Intensive care medicine

down wards for daily rounds, learning the art of interaction with the patients, dealing with their bizarre thoughts, extreme moods and paranoia. Deep inside, they were very frightened and tired, belying their appearance and behavior. But with proper care and treatment there was a drastic transformation, from hitting rock bottom to gaining a positive outlook on life, with a hope and desire for a better future. Recovery was slow but inspiring. Being able to connect with such patients, instilled…

possibility of giving quality medical care almost anywhere on the global [1]. Current research still shows evidence that making long distance telesurgery is still unpractical for everyday use due to cost; however due to the advancement of technology, Dr. Satava believes remote surgery will become a common practice in 40 to 50 years [5]. On a personal level, I find this information exciting because my grandfather has gallbladder stones, and despite having medical care, does not have the ability…

Stroke in a young woman who was later diagnosed to be caused by emboli secondary to infective endocarditis and Cushing’s syndrome as a paraneoplastic syndrome secondary to Renal Cell Carcinoma. Thus, the spectrum of medicine is extensive and offers tremendous learning opportunities. I also got an opportunity to closely interact with patients and to know the stories of their lives. I showed empathy and support. I explained to them our management protocol. It made me felt…

both of my parents being pharmacists and hearing pharmaceutical jargon daily, I am quite familiar with medicine, yet I never understood how a little pill of magic made me feel better. My fascination with medication propelled me to pursue a career in the medical field. Even with all the wondrous parts of the field, health care is not perfect. Americans do not always obtain the correct health care they need because drugs are too expensive, doctors overprescribe medication, or they prescribe the…

Joseph Yourshaw a 93-year-old suffering with a variety of painful illness: end-stage diabetes, heart and cardiovascular disease, stroke, kidney disease and arthritis. His several conditions had made his everyday life misery even taking a breath for air makes excruciating pain ripples throughout his body. Although, few of his disease are curable, with his age and body any surgeries mean, will only worsen his situation and will only increase the current state of pain. Yourshaw would often tell his…

their own once a doctor gives them a diagnosis. Although a patient often receives a specific treatment plan along with a medical label, it can cause a lack of patient responsibility, stigmatization, and even a blurring of physical and mental states. Medicine has the power to define the norms of society, for when a problem becomes medical, it is no longer considered normal. Rather than immediately labeling a problem as a medical issue, more emphasis should be placed on unearthing the root of the…

population are shifting so that senior citizens will form an increasingly larger percentage of the population. With this growing senior population comes an increase in health care costs, pension costs and social services provided for seniors. The thesis is that the rapid growing of the senior population will present a strain in our health care system. The intention of this paper is to explain how this ballooning population of the senior demographic will cause great societal change, and strain on…

Euthanasia is one of the biggest and endless controversies of legal ethics, health care and religion of this decade, since the society is still intolerant about these issues regardless of the advantages that this act may bring. Yet, according to Lewis and Black (2013), “[c]ountries like Netherland, Belgium and Switzerland practice euthanasia but strictly follows a criterion that applies to an individual’s request for assisted dying” (p. 865). Legalization of euthanasia does not mean that it…

theory was later strengthen by professor Elvin Jellinek, popularized by the philosophy of Alcoholics Anonymous, applied to The Minnesota Model, the dominant form of addiction treatment in the USA, and finally used by the American Society of Addiction Medicine to create a formal definition of an addiction (Meyer, 1996). According to ASAM, addiction is primary, diagnosable, progressive, chronic and treatable disease that involves brain reward, motivation, memory and learning. It is important to…

definitely be researched. Although I am not saying that the amazing advances in medicine are not to be utilized when necessary, it is my true belief that alternative medicine and nutrition should be used more as a means of staying healthy before the use of a miracle pill, as prescribed by a doctor, becomes necessary. Our western culture has raised us to believe that we become ill because we lack the specific medicine or therapies to make us healthy. Well, think about that, do you get a headache…