Intensive care medicine

to burns after she tried to make herself hot dogs. The time that Jeannette spent in the hospital was like a vacation from her crazy life and parents. She relished the time in the hospital because it was the first time in her life that she was taken care of and had people that were actually concerned about her well-being. Even though Jeannette and I both suffered from injuries that required hospitalization, our experiences and mindset could not have been more different. My experience all began…

Honesty in the medical profession has always been a difficult issue, particularly in the case of the doctor and patient. Often, a doctor will be tempted to withhold information from his/her patient with the belief that he/she is sparing the patient from the distress receiving such information can cause. This justification is termed “therapeutic privilege” by the American Medical Association (AMA, 2006); and many physicians, such as Dr. Collins, defend the use of such practices. However, this…

Introduction The history of medicine can be traced back to antiquity in the epoch of where it was a common belief that causation of disease was a direct result of divine intervention. As time progressed, so did the concepts and practice of medicine which shifted to a more scientific and rational approach from a religious or set of quasi-scientific principles. This discourse will examine the idea that the advancements in biomedicine has resulted in a therapeutic encounter in which holistic…

A highly controversial, and relatively new, argument of utilizing animals in the testing and development of medical research has left scientists in the crossroads on the ethics behind the entire operation. Approximately twenty-six million animals are in the United Stated each year for both scientific and commercial testing, in which these animals are used for a wide range of dangerous procedures. These animals are used for testing the safety of medications for human consumption, determining the…

Nurses are the backbone in the medical field because without nurses to help care and provide for patients there really would not be a medical field. Nurses have the hardest job in the medical field because they are the people that care and assist patients with any of their needs. CRNAs have the benefits of a higher pay rate, a more laid back environment, but is a more stressful job than any other nursing…

Recommended Changes Todd R. Clear (2004) expressed that “Good intentions do not matter and may in fact, be a detriment.” (Clear, 2004, p. 70) This can certainly be applied to issues in mental health courts that need to be addressed. Nancy Wolff, Nichole Fabrikant and Steven Belenko (2011) findings that mental health courts are shaped by formal and informal selection criteria is extremely problematic, informal selection criteria clearly suggests that an individual may be turned down in one…

Although genetic engineering is a powerful tool that can supply parents-to-be with a sense of relief, enhance the already modernized medicine we have today, and can provide those who were not around to get genetically engineered with an opportunity to cure their diseases or health issues, it should be limited as to protect the unborn baby’s human rights as some will take the tool and abuse…

A problem America faces today is the fight for marijuana to be legalized in all fifty states. Would it be wise for the government to legalize recreational and medical use of marijuana? The U.S. can’t come to an agreement all together just to legalize and just profit off of it by taxing marijuana. People with wide chronic pain are requesting for the use of medical weed to help take the edge off of pain because they don’t want to take pills. Pills can lead to addiction and can hurt your body over…

“A patient’s request for euthanasia entails a complex process that demands emotional work by all participants. It is characterized by an intensive period of sharing information, relationship building and negotiation in order to reach agreement. We hypothesize that making decisions about euthanasia demands a proactive approach towards participants’ preferences and values regarding end of life…

Serious Mental Illness Personally, I believe that every person should be able to have a support system because not too many have the pleasure of having it. To show what a supportive system is having someone there to listen, motivate, inspire, and care of a person well being. When reading "The Lived Experience of Serious Mental Illness" it brought joy to me because she manages to marry someone who cared for her and has such a loving heart. This is what support is about she had her mental…