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Is Substance Dependence A Physiological Or Psychological Phenomenon?

as a healthcare problem (Gorski, 1996). If it is a physiological condition that is highly likely that this will be classified as a...

The Role of the Registered Nurse in Educating Teens about STDs/HIV

The theory is "rooted in an agentic perspective," meaning that humans are the agents of change in their lives (Pajares, 2004). Peo...

Web of Causation

tobacco products is known to be a contributing cause for lung cancer, it is also true that some people can smoke all their lives a...

The Effect of Juvenile Diabetes on a Child’s Life

need it, and monitor their blood; both of these could interfere with daily routine and make the child feel hes being singled out (...

HEALTHCARE IN MULTICULTURAL ENVIRONMENTS

the same view of chronic illness or its treatment than white patients might have. The Situation Family physician David Sat...

Narrative Essay on the Most Influential Person in My Life, My Grandmother (Lola)

because of her pride seldom uttered a complaint. Like most Filipino girls, she married and became a housewife. Her husband (my L...

About Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

5 years from the onset of symptoms" (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, 2008). However a small percentage of victims, perhaps 10%, liv...

CANCER, ITS IMPORTANCE, AND SOCIETAL IMPACT

But what is the deal when these cells multiply, and why is this bad? Normal cells are needed to keep the body healthy - when they ...

Health Care Organizations :

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

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: AN ANALYSIS

Nigerian, with close to two-thirds of the employees coming from the Niger Delta region. Nigeria, however, is anything but...

Type 1 Diabetes

was still excessive (Feltbower, Bodansky, Patterson, et. al., 2008). Not only is the increased threat of death concerning in Type...

Against Animal Cruelty

(Vollum, Buffington-Vollum and Longmire 209). It has been argued that animals, in their own right, are worthy of consideration and...

Pancreatic Cancer

its importance in blood sugar regulation, the pancreas is also critical in digestion. Specialized cells in the pancreas called th...

Health and Safety Issues When Traveling to Mexico

Clearly, most recommended vaccines are only needed for those who plan an unconventional journey where they will be exposed to unde...

Nanotechnology and Its' Use in the Human Body; It is Desirable or Ethical?

potentially large number of benefits there are also a wide range of ethical and acceptability issues that need to be considered a...

Problems Facing Native American Nations

This difference resulted in friction between the peoples of this new nation (and in particular its government) and the Native Amer...

Impact of Stress on Diabetes

and Baron Josef von Mering removed the pancreas of a dog in 1889 to see if it were an essential organ. Their early attempts to fe...

Environmental Health and Asbestosis

Lung Disease Surveillance Report, 1996). This is true of the UK and the international environment, and is due to the delay between...

Discussion of Bacterial Meningitis

past three decades (Freeman, 1997), the idea of one vaccine to address three strains of meningitis is nothing short of phenomenal....

Stress and Cardiovascular Reactivity

on the other hand are the event or situation which leads to certain physiological changes or reactions. Stressors can be ...

Law, Genetics, and Insurance Testing

have a disease, rather then the disease itself. ` These two cases are not rare. They represent a prevailing concern of legislatur...

Overview of Chinese Beliefs

2002). In addition, dietary practices in Asia are often associated with religious practices and customs (Gifford, 2002). R...

Blodget Case Analysis

a new, inexpensive test, called the Fox test, is now in circulation, and is available to help screen clinic patients. The test cos...

STDs and Plans of Health Promotion

in the heart and nervous system, or in some cases, death (WHO, 1996). While health promotion relating to STDs may be a global mis...

Understanding Health - Two Approaches

Medicine has shifted from the Cartesian way of viewing illness, injury and disease as components of a machine-like body to one whi...

Sonnet 147 by William Shakespeare

condition, maintaining his extended metaphor. "My reason, the physician to my love,/ Angry that his prescriptions are not kept, / ...

Red Genital Lesions and Patient Diagnosis

how it was initiated. This means that contacting partners, or figuring out who might have given one the disease, can become rather...

Clinical Research on Emphysema

behavioral related disease. The various stages of emphysema include the destruction of the air sacs inside of the lungs. This ...

Omega Three Fatty Acids Questions

has led to decreasing access to health care as greater numbers of individuals lose their health insurance coverage in response to ...

Assessiing Chlamydia and Intervention Options

and treatments which are necessitated by the venereal disease Chlamydia. The venereal disease Chlamydia presents a number o...