Holism

Counseling for Justine’s Loss One of the most traumatic events that a couple can suffer is the death of a child. This loss disrupts the entire dynamic of the family. It leaves the parents feelings ripped apart and puts a great amount of tension and stress on a marriage. If you think about it, burying a child goes against the natural order of things. A parent hopes that after a long and fruitful life, his/her child will be putting their cadaver to rest, not laying their young child to rest…

Voices of Criticism The development of modern medical technology is increasingly impacting this strict dichotomy. cosmetic, application of assisted reproductive technology, artificial limbs, transgender, blurring the distinction between natural and artificial, man and machine, resulting in blurred personal identity. Descartes' dualism has become as the theoretical basis of patient materialization and reductionism. Mark Sullivan stated that Descartes' dualism such that split relationship between…

The second half of the assigned readings from our textbooks, American Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century by authors Altbach, P., Gumport, P., and Berdahl, R. (2011) and Organizational Theory in Higher Education by Manning, K. (2012) have given greater knowledge and understanding of the American higher education issues and organizational theories. Altbach et al. (2011) stated, higher education institution have changed and adapted to new circumstances, with the most significant changes…

Stepheny Saavedra Anthropology 340 Dec. 1, 2016 “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down” is one of the many cases that exemplify the barriers and obstacles people from distinct cultures encounter due to their ethnocentrism and lack of cultural relativism. After escaping to the U.S., a place completely different from what they called home, the Lees had to adapt and place their trust on strangers (to save their daughter) who viewed a condition with spiritual origin to the Hmong as a…

Both Sumner (1959), and Durkheim (1915/1968) share similar view. Sumner states, that because of the difference in purposes between spirituality and business, they have never been successfully associated. Durkheim (1968) stated, “the sacred and the profane cannot co-exist in the same place” (pp. 344-349). A more graphic representation was by Metcalfe (2008), referring to the relationship as a fearful prospect if spirituality sets up tent with businesses; which he terms as irrational, manipulative…

It is founded on knowledge of reproductive anatomy, physiology, and endocrinology, and incorporates relevant aspects of molecular biology, biochemistry and pathology. In the assessment of patients imaging techniques, laboratory methods and surgery may be needed. Treatment methods include counseling, pharmacology, surgery, and other methods. Reproductive medicine addresses issues of sexual education, puberty, family planning, birth control, infertility, reproductive system disease (including…