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    Louise stated that the deceased had a primary care physician. However, Louis advised me that the deceased had not been to the doctor since 1999 because of her "fear of needles." Louise stated that the deceased had no known medical conditions, nor did the deceased take any prescription medications. The deceased only took over-the-counter vitamins. At approximately 13:46 hrs Rescue 40 Paramedic James Lavine pronounced Kusner as deceased. Reference Pasco County F.D. control #004259. Shortly after,…

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    marketing done by Big Pharma. There concerned about making the most money with their drugs rather than focus on develop newer drugs. I think it is completely unethical that the companies, “ starts its promotion techniques while the doctors are still in medical school. The companies start early in trying to persuade the young doctors to prescribe their products by inundating them with logo-infested products and other gifts” (Carrol, 628). I think future doctors and current doctors should be…

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    The baby boomer generation is entering their retirement years living longer and being more active than any previous generation. These older adults are expressing a desire and an expectation that they will remain mobile in their community and enjoy the associated freedoms that come from driving for as much of their lifespan as possible. Regardless of profession, most service providers will be working with older adults in the next several decades. Understanding the public health implication of an…

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    We perceive and comprehend our overall health differently. Jim and Larry mutually believe their general state of health is good, but differ in their approach to maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Both men sell cars for the same car dealership, share the same birthday of January 4th but are three years apart in age. Jim L. is a seventy-three year old man who has lived in Omaha, Nebraska his whole life. He has been married for fifty-three years, is the father of two children and grandfather of…

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    stated that parts of the problem are doctors and pharmacists that prescribe medications for to long. Another issue is with how Department of Child Resources or DCS handles observation or placement of children in homes. Observation and reporting medical, emotional, educational conditions in the home should have stricter policies. Michiana Behavior Health Center offers education for community members through out the year. Listed events for the rest of this year include ethics, sex and…

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    Encouraging green prescription while in the community also helpful to keep them active 30 minutes a day. Green prescription is a referral from a health professional that enable SUs to access support for increasing physical activity in a cost effective way (Patel et al., 2013). A study clearly reported that physical activity, healthy diet, education and lifestyle change interventions have shown significant improvement in their outcome measure compared to their baseline measurements (Usher et al.,…

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    Active Euthanasia Active euthanasia: The active acceleration of a "good" death by use of medications, whether by oneself or with the aid of a doctor ("Definition of active," 2013). Active euthanasia has been a controversial topic for decades. Both the pro side and the con side of the topic have valid moral and ethical points. I am a very firm believer that everyone has the right to their own body and I 100% support the right to privacy. However, I find myself to be torn between the ideas that…

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    Language Shifts in an Academic Article and Tweets Edward Finegan’s article, “What’s right or wrong about language, and who decides?” It is an academic article. Finegan explains that 1.what is “correct” Language, 2.Descriptive vs. Prescriptive Grammar, 3.Who’s Right? In re-writting the whole thing of Finegan’s article as some Tweets, I try my best to make it shorter and more informal. They have a lot different, like language choices, organization and formatting. In the original article, Finegan…

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    In a health care setting, nurses in the provision of care of patients have a wide range of responsibilities such as guaranteeing value and ensuring medication safety whilst administering oral medication. However, during administering medications nurses often find their patients injured by common medication errors. Danger to medication safety is due to nurses being predisposed to factors including lack of knowledge and understanding of the medications being controlled, miscommunications amongst…

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    Monopolies Vs Drugs

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    In the text, Issues in Economics today, Robert Guell states that in 2009 prescription drugs amounted to 10% of all U.S. health spending. When a new medication is developed it is issued a patent .A patent allows the inventor to have exclusive rights to sell the product, thus creating a monopoly. These monopolies can be more important on certain types of drugs. Orphan drugs or drugs that treat diseases that only a small number of people suffer from are granted longer patents. Without the longer…

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