when the assignment was...

concerning their death. In the case of individuals diagnosed with cancer who have gone through all the treatments possible and kno...

ozone layer is that portion of the Earths atmosphere that contains high concentration of ozone (Busman and Belen). This exists in ...

the belief that only God has the right to end a life. Assisting a patient to die is usurping the position that rightly belongs to...

shows how Vivian uses her poetry as a means for tenaciously clinging to her identity as a person. However, it also becomes clear t...

no proof of infection close to pigeon colonies (Pickles, 2005). In Australia and other southern hemisphere sub tropical regions ...

persecution of the "monster." Of course, part of the trouble with any film like this is the knowledge we have as audience members...

relationship with both the mother and her family and the father and his family (also in relation to property and/or inheritance la...

Also on hospital property is an 88-bed nursing center that the hospital also owns and operates. Conway Medical Center provides ge...

what is tantamount to a death sentence, because of the "uncertain definition of suicide in the context of a terminal illness" (Mar...

etiology of the disease is not well understood, but substantive research suggests that individuals who suffer from ALS have mutati...

involved, the elderly can be put aside. Whether living at home or in a skilled nursing facility (SNF), the lives of the elderly w...

human beings perceive of things far beyond their physical limitations. The law of pragnanz, which asserts that man is "innately d...

without mentioning their love affair with olive oil, and the esteem which this precious ingredient holds in this culture (Miller, ...

shown to be one of the sources where such harmful bacteria occur. Stemming directly from livestock populations, Mycobacterium par...

most advantageously. Neither is there any consistency in the types of personality and coping responses that least effectively dea...

long and interesting historical evolution, and its origins are largely responsible for the reluctance of allopathic medical profes...

researchers found that persons who had diabetes were often readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of discharge (Robbins and Web...

Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Tulsa. Linda W. Cardillo is a doctoral student in the School of Journali...

is not an expectation based on fact or knowledge, it is based on hope. 2. Clinicians personal and professional values Personal ...