Distressing

The film titled "Good Death: Case Studies in the End of Life-Care" illustrates stories of four patients with a terminal illness who decide to embrace the finality of their lives by spending their last days at the Sacred Heart Palliative Care Hospital in Sydney Australia. Norma Andrews, Sandy Riches, Darryl Calver, and John Peart are all patients battling terminal cancer who, instead of enduring futile and hopeless treatments, choose to spend the last weeks and months of their lives engaging in…

Prejudice towards Mexicans by the American Empire and its past war on Mexico. (Blog 1) Becoming a part of humanities core has caused me to reflect on the many interpretations of what an empire is, and how it has a strong impact on modern living. Thus, it has made me connect to modern day America and its conflicts towards my Hispanic culture. This course has so far caused me to acknowledge both the good and bad sides of an empire and how its people and choices can create either a positive…

Having loving parents who can nurture you throughout your childhood stimulates growth and creates resilience. The role of parents is extremely vital. They help endorse their child’s learning career and even takes care of responsibilities, which can alter their children’s lives. While growing up, we all draw profound connections with our parents; they help us differentiate between good and wrong and to apply those meaningful lessons learned, to life. In Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, the author…

“I was a bit frightened but I did not mention it to anybody because I thought they would call me deaf, silly, stupid, whatever!” said an 80 year-old woman who got macular disease problem and Charles Bonnet Syndrome (CBS) in an interview (Macular Disease, 2013) Charles Bonnet Syndrome is a condition when people see things that are not actually there. This syndrome has been discovered by an exceptional naturalist and philosopher, Charles Bonnet in 1720 who was initially observed symptoms from his…

Traumatic experiences can effect an infant or a child in ways that are long-term. Trauma can take many forms. According to the Oxford dictionary, trauma can be a deeply distressing or disturbing experience or a physical injury (Dreary & Brown, 2007). Both of these types of trauma can have a negative effect on the person that the child grows up to be. Unfortunately some infants experience trauma while in the womb. This can be a result of the mother abusing the fetus by smoking while pregnant…

Although much has changed in the way that people have read, viewed, and understood literature in the past 400 years, it often seems as if many ideologies have stayed stagnant or sluggish. The world of literary criticism has gone through plenty of changes, switching constantly as the philosophies and cultural mannerisms of the peoples and times change. However, through all of these changes, one thing has seemingly remained the same. The character of Queen Gertrude in Shakespeare's Hamlet is…

imbalance in the brain's signaling chemicals may be responsible for the condition in many of the patients. However, there are several theories about what this imbalance actually is and which signaling chemicals are involved. Moreover, a variety of distressing life situations are also associated, including early childhood trauma, a job loss, the death of a loved one, financial troubles, or a…

the extrapyramidal side effects from first-generation antipsychotics Acute dystonia- muscle rigidity of the neck that causes head to move to one side. Rapid onset. Akathisia- psychomotor restlessness. Inability to be still. often found to be distressing. Pseudoparkinsonism- temporary symptoms caused by medication that are often seen with Parkinsons's disease: tremor, reduced accessory movements, impaired gait, and stiffening of muscles. Tardive dyskinesia- often untreatable, and life…

Is Kissing Doorknobs as Good as it Gets?: OCD compare/contrast Obsessive compulsive disorder is a distressing disease. People with OCD tend to double check things more than the normal person. A person with OCD might perform routines or rituals over and over. These rituals quiet the part of their brain causing the obsessions. An example would be someone who is obsessed with germs. They develop a compulsion to wash their hands multiple times a day. The obsession is with germs, and the ritual is…

Patients and their families face a number of ethical challenges in health care industry. Many of these challenges are no different from the kinds of challenges faced by patients and families in other industrialized nations. Organ donation has become a challenge the number of organs available for transplantation are extremely scarce so there are many people who need an organ transplant, but will never receive one. It is simply not possible to supply a transplant organ to all the people that have…