Attending physician

November 12, 2015 Kyle Daniel P. Pimentel Argumentative Essay Draft #1 Euthanasia should not be even a topic for argument to begin with because we all know That each human being in this world have their own rights. In other words, we are free with our choices, but we are also responsible for the consequences that follows. The Telegraph (2015) recently published an article about a French doctor who attempted to commit suicide after being found guilty of injecting a lethal chemical on a…

Grey’s Anatomy’s pilot episode premieres as it takes the audience through the first shift with the characters being interns, starting their residencies at a busy hospital in Seattle. The episode takes us through introducing some of the main characters and how they are handling their new roles as actual doctors right out of medical school. Unlike other medical shows, Grey’s Anatomy is very realistic through its dialogue and setting, it feels like they are actually real doctors and the cameras are…

A fixed prosthesis for one tooth or even full mouth rehabilitation is been commonly certified for their reliability and durability. Despite of the conservative procedures of crown preparations, obstacles may occur in each step leading to pulpal exposure. In the past, endodontic treatment or even extraction of the tooth was the only solution to pulpal complications. A recent update shows that pulp capping that resists the death of the exposed or nearly exposed pulp can be explication to pulpal…

The above conversation was an attempt to provide physiotherapy treatment to an older patient. Here, the young male therapist made different attempts to motivated and reassured the patient to do the weight bearing (the treatment). But the patient expressed his resistance throughout the conversation. In the above situation, it was apparent that the patient used the words Karma-phalam while interacting with the physiotherapist. The word Karma phalam is an ideological belief of Indians. The meaning…

Mother Alfred Moes a staff in the Sisters of Saint Francis identified medical providers who could be provided with necessary resources so that they could help in attending to the patients. Dr. Mayo and his sons were among the first people to be approached (Clapesattle 36). After examining their credentials, Mother Moes decided not to provide them with resources but instead to incorporate them in as a staff in another…

Pete Frates: Fielding ALS With Grit What would you do if you were in a wheelchair for life or needed a feeding tube to survive? What if you knew that you only had two to five years to live? Would you give up or would you fight the challenge? To get through challenges like this people need grit. Grit is boldness, bravery, courage, perseverance and spirit. Star baseball player and center fielder, Pete Frates was diagnosed with ALS. Pete Frates played division one, college baseball, but…

The physician-patient relationship implicates the patient needs on the physician professional authority. Many patients may feel more connected to their physician if a greater intimate relationship is developed between the two and the patient is given full information about his personal health. Interpreting patient needs, four models of doctor-patient relationships are thus created: paternalistic, informative, interpretive, and deliberative. The paternalistic model engages patient reliance on the…

Lenny, a 37-year-old male, was taken to the hospital after feeling a painful pop in the left hip region when his knee hit the dashboard during a car accident. Lenny’s left lower limb was shown to be adducted and medially rotated causing the right limb to be longer than the left. A mass in the lateral gluteal region was also noted with severe pain to follow. The patient is most likely suffering from a posterior hip dislocation. A hip dislocation can damage the bones, ligaments, muscles, vessels,…

young intern Meredith Grey at Seattle Grace Hospital in Washington. Throughout her internship Meredith starts to make friends with her intern team made up of Christina Yang, George O’Malley, Izzie Stevenson. Under the command of Miranda Bailey, the Attending General Surgeon, also known as the Nazi, due to her no play attitude. Throughout the episodes,…

Smoking Cessation strategies and dentist’s interventions: Advising patients to quit tobacco use is a dental professional responsibility, and the dentists may take an active role in nicotine replacement counseling (Sham, 2003). Smoking cessation should be incorporated as an integral teaching component of the undergraduate dental curriculum, particularly with respect to the prevention and diagnosis of tobacco-induced oral lesions and complications Sham (2003). Patients who smoke should be…