Mustary Akter Professor: Karah Newton URPN 370.500 November 18, 2016 Inform the Patients Dr. Leana Wen was considered as a traitor because she spoke against the hidden fear that the doctors feel. She started the speech by saying it was her dream to become a doctor. She grew up in china and when she was 8 years old, she and her parents moved to U.S.A. She got into a medical school here. One day her mother was feeling out of breath because she had stage 4 breast cancer.…
Life is foundationally good on its own. In modern predominant religions, life has been viewed as intrinsically good and worth preserving. Medical professionals and caregivers’ primary objectives are to provide quality health care and protect patients’ interests. In the case of Mark Chanko, a man who had his death filmed and then shown for others’ entertainment, his caregivers did not hold up their end, and violated his rights to privacy by allowing the filming without his, nor his family’s consent. Charles Ornstein’s article raises questions on few special ethical rights being violated.…
In summary of part two of reading many things happened. The reading starts off with the group Doctor Schultz organized surrendering and being imprisoned. A couple of days later the English agreed to the need of their being a provisional government and Louis Riel was made president. Later in the reading it was shown that Schultz had escaped out of prison with the help of his wife. When Riel heard about the disapearence of Schultz he was furious.…
Robert Watcher, in his book The Digital Doctor: Hope, Hype, and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine’s Computer Age, describes the many effects, both helpful and harmful, that have distinguished this age of computers in medicine. Watcher uses his influence as the professor and associate chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, and his years of experience in the field of medicine, to look down on the developing world of technological medicine and offer his own opinion. Just from the title one can gather that not all is right with the field at present. His interesting and amusing narrative intends to combine the rapid development of technology, with the age-old science of medicine, and hopefully fix what has…
Who is David Silverstein? 10. What virus was found in Dr. Musoke’s blood? Describe the virus and it’s origin. 11. What is a filovirus?…
The patient is an eighty- five-year-old man by the name of James Williams who is a veteran of the Vietnam War. He is my grandfather’s older twin brother who suffered a stroke a couple years back. Before the stroke he was a normal elderly man with regular speech and movements. One could barely tell the twins apart. Now post trauma, James seemed to have aged a lot faster than his brother.…
Cases: Cases are prioritised on the basis of risk and high priority follow-up is given to NAT or culture confirmed cases. If the case is a child under 5, younger cases are given priority over older cases. The next priority is given to cases that are women in their last month of pregnancy, followed by cases that are considered likely or known to have contact with high-risk people. (1) Background information on cases is ascertained from the treating doctor and/or by interviewing cases to determine; onset of symptoms, last vaccination date, current health status and potential exposures. It is also important to ask about movement during the infectious period to facilitate contact tracing.…
Ring Around the Rosie Most people can recognize the common adolescent schoolyard game “Ring Around the Rosie.” Many, though, would naught recognize the manifestations of the Black Death, also known as the Bubonic Plague, displayed in the nursery rhyme. This correlation leaves many scholars believing that the two contain a sickening connection. The opening phrase refers to a rash symptom that began in the early stages. “A pocketful of posey” explains how people would carry around flowers in hopes of not contracting the diseases.…
The Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Vital Statistics included much data in the form of different graphs about influenza. To begin, influenza was placed under the category of “Infectious and Contagious Diseases”, contributing to its category’s total of 1,103 deaths and 4.90% of the total mortality (pg. 42). “Infectious and Contagious Diseases” was further classified under “Parasitic Diseases”, which accounted for 9,522 deaths and 42.40% of the total mortality (pg. 42). Influenza was the twelfth principal cause of death in Maryland in 1916, resulting in 339 deaths and 1.51% of total mortality (pg. 45).…
Even though utilizing personal protective equipment can keep myself and other's safe, viruses need to be a constant concern because of their unknown routes of infection, abilities to mutate and Secondhand contact with patient's substances doesn't change the severity of the possibly infection. Richard Preston really wrote this book to keep the reader anxious the entire time. Each individual that he interviewed was well aware of how severe of constant concern of transmission from the virus. I found myself shuttering with chills when people would recollect their experiences with possibly contracting the virus by an accident exposure. When Preston wrote about Nancy Jaxx’s thoughts before entering the level four hot zone, they really resonated with…
Referencing list: Impact of Vaccines Section one: The disease I am doing is measles. Measles are deadly diseases; they are caused by viruses called paramyxovirus (1). The effects of measles and the description of it on the human body are: Fever, dry cough, runny nose, sore throat, swollen or puffy eyes, white spots found in the mouth inside lining of the cheek and skin rash (2). Vaccines for measles (MMR) were first discovered in 1963.…
Atul Gawande’s Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance tells the reader about Gawande’s experience while a doctor. Atul Gawande is a general surgeon at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Both, a staff writer for The New Yorker, and an associate professor at Harvard Medical school and the Harvard School of Public Health. Gawande is most clearly an accomplished person, but being this accomplished is enough for him. He wants to be better, he desires to make improvements to his life to benefit those around him. Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance is about not being satisfied with good enough, but trying for better.…
Preventative medicine has served to play a pivotal role in creating a world where people live healthier lives, make large efforts to prevent common illnesses, and take precautions against illness and disease. All of these roles are in line with how I see myself contributing as a physician to the to the family medicine speciality. I have seen the societal improvements and benefits that have arisen through previous public health initiatives, such as vaccination programs, restrictions on the use of tobacco, family planning, etc. I want to be able to mold my career is such a way that I am able to help a large number of people, emphasize prevention and primary care, and also continually be challenged in ways that motivate me to improve as a physician.…
She dates her information as far back as Florence Nightingale and her role as a patient advocate. This is a positive portrayal of nursing responsibility towards their patients and one that Susie should be commended on for her…
Infectious disease have been around for many years. They impact many species, including humans. The study of how the disease spread is epidemiology (1). Epidemiology looks at the way a disease spread across a group of people. It looks at the changes in disease patterns (1).…